Easy Louisiana Remoulade Sauce is the perfect way to dress up your fish, crab cakes, burgers, veggies and more. This spicy, homemade mayonnaise-based sauce has a little Creole kick and loads of Southern heart. Get ready to dip everything!

dipping in spicy Louisiana remoulade sauce for seafood

What Is Louisiana-Style Remoulade Sauce

If you like to dunk, dip or drizzle, then remoulade is definitely your thing! With roots in Europe, remoulade (reh-moo-lahd) made it’s way across the Atlantic a long time ago and found a very welcome home in the coastal south.

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In my home state, Louisiana-style remoulade sauce is a creamy, tartar sauce-like sauce made with mayonnaise, whole grain mustard, horseradish, lemon and just the right amount of spices and dried herbs for loads of bright, inviting flavor. It’s just a little tart, just a little spicy and can always be found happily perched on a platter of deep-fried seafood or fish.

A spoonful of finished remoulade sauce to show texture and ingredients

9 Things to Eat With Remoulade Sauce

Even though Louisiana Remoulade Sauce is usually served with fried seafood or fish dishes, (especially crab cakes), that’s not all it’s good with. Here are 11 delicious foods that only get better with a little remoulade. But I bet you can come up with more!

ingredients to make louisiana remoulade sauce

Ingredients for Louisiana Remoulade

Because remoulade has been around for a long time, you can imagine there are a myriad of versions to be made and enjoyed! Almost every southern region has it’s own way of whipping up this classic sauce. Below are the ingredients for the creamy, tangy version we like best.

real mayonnaise
whole grain mustard (or creole mustard)
prepared horseradish
ketchup
lemon juice
dried parsley
dried snipped chives
minced garlic
Worcestershire sauce
all purpose creole seasoning (or cajun seasoning)
sugar (optional)

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How to Make This Homemade Remoulade Sauce Recipe

Gather Ingredients & Mix. This one step recipe is as simple as putting everything in a bowl and whisking until smooth. That’s it!

Serve or Chill. When sufficiently whisked, it can either be served immediately or covered and chilled for at least one hour for extra flavor. This makes remoulade one of those special dinner or party touches that can be made ahead of time.

How to Store. If there is any remoulade leftover (which is almost unheard of), it can be covered and stored in the fridge for at least a week or a week and a half.

Want an extra kick? Add a splash or two of Louisiana Hot Sauce (to suit your taste) or a pinch of cayenne pepper. (The creole seasoning linked in this recipe contains common remoulade ingredients like salt, paprika, cayenne and black peppers already mixed in.)

Louisiana Remoulade Sauce and Shrimp to show serving idea

Other Dipping Sauce Recipes to Enjoy

A good, versatile sauce makes everything better! Here are a few more easy recipes to try.

If You Make This Remoulade Sauce Recipe, I Can’t Wait To Hear About It!