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Quick and Easy Homemade Cocktail Sauce

White tea chup with 3 poached shrimp and a lemon wedge on the edge with cocktail sauce in the cup. Close up.
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Here's a simple, fast, and delicious homemade cocktail sauce recipe that will be a great condiment or dippin' sauce with raw oysters or poached shrimp.

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp horseradish, fresh grated or prepared in a jar (add more if you like it spicy)
  • 1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp (~ 1/2 lemon) fresh lemon juice
  • 3-4 dashes hot tabasco sauce
  • pinch garlic powder
  • pinch salt

Instructions

  • Mix all ingredients in a bowl.  Taste for salt and spiciness. 
  • Chill (Note that flavors will blend and potentially get spicier as it chills).
  • Serve with fresh shucked oysters or poached shrimp. Happy eating!  Beckie

Notes

  • Homemade cocktail sauce is best served after chilled for a couple hours. Easy and fast to make ahead of time.

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