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My Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce recipe is an easy way to make any meal gourmet. It's ready in just 10 minutes using 5 simple ingredients plus salt and pepper. Try creamy lemon butter sauce on everything from chicken to seafood! It's even keto-friendly.
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Lemon Butter Sauce
My creamy garlic lemon butter sauce is the sauce dreams are made of. It's the type of buttery garlic sauce you can add to anything to make it restaurant-quality. Garlicky and lemony with a splash of heavy cream, this is a truly rich sauce recipe my family loves on everything from chicken to seafood.
If you know me, you know how obsessed I am with my Garlic Butter Sauce (and trust me, if you try it, you will be too!). It seemed natural to add lemon and cream to the equation to bring it to a whole new level of deliciousness.
Give this sauce recipe a try with chicken tenders, steak, salmon, or even roasted vegetables, and let me know what you think in the comments. I guarantee you and your family will love it! If you've ever had Carrabba's lemon butter sauce, you will enjoy mine just as much.
This sauce was amazing! We served with smoked salmon - it was divine! Excellent recipe.
Reena on Pinterest
Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce Ingredients
- Lemon
- Butter
- Garlic, minced
- White wine or chicken broth
- Heavy cream or half & half
- Salt and pepper
How to Make Lemon Butter Sauce
- In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter and add minced garlic.
- Cook garlic down for 2-3 minutes, then squeeze in lemon juice.
- Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes, before adding white wine. Stir.
- Simmer down for 2-3 minutes, then add in remaining butter and season with salt and pepper.
- Slowly stir in the heavy cream, and mix well. Serve, and enjoy!
Meal prepped my lunches with this recipe and it’s absolutely fabulous! Definitely will be making it again!!
Josh on Pinterest
Butter Lemon Sauce Tips
- Cooking chicken with lemon garlic butter sauce? Try marinating your chicken first in my Chicken Breast Marinade!
- Always slowly add the cream when making creamy lemon butter sauce, or any sauce using dairy. If you add it too quickly it may heat too fast and curdle.
- If you want to add herbs, you can use dried herbs instead of fresh. Use 1 teaspoon of dried herbs for every 1 tablespoon of fresh herbs.
- Light cream can be used instead of heavy cream if you need the sauce to be a little lighter, but please note the consistency won't be the same.
Lemon Butter Garlic Sauce Variations
- Add fresh or dried herbs such as parsley, rosemary, or thyme.
- Capers add an additional tang that pairs well with this sauce.
- Our mushroom and onions would be deliciously cooked in garlic lemon butter sauce.
Butter Lemon Garlic Sauce FAQs
Lemon butter sauce is made of minced garlic or garlic paste, fresh lemon juice, white wine, butter, salt and pepper, and heavy cream. This easy white wine cream sauce is richly flavorful and pairs well with every protein.
Lemon butter sauce is keto-friendly and therefore a great choice for a low carb meal plan.
Garlic lemon butter sauce is gluten-free.
Creamy Lemon Sauce for Chicken
This sauce is always my secret to amazing chicken. You can cook up a roasted chicken and serve it with this delicious sauce and it will elevate your meal to a whole new leave. Try my Lemon Butter Chicken.
This sauce is also amazing over grilled chicken breast. No more boring chicken in your house when you have this sauce around!
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What to Serve with Lemon Garlic Sauce
- Serve as a lemon butter sauce for pasta.
- This is a perfect lemon butter sauce for steak. I love a juicy London Broil with my London Broil Marinade.
- Lemon butter sauce for salmon is incomparable. Try this Sous Vide Salmon.
- I love garlic lemon butter sauce for crab legs.
- In fact, there is nothing like creamy lemon butter sauce for seafood - try it with shrimp, too!
- Lemon garlic sauce for chicken is a must. Try this
- Use it as a Sauce for Meatballs
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Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
Equipment
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- 8 Tablespoons butter divided into 5 tablespoons and 3 tablespoons
- 1 Tablespoon garlic minced
- 1 cup white wine or chicken broth
- ½ cup heavy cream or half & half
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a skillet over medium heat, melt 5 Tablespoons butter and add minced garlic.8 Tablespoons butter, 1 Tablespoon garlic
- Cook garlic down for 2-3 minutes, then squeeze in lemon juice.1 lemon
- Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes, before adding white wine. Stir.1 cup white wine
- Simmer down for 2-3 minutes, then add in remaining butter and season with salt and pepper.8 Tablespoons butter, salt and pepper
- Slowly stir in the heavy cream, and mix well. Serve, and enjoy!½ cup heavy cream
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Monica says
Came out amazing!!!
Isabel Laessig says
Thanks so much, Monica! We're glad you enjoyed it!
Miranda Oswald says
how long will it keep in the fridge?
Isabel Laessig says
Hi Miranda! Stored in an airtight container, this sauce will last about 3-4 days in the refrigerator. Reheat gently on the stove.
James says
Does this keep in the fridge ?
Isabel Laessig says
Hi James! It does! You can store it for about 3-4 days in the refrigerator in an airtight container. I recommend reheating it gently on the stove in a saucepan. Thank you for your question!
April says
Hi! The recipe calls for 8 tablespoons of butter then says to divide it into 4 and 2 tablespoons. That only equals 6 tablespoons so where does the last 2 tablespoons go?
Just want to make sure I’m making this correctly!!
em says
Hi April! Thank you for your question and for pointing that discrepancy out. We've fixed it. It should be divided into 5 and 3, not 4 and 2. Thank you, and enjoy!
Susan says
Made panko chicken cutlets & rice pilaf for dinner. Wanted to fancy it up so made this sauce to pour over the chicken & rice, so delicious & easy 🙂
Just need to add a green vegetable next time like peas or asparagus and would look restaurant quality
em says
That sounds amazing, Susan! Perfect pairing. We're so glad you enjoyed it, thank you for your comment!
B says
Easy to follow, delicious recipe. I added capers and chicken stock instead of wine and it was absolutely the best sauce for spaghetti squash.
em says
Thanks so much, B! We're so glad you enjoyed it - that sounds like the perfect combination!
Bianca says
So yummy! I used Pinot Grigio and added a few sprigs of thyme. I stirred the sauce into Dutch blue mashed potatoes and everyone loved it! Thanks so much <3
em says
This is so awesome, Bianca! We're so glad everyone enjoyed it! That sounds incredibly delicious.
Melissa says
It's our once a week must have! This recipe, is perfect!
Isabel Laessig says
Thank you so much, Melissa! I am so glad to hear this!
Beatrice Ramirez says
I made it today and it was great.
Isabel Laessig says
So glad you enjoyed it, Beatrice! Thank you!
Judy says
Was anyone’s sauce a little to loose. I would prefer thicker. Followed the directions exactly. Did I do something wrong?
Isabel Laessig says
Hi Judy! If your sauce wasn't quite thick enough, it most likely just needed to stay on the stove for a bit longer. Let it cook down a bit more until it thickens to your liking.
Kathleen Buckley says
Absolutely fabulous! On the fly I added a couple tbsp of parmesan.. It’s my new go-to lemon butter sauce!
Isabel Laessig says
Kathleen, I am so happy to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you for leaving a comment!
Ora Major says
Overall it was a great recipe simple and easy. I had to tweak it a little with more cream to mellow it out a bit as a whole lemon was a little over powering or made it a little tart,
Isabel Laessig says
Very glad you enjoyed it, Ora! Thank you for your comment!
Cat says
I'd love to try this, but I don't see any amounts or measurements....
Isabel Laessig says
Hi Cat, the measurements are at the bottom of the post in the recipe card. You can easily access them by clicking "Jump to Recipe" at the top of the page. Thank you and enjoy!
Vilma says
I zested the lemon. I also used half a cup of heavy cream & half a cup of chicken stock. Those are the changes I made. It was delicious! I will definitely make it again.
Isabel Laessig says
So glad you enjoyed it Vilma!