This homemade cocktail sauce is the perfect companion to shrimp cocktail—one of my favorite appetizers and also lazy dinners. Lol. There’s just something fancy feeling about shrimp cocktail, but it can be pretty boring without this flavorful cocktail sauce.

Cocktail sauce is super easy to make and only requires five ingredients. You can also easily customize this recipe to your liking, like increasing or decreasing the amount of horseradish.

Related: Next up, make your own buffalo sauce or spring roll sauce. Or find more easy appetizer recipes to try.

Ingredients

• Ketchup
• Horseradish
• Worcestershire sauce
• Lemon juice
• Tabasco

Directions

In a small to medium sized mixing bowl, add all ingredients. Stir to combine. Taste and if you feel the sauce needs something, add it.

You can use this sauce right away or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks.

Serve alongside shrimp cocktail.

Tips and Substitutions

• You can easily increase or decrease the amount of horseradish in this recipe. I find this is one ingredient that tends to elicit a strong reaction from people. 🙂
• I like the vinegar taste of Tabasco for this recipe, but if you want to swap it for a different hot sauce like Frank’s RedHot or Cholula, you can.
• If you want to add a little sweetness to this, you can sprinkle in a big pinch of granulated white sugar or a small drizzle of honey.

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