cocktail sauce
noun
: a somewhat spicy sauce that consists typically of ketchup or tomato-based chili sauce mixed with horseradish and often lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and hot-pepper sauce and that is served especially as a condiment for cold seafood (such as shrimp or oysters)
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Assemble dip: Spoon cocktail sauce evenly over cream cheese mixture.
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Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Assemble the dip in a bowl with the cream cheese mixture on bottom, then a layer of cocktail sauce, and finally more shrimp.
—Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Red Lobster: Those with a valid military ID or proof of service on Monday can dine in and get a free Veteran’s Shrimp & Chips meal – featuring six Walt's Favorite Shrimp, served with cocktail sauce and ketchup, plus french fries and coleslaw.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
Someone opened it and removed the cocktail sauce and left the shrimp!
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
Slice of Garlic Seafood Alfredo Pizza (garlic Alfredo base with surimi, motz and provolone cheese topped with splash of Old Bay seasoning, a swirl of cocktail sauce): $8.
CCS Empanadas:
Chicken Empanada: $6.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 23 May 2024
Wasabi is also sometimes substituted for horseradish to make cocktail sauce extra spicy.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Oysters are prepared seven different ways, from raw with baja mignonette, yuzu green peppercorn sauce, or cocktail sauce and lemon to jerk-style, with a Caribbean-spiced jam.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
The shrimp had a nice snap to it and served as an excellent vessel for the piquant, faintly sweet cocktail sauce.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
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Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Assemble the dip in a bowl with the cream cheese mixture on bottom, then a layer of cocktail sauce, and finally more shrimp.
—Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Red Lobster: Those with a valid military ID or proof of service on Monday can dine in and get a free Veteran’s Shrimp & Chips meal – featuring six Walt's Favorite Shrimp, served with cocktail sauce and ketchup, plus french fries and coleslaw.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
Someone opened it and removed the cocktail sauce and left the shrimp!
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
Slice of Garlic Seafood Alfredo Pizza (garlic Alfredo base with surimi, motz and provolone cheese topped with splash of Old Bay seasoning, a swirl of cocktail sauce): $8.
CCS Empanadas:
Chicken Empanada: $6.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 23 May 2024
Wasabi is also sometimes substituted for horseradish to make cocktail sauce extra spicy.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Oysters are prepared seven different ways, from raw with baja mignonette, yuzu green peppercorn sauce, or cocktail sauce and lemon to jerk-style, with a Caribbean-spiced jam.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
The shrimp had a nice snap to it and served as an excellent vessel for the piquant, faintly sweet cocktail sauce.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Cocktail sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20sauce. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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