Horseradish Sauce Recipe
This creamy Horseradish Sauce rivals the best Steakhouse horseradish I’ve tried in both Ruth’s Chris and the Cottonwood Grill. It is excellent paired with prime rib, steak or beef tenderloin.
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Horseradish Sauce Recipe:
This horseradish cream sauce is so easy and will impress your dinner guests! It keeps well in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks and only gets better as the flavors meld.
This sauce is creamy and balanced by the cider vinegar. It isn’t overly pungent and won’t mask the flavors of the excellent prime rib you’ve prepared. If you like your horseradish sauce a little more potent, add horseradish to taste.
What is Prepared Horseradish?
You can purchase jars labeled “prepared horseradish” in the refrigerated section of your grocery store.
If you have a fresh horseradish root growing in your yard, you can make homemade prepared horseradish in a food processor with some water, vinegar and salt but keep in mind homemade is twice as strong as store-bought so add it to taste.
Prepared horseradish is so versatile. We love it in crab salad, coleslaw and “Hron” (a Russian sauce with grated beets).
How to Make Horseradish Sauce:
It really doesn’t get any easier than this: combine all of the ingredients and stir!
What Can I Serve Horseradish Sauce With?
Horseradish sauce for prime rib is obvious but some of these ideas may surprise you! It adds memorable flavor to:
- Prime Rib
- Steak Sandwiches
- Beef Tenderloin
- Pork Tenderloin
- Sushi (instead of wasabi)
- Deviled Eggs
Horseradish Sauce Recipe
This creamy Horseradish Sauce rivals the best steakhouse horseradish and is excellent paired with prime rib, beef tenderloin or steak.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 Tbsp prepared horseradish drained
- 2 Tbsp mayo
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1 Tbsp chives finely chopped
Instructions
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In a small mixing bowl, stir all of the ingredients together. Serve right away or cover and refrigerate for about 2 weeks.
Recipe Notes
If you enjoy a stronger horseradish sauce, add more prepared horseradish to taste.
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Stay tuned, we’re sharing a video recipe of our all-time favorite beef tenderloin tomorrow which we served with this sauce. It is the perfect main course for Valentines Day!
Q: What is YOUR favorite way to enjoy Creamy Horseradish Sauce? I would love to hear from you in a comment below!
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Perfect sauce! The sauce went great with our thin sliced steak. I didn’t have chives so I added about 1/4 teaspoon of onion powder after I made half of the recipe. Thanks!
Isn’t the flavor amazing! I’m so glad you enjoyed that! Thank you for that great review!
This sauce is yummy! I didn’t have Apple cider vinegar so I used distilled vinegar but still great. Reminds me the sauce that fancy markets have with their beef. Exactly what I wanted!
I’m so glad you enjoyed that Kaitlin.
This was outstanding on my eye round roast.Thank you from all nine who dined.You are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for your good feedback, John!
My family likes horse radish on corn beef briskett or the creamy sauce on a rubin with rye bread. Yummy!!!
Great to hear that, Anne. Thanks for giving this recipe a try!
I have never commented on a recipe before now. This sauce is perfectly balanced. I always winged it before, and now realize I was missing the mayonnaise and vinegar, and some proportions. Thanks!
You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed this and I hope you love every recipe that you try!
Delicious. I went a wee bit heavier with the horseradish b/c I like the heat, and I used lemon juice in place of the vinegar. It added some tartness and brightness. This is a nice way for me to have my horseradish with my beef (we had it with ribeye steaks) and not blow my head off.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me Ronna! I’m so glad you loved this recipe!
You are so refreshing with the down to earth recipes. I am 71 and I love all the basic recipes. I am making prime rib for New Years and I have all the ingredients for sauce. Thanks
Happy New Year, Cindy! Thank you for sharing that with me.
What is prepared horseradish sauce I looked I couldn’t find it I have regular horseradish what to do
Hi Robert, prepared horseradish is just finely grated horseradish. I found it in the refrigerated section of our grocery store. You might ask a grocery store employee where they keep it – it can be in weird spots (it’s next to the refrigerated sauerkraut, Mexican cheeses and raw tortillas in our store). I have a photo of it in the post (see the third photo from the top).
Love horseradish sauce especially with prime rib. I will be trying this recipe, it looks very good. My Russian grandma always added a little beet juice when she made her horseradish, I’m not sure why.
I love the idea of serving it with Prime Rib! Thank you for that awesome review.
How would you prepare this with powdered horseradish?
Hi Melanie, I have not tested that with powdered to advise. If you experiment, let me know how you liked the recipe
The best ever. I served this with prime rib at Christmas, & it was wonderful. My son said “I could just drink this, it’s so good.” There was none left at the end of the meal. In the past I would just wing it, this year i found your recipe, & now I keep it mixed up in my fridge, ready to go. I did add more horseradish.
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite, Yvonne!
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I’m so inspired reading your review. Thank you!
I’ve just grated fresh horseradish from the garden (I’m not crying from the fumes, honestly), and combined it with lemon juice instead of the cider vinegar, and unsweetened Greek yoghurt, s&p, and a finely chopped habanada chilli. It tastes ace already so a few hours to mature should make it awesome for the roast beef tonight.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
Made this tonight for a grilled eye round roast. It was very tasty and simple to make. This recipe is now my go to horseradish sauce recipe.
Thank you for posting it!
That’s so great, Curt!! Sounds like you found a new favorite!
I love this on steak, but I absolutely adore it on potatoes, especially roasted potatoes! I’m so glad I came across your recipe because I now keep this in my fridge just about all the time.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that, Heather! Thank you for sharing that with us!
I think I’ll make my own prepared
Horseradish use your recipe and use it to make your recipe for horseradish sauce.
Thank you
You’re so welcome! I hope you love this recipe!
Oh my gosh, this recipe is superb. I made it for prime rib and just made it again for believe it or not, a dipping sauce for chicken wings. Rave reviews both times! Thank you so much!!
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite, Joann!
I’m sorry, but I might be the only one that didn’t like this recipe. The mayo taste came through along with the overpowering apple cider. Not sure why this received so many stars?–I would have gone with some lemon juice rather than the strong apple cider and skipped the mayo.
Hi Amy, I haven’t noticed the mayo overpowering. I wonder if maybe you used a different kind of horseradish (maybe a creamy horseradish sauce was used instead of a prepared horseradish that is called for in this recipe?). That could make all the difference.
Since it was all I could find, I used 4 tablespoons of the creamy horseradish and left out the mayo. Came out perfect.
I am so glad to hear that, Ruth. Thank you for your wonderful feedback!
How many carbs?
Hi Vera, usually the carbs display in the nutrition label and if they don’t display, that typically means there are 0 carbs.
I have used a similar recipe (no mayo). This is so much better!
I actually grate my own horseradish and then stop the sharpness process after seven minutes with apple cider vinegar, so did not add more. It’s the way my Dad always prepared it:)
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Hi Marilyn, Thank you for that wonderful compliment & review!
Delicious horseradish sauce! I served it with classic roast beef. Thanks!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the wonderful review!
Love the idea of making this at home! Looks so delicious!
Yes!! There is nothing like fresh and homemade :). I hope you love this horseradish sauce 🙂
This sauce is so easy and goes fresh on all the things. Thank you!!
You’re so welcome! Thank you for that great review!
Oh my goodness!!! This horseradish sauce is the bomb!!!
Isn’t it amazing?! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review, Becky!
Really good sauce however the prepared horseradish already has vinegar so next time I will skip the ACV…I like the pungency of the horseradish so I opted for an extra tablespoon and it rivaled my favorite creamy horseradish sauce from Chop House!
Thanks for the recipe!
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us!
Fantastic…making a day ahead for flavors to meld.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
Oh yum!!! This horseradish sauce is the bomb!!!
You’re so nice! Thank you Becky!
Love this recipe!
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for that wonderful review!
Looks so much tastier than the stuff that comes in a jar. And now I’m hungry for some prime rib! 😉
Yes!! There’s no comparison. Homemade will spoil you forever because you’ll never want canned again especially over an expensive cut of beef. Mmmm 🙂
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