Remoulade Sauce Recipe {Louisiana-style!} - Belly Full (2024)

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What is remoulade sauce made of? ›

In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, parsley, hot sauce, whole-grain mustard, garlic, capers, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, scallion, salt, and cayenne pepper. Let sit for 1 hour for flavors to combine, then serve or cover and store in the refrigerator.

If you do any traveling around Louisiana you'll find that it seems like almost everyone has their own "secret recipe" for this sauce. It's served most often with shrimp and crab cakes, po boy sandwiches, and even chicken. It's also awesome as a substitute for ketchup with French fries.

Danish remoulade is a modified version of the original French-style remoulade. It is a mayonnaise-based sauce, coloured brightly yellow with turmeric (or a pinch of curry powder), mixed with a purée of capers and pickled gherkins or cucumbers, and sometimes cauliflower, cabbage and carrots.

Both are mayonnaise based. A remoulade has mustard and, usually, capers, so has more bite and texture than an aioli, which is usually flavored with lemon and garlic.

White remoulade, which is closer to the original French style, is more of a mayonnaise-based sauce. Many believe the word “remoulade” comes from “remola,” a French word for a radish used in early versions of the sauce.

Tartar sauce has often been described as a type of remoulade, with mustard stepping in for the traditional anchovy. However, tartar sauce usually features fewer components: mayonnaise, chopped capers, and sweeter pickles like cornichons. Remoulade recipes add a wider variety of herbs, along with vinegar or hot sauce.

Originating in France, classic French Remoulade is similar to tartar sauce but includes additional elements like capers, herbs, and sometimes anchovies, giving it a more nuanced flavor.

What's in po' boy sauce? This po'boy sauce is based on a French-Cajun classic, remoulade. It's super easy to make—just spice up your favorite mayonnaise with some Creole seasoning and mustard, along with capers, hot sauce, horseradish, lemon, garlic, and a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

Nowadays, aïoli is pretty much synonymous with garlic mayonnaise. What is Aïoli Sauce Made of? The number-one ingredient in aïoli is garlic, plus the standard mayo ingredients for mayo: egg yolk, lemon juice, mustard, and olive oil. Additional flavorings are up to you.

Meaning of remoulade in English

a cold sauce made with mayonnaise (= a thick sauce made with eggs and oil), herbs, mustard, and capers: This book has a great recipe for celeriac remoulade. The smoked salmon was served with a cauliflower rémoulade. I ordered the crab cake served with homemade remoulade.

What country is remoulade from? ›

Remoulade has its origins in Picardy, a region in northern France, deriving its name from a local term for horseradish, rémolat or ramolas, which suggests that horseradish may have once been the major component.

The French invented remoulade, but it goes well with an host of American fried-food classics.

Since about 1990, it has become common in the United States to call all flavored mayonnaises aioli. Purists insist that flavored mayonnaise can contain garlic, but true aioli contains garlic and no other seasoning (except salt).

Nowadays, the word aioli is pretty much synonymous with mayo, and is often just a simple mayonnaise (store-bought or homemade) that is flavored generously with garlic—a nod to its origins.

Unlike mayonnaise, which is made by emulsifying oil into egg yolks, aioli is made by pounding garlic into a paste and then gradually adding olive oil to the mixture, creating a thick and creamy sauce. The garlic gives aioli its characteristic pungent flavor, while the olive oil adds richness and depth.

Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Sweet Relish (diced Pickles, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Corn Syrup, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Chloride, Spice Extractives), Water, Egg Yolks, Distilled Vinegar, Spices, Onion Powder, Salt, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Garlic Powder, Vegetable Protein (hydrolyzed Corn, ...

Crispy cajun fried shrimp are piled on a french baguette and topped with a creole inspired creamy remoulade sauce creating the most delicious and authentic po'boy you will ever taste outside of NOLA! Thank you to Demetra of Sweet Savant for this incredible recipe!