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My Garlic Butter Sauce recipe is a guaranteed way to make any dish taste amazing. This easy sauce recipe uses one bowl and 3 simple ingredients, but is good on everything. Garlic herb butter is keto-friendly, gluten-free, and your new secret to making every meal special!
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Best Ever Garlic Herb Butter
I am obsessed with my garlic butter sauce recipe. After trying it just once, I sought out other recipes to use it for, just for an excuse to eat more garlic herb butter. It really is that good.
My family loves it, too. They know I'm going to be making my garlic butter sauce recipe if I'm cooking steak, and I love to make it for burgers, vegetables, bread, and even Thanksgiving turkey, too!
When I say it goes with everything, I mean it goes with everything (except dessert, of course). I have yet to try this buttery garlic sauce with something that it hasn't improved the flavor of dramatically. You just can't go wrong with it!
FAQs
Garlic butter sauce is made of butter, dried or fresh parsley, and garlic. Other herbs, such as thyme or rosemary, may be used in place of parsley.
Garlic butter is low carb. Use it to improve the flavor of any keto recipe.
Garlic butter is gluten-free and can safely be used in gluten-free recipes.
Use 1 teaspoon dried herbs for every 1 tablespoon fresh herbs. For example, instead of 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, use 2 teaspoons dried parsley.
Garlic butter lasts up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator and 2 months in the freezer.
How to Store Garlic Butter
- In the refrigerator: Store rolled in plastic wrap as a log, or in an air-tight container or baggie, for up to 2 weeks.
- In the freezer: Store rolled in plastic wrap as a log, or in an air-tight container or baggie, for up to 2. Label with the freezing date. When ready to use, pull it straight from the freezer and add it to your meal without thawing.
What to Make with Garlic Butter
- Bread: This is the best garlic spread for bread. Don't melt the butter; spread it onto your favorite bread, then add the bread to the oven at 425°F for 5 minutes for lightly toasted, garlic butter bread.
- Pasta: Add to angel hair, ziti, or linguine, for a gourmet garlic butter pasta! While the pasta is cooking, add ½ cup garlic butter to a pan over medium heat. Drain the pasta, leaving ¼ cup pasta water, and add to the pan with the garlic butter sauce.
- Pizza: Use as a garlic sauce dip for pizza! It's an amazing pairing!
- Seafood: This is the best garlic butter sauce for crab, shrimp, and more.
- Burgers: Use as a spread on your favorite burger recipes.
- Vegetables: Add to sauteed or roasted vegetables for so much flavor. We love using garlic herb butter on mushrooms, cauliflower, broccoli, and more.
- Mashed potatoes: You need to try garlic butter mashed potatoes - they are life-changing.
And my favorite dish ever to make using garlic butter is Garlic Butter Steak Bites! Juicy bites of steak with herb garlic butter is an incomparable meal.
Variations
- If using unsalted butter, add ½ teaspoon salt.
- Try using other herbs, like thyme or rosemary, instead of parsley. You can even use a mix.
Recommended Tools
- Garlic smasher: I love using a garlic smasher to easily mince garlic to use in this recipe. It comes with a roller peeler that removes the garlic skin so easily.
- Herb scissors: If you're using fresh herbs, herb scissors are awesome for cutting herbs into an even size easily.
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Best Garlic Butter Sauce
Equipment
- Bowl
- Fork
Ingredients
- 2 sticks salted butter at room temperature
- 3 cloves garlic finely chopped or pressed
- 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley finely chopped; or 2 teaspoons dried parsley
Instructions
- In a medium-size bowl, add softened butter, chopped garlic, and chopped parsley. Mix until well-combined.2 sticks salted butter, 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley, 3 cloves garlic
- To melt into a sauce, add the butter to a saucepan over low heat for 3 minutes or until melted.
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Notes
- If using unsalted butter, add ½ teaspoon salt.
- Try using other herbs, like thyme or rosemary, instead of parsley. You can even use a mix.
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