Shrimp Cocktail Sauce with Horseradish

Homemade shrimp cocktail sauce takes only 5 minutes to whip up. It's made with ketchup, prepared horseradish, diced celery, crushed garlic, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce (optional), and tabasco sauce (optional).

Serve alongside some prawn cocktail, steamed shrimp, or lobster tails.

This homemade cocktail sauce recipe only covers the cocktail sauce. If you'd like a recipe with shrimp and cocktail sauce, try this steamed shrimp cocktail recipe.

Homemade Cocktail Sauce

This is the best cocktail sauce recipe because it's tangy, spicy, and has a little bit of crunch with the diced celery. Once you try this tangy cocktail sauce, you will think store-bought cocktail sauce is "meh", not to mention you are dodging the high fructose corn syrup. PLUS, you can control the amount of horseradish added to your sauce!

Ingredient Notes

Prepared horseradish: Prepared horseradish is the horseradish you buy at the grocery store that's in a jar (it might be found in the fridge section). Fresh horseradish is a root found in the produce section of the grocery store. Don't use fresh horseradish; buy prepared horseradish in a jar.

Crushed garlic: Use fresh garlic cloves. Mash the garlic using a mortar and pestle or press the garlic using a garlic press.

How To Make Shrimp Cocktail Sauce

Combine ketchup, finely diced celery, crushed garlic, horseradish, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and tabasco sauce in a small bowl.

Mix and then taste. Adjust salt and horseradish. Serve with large shrimp and fresh lemon wedges.

📋 Recipe

Homemade Shrimp Cocktail Sauce

Author: Lily Guidry

Course: Appetizer, party food

Cuisine: American

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 0 minutes mins

Total: 5 minutes mins

5 from 5 votes

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Servings 6

This 5 minute easy homemade cocktail sauce is made with ketchup, horseradish, crushed garlic, lemon, and diced celery.

Ingredients

 

US Customary - Metric

• ½ cup ketchup
• ½ tablespoon prepared horseradish or more depending on preference
• 1 garlic clove crushed or mashed
• ½ lemon squeezed
• 2 tablespoon finely diced celery
• 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce optional
• ½ tablespoon worcestershire sauce optional

Instructions

• Finely dice the celery. Crush the garlic using a garlic press or mortar and pestle. Squeeze the lemon using a lemon juicer.
• Add the ketchup, diced celery, lemon juice, crushed garlic, prepared horseradish, worcestershire sauce (if using), and tabasco sauce (if using). Mix well. Taste and adjust salt and horseradish.
• Serve the homemade cocktail sauce with chilled steamed shrimp.

Notes

1. Store the homemade cocktail sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
2. Variations:
   • Substitute equal parts chili sauce for ketchup.
   • Omit the tabasco hot sauce or Worcestershire sauce if desired.
   • Use lime juice in place of lemon juice.

Nutrition

Serving: 6 ounces | Calories: 23 kcal | Carbohydrates: 6 g | Protein: 0.3 g | Fat: 0.03 g | Saturated Fat: 0.01 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01 g | Sodium: 223 mg | Potassium: 74 mg | Fiber: 0.1 g | Sugar: 5 g | Vitamin A: 105 IU | Vitamin C: 2 mg | Calcium: 6 mg | Iron: 0.2 mg