cocktail sauce

Seafood red condiment

Cocktail sauce is a cold condiment served with seafood, especially shrimp.

It combines ketchup or chili sauce with horseradish, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce, producing a tangy, slightly spicy flavor: She dipped the shrimp in cocktail sauce.

condiment

ketchup

Tomato-based condiment

tomato · tangy · zesty · spicy · savory · piquant · accompaniment · garnish · seasoning · flavoring

seafood

shrimp

Small edible crustacean

  • crabPincer-bearing shellfish
  • oysterPearl-bearing edible mollusk
  • prawnEdible marine decapod

lobster · clam · scallop · mussel · crab legs · oyster bar · seafood platter · crustacean · mollusk · raw bar

flavor

spicy

Having strong heat

zesty · pungent · hot · peppery · tart · vinegary · bold · bright · punchy · bracing

dipping

dunk

Briefly submerge in liquid

dipping bowl · side dish · accompaniment · pairing · coating · smear · spread · drizzle · ladle · spoonful

Categories
Opposites
condiment type for seafood

cocktail saucetartar sauce

Mayonnaise-based fish accompaniment

lemon butter · drawn butter · remoulade · aioli · malt vinegar

flavor intensity/complexity

cocktail sauceplain

Basic and unremarkable

unseasoned · bland · unadorned · dry · naked

Family

tail, sauce, saucer, salsa, cocktail, sauces, saucy, sauced, cock

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G