Sour Cream Tartar Sauce with Pickles
A great accompaniment to any dishes - insanely delicious! Sour cream tartar sauce with pickles wins with a delicate creamy taste, the tang of pickles and lemon juice, and the aroma of fresh cilantro. This sauce complements almost anything and takes just minutes to make.
Updated : 23 January, 2026
Easy
About 20 min.
Ingredients
200 grams
Sour cream
100 grams
Pickled cucumbers
1
Eggs
30 grams
Cilantro
2 tablespoon
Lemon juice
1 tablespoon
Olive oil
1 tablespoon
Ready-made mustard
to taste
Ground black pepper
to taste
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How to make sour cream tartar sauce with pickles at home? Very easy! Start by preparing the ingredients. If you like, add a little finely grated cheese. You can replace sour cream with mayonnaise or plain unsweetened yogurt. It’s also tasty to use equal parts sour cream and mayonnaise - just add salt carefully in that case.
Step 2
Hard-boil the egg, peel it, and grate on a fine grater.
Step 3
Shake off excess brine from the pickles and dice them finely. If they’re very watery, pat them dry with paper towels. You can replace pickles with salted cucumbers or fresh cucumbers.
Step 4
Pat the cilantro dry and chop finely. If you like, replace it with or add other herbs, such as dill, parsley, green onion, or a mix of herbs.
Step 5
In a bowl, combine sour cream, the egg, pickles, cilantro, mustard, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Use any mustard you like (Dijon or whole-grain both work). If you want it spicier, add 1-2 garlic cloves pressed through a garlic press.
Step 6
Mix everything thoroughly. The tartar sauce is ready. Serve it with seafood, patties, or use it as a salad dressing.
Step 7
I served it with battered fried fish. Very tasty. Enjoy!
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