If you’re looking for the Best Horseradish Sauce recipe, you’ve come to the right place! I’ve served this creamy horseradish sauce at restaurants throughout my career as a chef, and I’ve yet to find a better one.
My creamy horseradish sauce recipe is a delicious accompaniment for your favorite Roasted or Grilled Beef Dishes.
It goes perfectly with a Prime Rib Roast, beef tenderloin, roast beef, pot roast, and pork tenderloin, to name a few.
And it’s the perfect dressing for roast beef sandwiches, hot or cold. I love using kaiser rolls. Aged provolone makes and horseradish cream sauce make tasty additions to any roast beef sandwich and is my favorite way to serve a roast beef sandwich.
Ingredients
Let’s start by gathering the ingredients we need to make my easy horseradish sauce recipe. In Chef Speak this is called the “Mise en Place” which translates to “Everything in its Place”.
Not only does setting your ingredients up ahead of time speed up the cooking process, it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.
Made with simple pantry ingredients:
- Sour Cream
- Mayonnaise
- Prepared Horseradish
- Apple Cider Vinegar or champagne vinegar
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Chives
*You’ll see some recipes add Dijon mustard to the sauce, but that makes it a Dijonnaise sauce, and the mustard actually overpowers the taste of the horseradish.
What substitutions can I use to make the sauce?
- If you’re not a fan of mayonnaise, it can be made using only sour cream.
- Crème fraîche and Greek Yogurt are good substitutes for sour cream.
- Lemon juice can be used in place of vinegar.
- Freshly grated horseradish root should be used with caution as it is a lot stronger than prepared horseradish.
How to make Horseradish Sauce
My Creamy Horseradish Sauce is going to take you all of 5 minutes to make. Start by adding the sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper to a medium size mixing bowl.
Whisk the ingredients together until smooth.
Add the prepared horseradish, apple cider vinegar and chives to the mixture. Mix well until the horseradish has been fully incorporated.
Here’s where you have a little wiggle room. If you like a spicier horseradish sauce, add more prepared horseradish; if you like it a little less spicy, add less horseradish. A teaspoon of sugar will also perk up the sauce (sugar is a flavor enhancer).
That’s all it takes to make homemade creamy horseradish sauce. Store the sauce in an airtight container, and refrigerate. The sauce will keep for 5-7 days refrigerated and well sealed.
I like to make my horseradish cream sauce about 24 hours in advance so the flavors have time to build. But it’s ready to use as soon as you make it.
Recipe FAQ’s
Prepared horseradish is made using grated horseradish root (spicy root vegetable), vinegar and salt.
Once opened, prepared horseradish can last 3-4 months, kept sealed and refrigerated. Check the use-by date on the jar.
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Creamy Horseradish Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoon prepared horseradish
- 2 tablespoon mayo
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chives finely chopped
Instructions
- Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, salt and black pepper to a medium size mixing bowl and whisk the ingredients together.
- Add the prepared horseradish, apple cider vinegar, and chives to the mixture and mix well until the ingredients are fully incorporated into the sauce.
- Store the sauce in a wellsealed container and refirgerate. If time permits store the sauce overnight to give the flavors a chance to build. The sauce is ready to go as soon as its made, but it's going to taste better the next day.
Keith
I buy ‘soup bones’ from my local rancher. They are lower on the shank and are a very tough piece of meat. But salt (plus pepper, rosemary and garlic) and sous vide for 30 hrs and they come out like a cross between brisket and prime rib- tender and really beefy. I make an elderflower vinegar that is close to champagne vinegar and pairs well with lemon so I added both. I made this recipe with freshly harvested horseradish- fantastic! Really amazing- good that night, great after the flavors mixed for a day. Thanks for a killer recipe!
Bernice
That roast beef sandwich is making me hungry! Last summer we made our own horseradish and it is so strong we haven’t been able to use it. I think I’ll give this recipe a try just to cut the heat down a bit.
Hayley Dhanecha
Homemade is the best! This horseradish sauce was so good. Thanks for the easy and simple recipe.
Ann
This horseradish sauce was very tasteful. This was the first time I have added apple cider vinegar to horseradish sauce.
Veronika
This is a must-to-have addition on our table, especially during the holiday season! Cannot wait to try this recipe, it looks amazing 😉
Lori | The Kitchen Whisperer
With the holidays here this is a must make for prime rib dinner. I love how simple yet delicious this recipe is!
Tammy
Oh wow this was so amazing! I’ve never had a horseradish dip before, it was so delicious and easy too!
Jessica
This is my favorite sauce to have with steak and I haven’t made it quite “right”…until now! Your recipe was perfectly creamy with just enough kick (mine was always too hot). 😉
Kathryn
This horseradish sauce is so delicious, creamy, and packed with just the right amount of spice flavor. I’ll be making this again to serve with prime rib over the holidays. Thanks for the recipe!
Min
Simple and delicious homemade horseradish sauce. Everyone enjoyed it very much. Thanks for a great recipe
Elaine
This is one of my favorite sauces and it turned out so well! I mean, there are so many great dishes that I can use this with. Thanks for the recipe.