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My Garlic Lemon 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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Best Garlic 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.
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.
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 delicious cooked in garlic lemon butter sauce.
Recipe Tips
- 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 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.
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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 it with Tomahawk Steak.
- 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 Lemon Butter Sauce Chicken.
My Favorite Kitchen Tools
- Maldon Sea Salt Flakes: The most amazing Maldon Salt. If you do nothing else, sprinkle a tiny bit of maldon salt on your recipes. I promise, it will change your recipes!
- Le Creuset Dutch Oven: I have had my Le Creuset Dutch Oven for many years. It is an amazing kitchen staple.
- Le Creuset Cast Iron Skillet: I love my Le Creuset Dutch Oven so much, I purchased this skillet. It is just amazing.
- Victorinox Swiss Army Slicing Knife: Hands down the best knife for slicing beef! This is a true kitchen staple.
- Yaxell Mon 8" Chef's Knife: I highly recommend everyone own a good chef's knife. It will make your chopping so much easier!
- Presto 16-inch Electric Foldaway Skillet: If you cook for a large family like I do, an electric skillet is an absolute must. It enables you to cook in large batches.
- All-Clad Slow Cooker, 7-Quart: I love slow cooker recipes. This is my current slow cooker and it does a great job.
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Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce
Equipment
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- 6 Tablespoons butter divided into 4 tablespoons and 2 tablespoons
- 1 Tablespoon garlic minced
- 1 cup white wine or chicken broth
- ¼ cup heavy cream or half & half
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter and add minced garlic.6 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.6 Tablespoons butter, salt and pepper
- Slowly stir in the heavy cream, and mix well. Serve, and enjoy!¼ cup heavy cream
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