Name: Easy Vegan Tartar Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: 1 cup creamy cashew mayonnaise; 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish (I love Wickles!); 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard; salt and pepper to taste

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Easy vegan tartar sauce is a much healthier alternative to the traditional mayonnaise-based condiment. It’s creamy, tangy, and full of flavor. Just 4 ingredients are required! Oil-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free.

Ladies and gentlemen, the easiest and best vegan tartar sauce! Yes, there are many vegan versions out in the world but none quite like this.

This vegan tartar sauce is everything you’d expect: tangy, creamy, sweet, and absolutely delicious.

As an added BONUS, It’s completely oil-free, healthy, and you only need 4 ingredients to make the magic happen. And, trust me. This stuff is infinitely better than anything sitting on the shelves of grocery stores.

Use this wonderful recipe as a dip for your fries, sandwiches, salads, and Crunchy Vegan Tofu Fish Fillets.

Alright, let’s get it done!

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Ingredients You’ll Need

Vegan Mayo: I use my own homemade cashew vegan mayonnaise. It’s oil-free, creamy, and absolutely delicious.
Relish: I like Wickles. Sweet pickle relish is my favorite but if you prefer less sweet regular dill relish is just as good. You could also just used finely chopped dill pickles.
Lemon Juice: fresh lemon juice is best. If you use bottled, be sure it is pure juice. Not the crap in the green plastic bottle.
Mustard: you can use yellow or Dijon mustard. Personally, I prefer yellow mustard in this recipe.
Salt and pepper: I usually omit both of these. But, taste and season as needed at the end.
Mix-ins: fresh dill and capers are a great way to spruce up this recipe.

How To Make Vegan Tartar Sauce

This easy vegan tartar sauce recipe is so simple to make and ready in 5 minutes. You’ll never want to buy store-bought vegan tartar sauce again!

Combine all of the ingredients into a small bowl and stir everything together.
Taste then season with salt and pepper as needed.

What To Serve With Tartar Sauce?

A creamy dip for these Oil-Free Oven Roasted Potatoes or Baked Cajun Fries.
Crunchy Tofu Fish Fillets
Use it as a salad dressing.
Perfect for these Crunchy Baked Onion Rings!

Make Ahead and Storing

This delicious vegan tartar sauce is even better once it’s had time to chill a bit. So, if you know you’re going to be needing it, whip up a batch a day or two ahead of time.

You can store leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Unfortunately, it does not freeze well.

easy vegan tartar sauce in glass jar with spoon

More Healthy Vegan Sauces

tartar sauce on top of vegan tofu fish fillets

I hope you enjoy this easy vegan tartar sauce recipe. Please leave a comment below with a star rating. And, be sure and share a picture on Instagram with the hashtag #shaneandsimple. I want to see your work. Enjoy!