Three-Ingredient Cocktail Sauce

"I've never liked the bottled cocktail sauces (too sweet, too salty, never spicy enough!), so I've been making my own for years."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
4
Yields:
1 Cup
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ingredients

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directions

  • Scrape lime to get approximately 1 teaspoon of zest. You can use a grater, but a zester really yields the intense flavor and no bitterness. Zest the lime BEFORE you cut it.
  • Pour catsup, horseradish, lime juice & lime zest into medium bowl.
  • Stir thoroughly.
  • Chill & serve with shrimp or other seafood.

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Reviews

  1. I loved this cocktail sauce, especially the lime juice! Easy and delicious! I will keep this recipe handy! Reviewed for ZWT4
     
  2. Nice cocktail sauce. Much better than store bought and very easy to prepare. The lime was very pronounced in this sauce--I might scale back a bit on the lime and increase the horseradish to make it a bit hotter. I agree with TLu, another 1/2 Tb would do the trick on the horseradish. Made for Zingo ZWT4.
     
  3. I will not buy store bought again. Love the flavor. We like it hot so added about 1/2 Tbsp more of the horseradish. Thanks for a keeper! Made for ZWT 4.
     
  4. Everybody liked this cocktail sauce. It's even better than the store-bought cocktail sauce. I like the taste of the lime in it. Thanks Diva. Made for the babes of ZWT4
     
  5. I kicked it up with extra horseradish we like it hot. Enjoy lime over lemons so this was for me! Thanks!
     
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Hi, everyone! My name is Ellen. I was born in the town so nice, they named it twice - New York, New York! I grew up in Ossining, NY, just minutes outside of Manhattan. My grandma immigrated to New York from Austria, and owned a delicatessen for years right near the original Yankee Stadium. She was a fabulous cook and baker, as was my mother, and I learned a lot about food preparation from both of them. I could cook a complete meal for eight people by the time I was in the third grade. I always loved to cook, and with two such great teachers, how could I not?! I am a born-again Christian, and I have enjoyed serving on different ministries at my church, the most recent one being data-entering the info and prayer requests handed in every week on the Care & Communication Cards, and then I follow up with phone calls & emails to welcome, answer any questions, and assist, if needed. I also work with Community Caregivers, an organization providing all kinds of assitance to people who have need, including delivering prescriptions, providing transportation to doctor appointments, helping the visually disabled with paperwork, etc. It has been a great growing experience for me. This is Jeff, my husband and most appreciative gourmand. This is Cricket, our American Eskimo. He is pure energy! This is Daphne, our Bluetick Hound. She is a sweetheart! Here's a video of a youth drama/dance from GodTube that is absolutely one of my favorites! http://youtu.be/cyheJ480LYA Thank you, SusieQusie! Thank you, Susie D! Thank you, FloridaNative! This four-pound lobstah is our idea of a perfect picnic supper! Here are several photos I've taken of our yard from mid-Spring to late-Summer
 
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