Cocktail sauce is made of prepared horseradish, chili sauce and ketchup.
Cocktail sauce also most often contains lemon juice and sometimes Tabasco sauce or Worcestershire sauce and sometimes all 3 ingredients are added.
Cocktail sauce, also known as seafood sauce, is one of several types of cold or room temperature sauces often served as part of a dish referred to as a seafood cocktail or as a condiment with other seafoods.
The uses of cocktail sauce include for dishes such as crab, oysters, shrimp cocktail, shrimp and crabs.
Other common uses for cocktail sauce include.
Mix Bloody Marys, add tomato juice, and season.
Top ham and cheese omelets.
Dip deep-fried mushrooms.
Drizzle on crab cakes.
Sauce for burgers or hot dogs.
A dip for mozzarella sticks.
Top deviled Eggs.
Mix into meatloaf.
If your recipe calls for cocktail sauce and you aren't worried about losing the horseradishiness (a new word, and you saw it here first!), substitute chili sauce.
With a little effort, you can also make your own chili sauce or cocktail sauce.
Cocktail sauce is often referred to as seafood sauce or shrimp cocktail sauce, a tomato-based dipping condiment usually served with shrimp and other seafood.
It can be a bit spicy and zesty, thanks to the addition of horseradish and hot sauce, and is said to enhance the flavor of seafood.