This creamy horseradish sauce for Prime Rib recipes is what Christmas dinner dreams are made of. Homemade Horseradish cream sauce is an excellent accoutrements to prime rib.
Lather up your standing rib roast with our Prime Rib Rub and serve it along side this Prime Rib Horseradish sauce, Au Jus for prime rib or Prime Rib Gravy for an unforgettable holiday dinner.
What Is Horseradish
Horseradish is a root vegetable in the same family as wasabi. Horseradish cream sauce for prime rib is a spicy and tangy cream sauce filled with shredded horseradish and basic pantry staples like mayonnaise and spices. It’s spicy like cajun sauce, with more intense heat.
Read up on the differences between prepared horseradish vs horseradish sauce if you’re unsure of the differences.
Creamy Horseradish Sauce Recipe
This is the best horseradish sauce. It’s quick and easy to make and flexible to suit your taste buds! Some horsey sauce recipes call for too much of something which leaves an unpleasant and overpowering taste in your mouth. Not this prime rib sauce. It’s even good on Baked Filet Mignon.
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients required to make this steak dipping sauce:
- Horseradish – Either fresh horseradish roots or a jar of prepared horseradish from the grocery store. Store bought jarred horseradish has excess liquid so make sure to drain before using.
- Sour Cream – Don’t skimp, as the sour cream adds the light and creamy texture.
- Mayonnaise – A little goes a long way. Adds body and texture.
- Dijon Mustard – Our “must have” in most dressings or dips. They have something called “horseradish mustard” but that would be overkill on the horseradish. Both store bought mustard or homemade mustard work well.
- Chives – Chopped chives adds a hint of fresh and seasonal flavor.
- Salt and Pepper – Add to taste.
How To Make Horseradish Sauce For Prime Rib
To make this fresh horseradish sauce recipe, just add all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir to combine. Taste and adjust any seasonings until you get your preferred flavor. Cover and transfer to the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Does Horseradish Go Bad
Yep – you have two weeks to use up leftover horseradish sauce. Horseradish mayo sauce can be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Horsey Sauce
Is horsey sauce the same as horseradish sauce? Yes. If you see something called “horsey sauce” it’s one and the same.
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What is Horseradish Cream Sauce Good On
So many things! Here are a few of our favorite ways to use horsey sauce!
- Horseradish Sauce For Rib Roast – Perfect pairing for any of our Prime Ribs: Garlic and Herb Prime Rib, Reverse Sear Prime Rib, smoked prime rib, sous vide prime rib. All our prime rib recipes are highly rated – check out the reviews!
- Horseradish Sauce For Corned Beef – make a batch of Instant Pot Corned Beef or Sous Vide Corned Beef and dip away!
- Horseradish Sauce For Beef – Makes a great dipping sauce for Sous Vide Chuck Roast, Smoked Chuck Roast, Sous Vide Filet Mignon, Sous Vide Ribeye, or Smoked London Broil. Horseradish sauce for prime rib is a classic for good reason.
- Horseradish Sauce For Sandwiches – creamy horseradish sauce on this prime rib sandwich, prime rib sliders, prime rib patty melt, or this Tri Tip Sandwich, is a match made in heaven. Roast beef sandwiches, of any kind, can use a hit of the good stuff!
- Horseradish Aioli – Lather up your hamburger bun and utilize it as an aioli. Horseradish sauce with mayo > plain mayo.
- Horseradish Sauce For Roast Beef – serve Horseradish Sauce For Beef Tenderloin alongside smoked beef tenderloin or even individual beef wellingtons.
- Potato Recipes- Add a spoonful to horseradish mashed potatoes or sous vide mashed potatoes.
- Steak Crostini
Need prime rib side dish ideas? Check out our list of What To Serve with Prime Rib.
Tips and Variations
- Start with the horseradish sauce for prime rib recipe, as written. Taste and adjust as needed. Like tons of spice? Add extra horseradish. Love the tang of vinegar, add an extra splash. It’s a very forgiving horseradish recipe.
- Try and make horseradish sauce for prime rib about 24 hours before serving to allow the flavors to meld together.
- You can use apple cider vinegar, champagne vinegar or even lemon juice as the acid, depending on what you have available and your flavor preference.
- For a mild horseradish sauce, stick with the prepared horseradish as fresh is about twice as spicy.
- Using full fat sour cream and mayonnaise is the way to go, when making horseradish sauce for beef, as the creaminess and tang will alter with low fat or fat free options.
- To mix it up, try serving next to a batch of Horseradish Butter.
Prime Rib Reference Guides
- How To Cook Prime Rib – 6 different recipes!
- For an even juicier roast, I highly recommend you Dry Brine Prime Rib.
- This is one of 11 prime rib sauce recipes to consider serving
- Download our free Temperature Chart For Prime Rib Printable
- Learn how to How To Reheat Prime Rib
- Use any leftover sauce to go with Recipes with Leftover Prime Rib
- Check pricing on our Prime Rib For Sale article.
Drink Pairings
Horseradish goes with a ton of stuff; it really depends on what you’re serving it with. As such, we’ll stick with letting you know the drinks fresh horseradish itself can go in: Michelada and Bloody Mary‘s.
Horseradish Sauce For Prime Rib
Ingredients
- ½ cup Sour Cream, Full Fat
- 2 tbsp Prepared Horseradish, Drained (*Note 1)
- 2 tbsp Mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp Finely Chopped Chives
- 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar (*Note 2)
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ⅛ tsp Black Pepper
OPTIONAL
- ½ tsp Dijon Mustard (*Note 3)
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a small mixing bowl and stir to combine. Taste and adjust ingredients as desired.
- Cover and refrigerate for up to two weeks.