Fish sticks are a staple at my house currently (LOL) so this homemade tartar sauce recipe comes in handy! Although this easy tartar sauce is great on all sorts of dishes like fish tacos, salmon burgers, tuna cakes, or air fryer fish. Level up your meal with homemade hushpuppies.

Tartar sauce is a creamy mayo-based sauce flavored with dill pickles (or relish) and a few fresh herbs. I like my tartar sauce more on the dip-side, not so thick that you have almost scoop it. But, that’s the great thing about making your own—you can easily customize this to your preferences.

Related: If you love fish recipes next try our Air Fryer Salmon or Baked Salmon recipes.

Ingredients

• Mayonnaise
• Dill relish
• Parsley
• Dill
• Lemon juice
• Granulated white sugar

How to make Tartar Sauce

Finely chop the parsley and dill. In a small to medium sized mixing bowl stir together the mayo, relish, herbs, lemon juice and sugar.

You can store any leftover tartar sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator or at least a week but likely longer. The flavors of the sauce will deepen the longer you store it.

Notes and Substitutions

• You can swap regular mayo or Miracle Whip or another low-fat option if you prefer. If you want to make this vegan friendly use a vegan mayonnaise like Vegenaise.
• Instead of dill relish you can finely chop up dill pickles for this. If you do this will make the sauce thicker and more chunky in consistency.
• You could swap the dill relish or sweet relish. If you do I recommend omitting the sugar as it won’t be necessary to balance the flavors.
• If you don’t have fresh lemon juice you could use apple cider vinegar or white vinegar instead.

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My air fryer sweet and sour chicken bowls feature super crispy chicken, vibrant veggies, and a homemade sweet and sour sauce! I love making this recipe on busy weeknights when I want something that tastes like takeout . The sweet and sour sauce is so so yummy and only requires a few ingredients. Bonus, my kiddos love this recipe, too!

Featured Ingredients

• Chicken: I like using boneless skinless chicken breasts for this recipe, but boneless skinless thighs will also work.
• Panko bread crumbs: Panko helps gives the breading for the chicken its extra CRUNCH when air fryed.
• Orange marmalade: My secret sauce ingredient! It gives this sweet and sour chicken amazing sweet flavor and thickens the sauce a bit, too.
• Cornstarch slurry: The slurry is crucial to thickening up the sauce! Don’t want to use cornstarch? Just omit it, but know your sauce will be a bit thinner.
• Chili garlic sauce: Contrast the sweet marmalade and honey with a little chili garlic sauce (sriracha will also work!). I like to go a little lighter on the spice when I’m serving this to my kiddos, and then add a little extra to mine before serving .
• Rice vinegar: Adds the perfect of “sour” flavor to balance out the sweetness in the sauce.

Find the list of full ingredients in the recipe card below. 

How to Make Air Fryer Sweet and Sour Chicken

1. Prepare the sauce: Add all the ingredients for the sauce into a small saucepan and simmer. Make the cornstarch slurry in a separate bowl and then add it to the simmering sauce to thicken it up
2. Sauté the veggies: Add your chopped veggies to a skillet with sesame oil, and cook for 5-7 minutes.
3. Prepare the chicken: Dredge the chicken through flour, then egg wash, and then panko. This order of operations will help the breading stick extra well to the chicken (which yields a super crispy chicken after its air fried!).
4. Air fry the chicken: Make sure the chicken chunks aren’t touching and air fry to crispy perfection.
5. Toss the chicken in the sweet and sour sauce.
6. Assemble into bowls, and ENJOY!

Find the full recipe instructions in the recipe card below. 

Serving Suggestions

My instant pot white rice recipe is a go-to! It makes perfect rice every single time. Simply make a batch of rice in the instant pot while you’re preparing the rest of these bowls. Easy peasy.

Storage Instructions

Store this air fryer sweet and sour chicken in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. I like to warm my chicken and veggies back up in the air fryer because it crisps up leftovers so well . The microwave also works!

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This green enchilada sauce recipe tastes so much fresher than store-bought! It’s bold, tangy, and spicy, made with roasted tomatillos, onions, and chiles.

Are you team green enchilada sauce or red enchilada sauce? I’m team…well…both, but right now, I’m really loving this 8-ingredient green enchilada sauce recipe. It’s adapted from my favorite salsa verde, made with roasted tomatillos, onions, garlic, and jalapeños. The tomatillos give it a super tangy and bright flavor, while the jalapeños add a nice spicy kick (don’t worry—if you don’t love spice, I have a few tips for how you can reduce the heat!).

Try it the next time you’re making enchiladas verdes—with all the veggies in this recipe, it tastes so much fresher than green enchilada sauce from the store.

It makes just about the perfect amount of sauce for one pan of enchiladas, but if you end up with a little leftover, I don’t think you’ll have any trouble finishing it. It’s delicious on Mexican dishes like quesadillas or huevos rancheros…or with tortilla chips!

Green Enchilada Sauce Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make this green enchilada sauce recipe:

• Tomatillos – Tomatillos have an intensely tangy flavor on their own, so much so that I found that I didn’t need any lime juice in this recipe! I roast the tomatillos to get them nice and juicy, then blend them to create the sauce’s flavorful base.
• White onion – I roast it alongside the tomatillos to bring out its natural sweetness. If you don’t have white onion handy, yellow onion works too.
• Jalapeño peppers – One roasted and one raw jalapeño give this sauce its heat. If you’re not a fan of spice, remove the jalapeños’ seeds and membranes, or use just one pepper (1/2 roasted, 1/2 raw) instead of 2. If you’re like me and you love spice, use serranos instead of jalapeños for a little extra heat.
• Fresh garlic and onion powder – For savory depth of flavor.
• Avocado oil – For body and richness. Another neutral oil, such as vegetable oil, would work here too. You could also use olive oil if you prefer, though I find that it sometimes tastes bitter with the cilantro and tomatillos in this recipe.
• Fresh cilantro – It adds fresh depth of flavor.
• And sea salt – To make all the flavors pop!

Find the complete recipe with measurements below.

How to Make Green Enchilada Sauce

This green enchilada sauce recipe has 2 simple steps:

1. Roasting the vegetables
2. Blending the sauce

Start by roasting the vegetables. Peel the papery skins off the tomatillos, then rinse them to remove their sticky coating. Pat them dry and place them on a baking sheet with the onion and 1 of the jalapeños. Drizzle with avocado oil, sprinkle with salt, and roast at 450°F until the tomatillos are soft and bursty, about 30 minutes.

Then, blend the sauce. Place the roasted veggies in a blender with the remaining raw jalapeño, garlic, avocado oil, salt, and onion powder. Blend until smooth, then add the cilantro and blend again.

• Tip: Don’t have a blender? A food processor works too!

Season to taste and use on your next batch of enchiladas verdes!

More Sauces and Salsas to Try

If you love this recipe, try one of these homemade sauces or salsas next:

We make a lot of stir fry at our house and today I’m here to share our recipe for homemade stir fry sauce. This five minute recipe is so easy to make!

I think being able to make a great stir fry is one of those meals everyone should know—it should be taught in schools as a basic life skill. I love rice, I love noodles and I love using up whatever leftover meats and vegetables are sitting in my fridge.

While yes, you could certainly use a store-bought stir fry sauce I think there’s a lot of value in being able to throw one together from things you likely already have on hand. This easy stir fry sauce recipe is flavorful, slightly sweet and a little bit spicy. It goes great with almost anything you are throwing into your stir fry.

Related: Sweet Chili Sauce, Spring Roll Sauce, Dumpling Sauce, Sweet and Sour Sauce, Orange Chicken Sauce.

Stir Fry Sauce Ingredients

• Soy sauce – You can use tradition soy sauce or low sodium or gluten-free.
• Chicken stock – Or chicken broth.
• Sesame oil – Adds depth of flavor.
• Rice vinegar
• Worcestershire sauce
• Garlic – Fresh garlic, minced.
• Ginger – Fresh ginger, minced.
• Brown sugar
• Red pepper flakes – For a little kick.

While this may seem like a lot of ingredients, keep in mind that many of them are either shelf stable or can be stored in the refrigerator for long periods (so you can use them up over time).

How to Make Stir Fry Sauce

In a small- to medium-size mixing bowl, combine all ingredients. Whisk together until the sugar is fully dissolved.

Another option is to add all the ingredients to a jar, like a mason jar, with a lid. Then shake well until the sugar has dissolved.

Now you can pour the stir fry sauce over your stir fry mixture while cooking in a large skillet or pan. Store any unused sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. This makes about a cup of sauce (the perfect amount), so I can typically use this recipe twice. But it depends how much stir fry you are making/how big your family is.

Tips & Substitutions

• Instead of soy sauce, you could use low-sodium soy sauce, liquid aminos or gluten-free soy sauce. 
• You can substitute vegetable or beef stock for chicken if you prefer. You may also use vegetable broth if you want to make a vegan stir fry sauce. 
• If you don’t have sesame oil and don’t want to buy it, you can use another cooking oil like olive oil. But, I do think the flavor of the sesame oil adds to this recipe.
• If you don’t have rice vinegar and don’t want to buy it, you can use apple cider vinegar. I like the sweetness of rice vinegar, but ACV will work well too.
• Instead of brown sugar, you could use granulated white, honey, or maple syrup. You can also reduce the amount of sugar if you prefer.
• I don’t feel this sauce needs a thickening agent. However, if you do prefer one, add a teaspoon or two of cornstarch when whisking together.
• Secret ingredient—many people claim ketchup is the secret ingredient in stir fry sauce. It gives a boost of flavor. I use it in my easy Pad Thai recipe, it’s good! If you try it, start small and let us know what you think. You may also want to reduce the sugar if you add ketchup as the ketchup will add more sweetness.

Stir Fry Recipe Ideas

Learn how to build the perfect stir fry. We love to use veggies, broccoli, snow peas, bell peppers, onion, mushrooms and carrots in our stir fry. You can also add protein such as shrimp, beef, pork or chicken.

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