Chipotle-Chili Tartar Sauce

This is an excellent all purpose sauce for adding a little smokiness/spiciness to burgers or whatever else you choose. Sometimes when I have people over to eat, but I want to keep things simple, I make something plain and then have a few sauces/spreads available so everyone can choose whichever one they like. It's nice because you can whip them up quickly the day before and they're ready to go.

CHIPOTLE-CHILI TARTAR SAUCE

Yield: approx. 1 ¼ cups

3/4 cup mayonnaise

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons minced red onion

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or dill

1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chilies in adobo (or more to taste)

1 tablespoon drained capers

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Whisk everything together in small bowl. Can be made 2 days ahead; Cover and chill.

barely tweaked from Bon Appétit (originally from Hal’s Bar & Grill, Venice, CA)

can of chipotle chilies in adobo sauce

all the ingredients ready to mix

The original recipe called for dill, but based on
the reviews, I used cilantro (and did not regret it).

chipotle-chili tartar sauce
generously slathered on a burger...

...and hot dogs

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