You will love this easy recipe for garlic butter sauce. There are so many ways you can enjoy this simple sauce.
Every day I get asked the questions, “what’s for dinner?”, and I hate it! I have tried so many things to make dinner time easier and some things have helped and other things were too much work.
When you work and have a family – the best advice I can give you is to have a few easy, filling, and tasty recipes to have on a busy night!
For example – I know we can always make spaghetti for dinner. Sometimes it will have meat sauce. Since ground beef is easy to defrost I can also throw together a taco bake since I usually always have salsa, cheese, and crescent rolls in the house.
Or we can take the easy route and make breakfast for dinner or grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Just knowing that I have a stockpile of ingredients saves me money so I don’t have to grab fast food for dinner for my kids. And sometimes it’s faster to make the meal than to wait for fast food.
I always have ingredients in my house to make this chocolate chip cookie recipe for a quick dessert!
There’s one more thing I know I can always make and it will make even the most boring dinner taste amazing – it’s my recipe for Garlic Butter Sauce. With just a few basic ingredients you have a buttery sauce.
This rich garlic butter sauce is so good on so many things! Last night we enjoyed it with some flounder – but here are a few of our favorite ways to use this delicious sauce!
Add it to a pizza crust for a fancy pizza. I top mine with some ricotta cheese, a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese and top it with some diced tomatoes. Then I drizzle this butter sauce over the pizza once it’s cooked. Or use it as a garlic butter dipping sauce.
Use it to dip your crab legs.
Spoon it over salmon fillets.
Any white fish is delicious with this sauce.
It’s also so good on red potatoes!
A personal favorite is over some juicy shrimp over some al dente pasta topped with some parmesan cheese. This is such a simple recipe and it’s so fancy!
Sautee chicken breast in a large skillet with olive oil and finish it with this lemon garlic butter sauce.
It’s really good over so many seafood recipes!
Use it to top some homemade biscuits…think Red Lobster biscuits or garlic knots!
Keep scrolling for the printable recipe card below.
How to make Easy Garlic Butter Sauce
Ingredients
1 stick of butter – I like to start with unsalted butter so I can adjust the salt after it’s cooked – I don’t like too much salt. Make sure you use a good quality butter.
3- 4 garlic cloves – fresh garlic is the best! Minced garlic in a jar is easy but not as flavorful. Garlic lovers can add 1 more clove!
Fresh Lemon Juice – about 1/2 a large lemon
Garlic powder – this will help elevate the garlic flavors but doesn’t have too much garlic clove pieces in the sauce.
Fresh parsley – this is the only ingredient I need to pick up at the store. Fresh herbs are always the best.
Salt and black pepper to taste.
Instructions for lemon butter sauce recipe:
Add 4 tablespoons of butter to a small saucepan. Melt the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 -2 minutes until fragrant. If it gets too hot, lower the heat to medium-low heat. Add the remaining butter and melt butter. Do not put it on high heat. The garlic will burn and ruin the sauce.
Remove from heat and add the garlic powder, lemon juice, and parsley. Taste it and add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve it with your favorite recipes!
If you have any leftovers store it in an airtight container for up to 4 days. The best part is that it makes enough for at least 2 meals. You can have pizza one night and seafood another night.
With just a few simple ingredients you can make this easy sauce that’s one of our favorite recipes.
Garlic Butter Sauce Recipe
With just a few simple ingredients you can make this easy sauce that can be used in so many meals.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (8 Tablespoons)
- 3-4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1.5 Tablespoons lemon juice (about 1/2 a lemon)
- 1 Tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add 4 tablespoons of butter to a small saucepan. Melt the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 -2 minutes. If it gets too hot, lower the heat to medium-low heat.
- Add the remaining butter and melt butter. Do not put it on high heat. The garlic will burn and ruin the sauce.
- Remove from heat and add the garlic powder, lemon juice, and parsley. Taste it and add salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
If you have any leftovers store it in an airtight container for up to 4 days. The best part is that it makes enough for at least 2 meals. You can have pizza one night and seafood another night.
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