Make Fish Sandwiches Explode With Flavor With This Easy Mayo Sauce
The perfect fish sandwich usually showcases a flaky piece of fish, batter-fried until it's golden brown and crunchy, served on a soft, toasted bun, with a creamy sauce to bring it all together. Our list of 26 delicious fish sandwich recipes feature a range of different sauces, from a simple tartar that you can't go wrong with, to a velvety avocado crema. But if you want your sandwich to really explode with flavor, give this easy mayo sauce a shot.
A TikTok user posted the recipe for a 5-minute curried mayo sauce. To make the sauce, simply combine Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, curry powder, lemon juice, honey, and a pinch of salt in a bowl and whisk till it's creamy. With a full range of flavors at play, all you need to do is get the balance right, allowing the heat to cut through the sweetness and acidity.
There are a couple of ways in which you can incorporate this into a fish sandwich. The first, of course, is to spread a dollop on top of your batter-fried fish (white fish like cod, haddock, or pollock work best for fish sandwiches). The sauce's creaminess will provide a natural textural contrast to the crunchy fish. If you're not in the mood for fried fish, you can also combine the curried mayo sauce with flakes of tuna to make a spicy tuna sandwich.
Curry-mayo upgrades to suit your palate
Contrary to popular belief, the true origins of curry powder are not Indian. Nor is there a fixed recipe for it. It's an open-to-interpretation combination of fresh and toasted spices like turmeric, coriander, cumin, cloves, cardamom, fennel, and pepper, ground together to make an instant flavor-booster.
When making your curried mayo sauce, lean into the fact that there's no hard and fast rule on what curry powder is meant to taste like. If you want to make your sauce extra hot, add chili powder or ground black pepper. If you like deeper, more complex flavors, add a hit of toasted cumin or coriander powder. Dried fenugreek leaves will add earthy, nutty notes. You can even add some garam masala — which is different from curry powder — to the mix. The scope for experimentation is endless.
Once you've nailed the balance in your sauce, it's worth keeping one thing in mind while making your sandwich. The hero of this dish should always be the fish, whether it's crunchy and batter-fried or a spicy tuna mix. Use just enough of the sauce to highlight the fish, but not so much that it is completely overpowered.
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