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skillet with garlic lemon butter sauce and a spoon

Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Isabel Laessig
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.
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Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Sauce
Cuisine American
Servings 2 cups
Calories 546 kcal

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
    garlic and butter in pan
  • Cook garlic down for 2-3 minutes, then squeeze in lemon juice.
    1 lemon
    squeezing lemon into garlic and butter in pan
  • Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes, before adding white wine. Stir.
    1 cup white wine
    adding white wine to lemon butter sauce in pan
  • Simmer down for 2-3 minutes, then add in remaining butter and season with salt and pepper.
    8 Tablespoons butter, salt and pepper
    melting butter into pan for lemon garlic butter sauce
  • Slowly stir in the heavy cream, and mix well. Serve, and enjoy!
    ½ cup heavy cream
    adding heavy cream to lemon garlic butter sauce

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Nutrition

Calories: 546kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 2gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 30gCholesterol: 136mgSodium: 336mgPotassium: 212mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1545IUVitamin C: 31mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 1mg
Keyword garlic lemon butter sauce, Lemon butter garlic sauce, lemon butter sauce, Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
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