Homemade Tartar Sauce Is Sure To Compliment Southern Fried Catfish {Granny's Recipe}

There is nothing better with Southern Fried Catfish than Homemade Tartar Sauce, Southern Style Coleslaw, and Homemade Green Tomato Relish.

There is a restaurant close to us that serves the best catfish, but what they serve before you ever get the catfish is a favorite.  They bring out these little bowls of sliced onions, green tomato relish, and coleslaw with baskets of hush puppies.  We sit there and eat until they bring the fish out.  By then I am stuffed.

This recipe comes from my Mother.  She made Homemade Tartar Sauce not just for when we were eating catfish, but also for  the times she made her Salmon Crochets. The recipe is easy with few ingredients, and one that you cannot go wrong with.  It is more about the ratio of the onions and pickle relish.  We like ours on the oniony side rather than on the pickley side. Mixing it up is the same.  One thing I do today that my Mother didn't do is to pat dry the onions after they have been chopped.  This helps the tartar sauce from being too soupy.  I also drain the pickle relish for the same reason.

Again Mother used Miracle Whip, and we use Mayonnaise now, but you can use what you prefer and it will be great.  I have had it both ways, and I like both of them.  Just remember the ratio of the onions to the pickle relish is up to you.

Homemade Tartar Sauce

Ingredients:
3 medium unions, finely chopped and patted dry
1/2-3/4 pickle relish (amount depends on how big the onions are, so start out with 1/2 cup)
3/4-1 cup Mayonnaise (amount depends on how big the onions are, so start out with 3/4 cup)

Directions:
In a medium bowl, mix all the above ingredients together until well mixed.  Refrigerate until time to serve.

Note:  You can adjust the amount of the onions and pickle relish after mixing if you more flavor from either

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