Whether you serve it with crab cakes, on a po’boy, with fried green tomatoes, or dip your french fries in it, remoulade sauce is the perfect Cajun complement to so many dishes!
Exactly what is Remoulade Sauce?
Let’s cut right to the chase… There are a million ways to make remoulade sauce. The only constant is that there is mayonnaise, mustard, parsley, and hot sauce in basically every version.
From there, you can add (or not) pickles or capers, green onions, lemon juice or vinegar, cayenne or horseradish, paprika, garlic, worcestershire… it really just depends on your taste!
What do you eat it with?
Most recently I served it on these oyster po’boys, but it’s also great on crab cakes, fried green tomatoes, and homemade french fries! Make this remoulade sauce ahead of time because the longer it sits, the better it gets… let it sit for at least an hour before serving. Overnight is even better.

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Remoulade Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp dijon
- 1 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- 1 Tbsp hot sauce
- 2 tsp whole-grain mustard
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp capers chopped
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 green onion sliced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- cayenne to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in food processor. Blend well.
- Chill for at least 1 hour.

Thank you for sharing this recipe with Southern Plate and Meal Plan Monday. Having spent my whole life in the western United States, this is something totally new to me!
Give it a try Susan. You’ll love it!
My local grocery store does not carry stone ground mustard. Is there a substitute I can use?
I’m sorry, I meant that my grocery store does not carry whole-grain mustard. Is there a substitute I can use?
Another mustard will work! I don’t know that I would go all the way to yellow, but stone-ground, brown mustard, or dijon will work!