Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce is my favorite recipe. This sauce will transform your cooking forever. It’s flavorful, versatile, and easy to create. This sauce enhances fish, poultry, vegetables, and pasta.
It elevates any meal. It’s tasty, healthful, and all-natural. I’ve been getting compliments on this dish for years. Try it, you’ll love it too. Let’s make this Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce and improve your cuisine!
Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce
Lemon garlic butter sauce benefits. It marinates and bastes fish, chicken, veggies, and pasta. You can make a delicious dinner sauce with a few ingredients and some time. Lemon and garlic are a classic flavor combination, and butter makes it creamy and irresistible.
This sauce is healthy, low in fat, and made with natural ingredients. Since it uses unsalted butter and can be customized, it’s a great way to flavor without salt. Making it ahead and refrigerating it for a week simplifies dinner prep and hosting.
Finally, it makes non-chef food taste and looks gourmet. Finally, lemon garlic butter sauce enhances meals with little effort. Try!
Lemon Butter Sauce Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (optional)
How to Make Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.
Once the butter is melted, add the minced garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant.
Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, and pepper.
If desired, add the chopped parsley and stir to combine.
Serve the sauce warm, and drizzled over your favorite dish.
Creamy Lemon Butter Sauce FAQs
Can I use salted butter instead of unsalted butter?
Yes, you can use salted butter, but you may need to adjust the amount of salt in the recipe. Start with 1/8 teaspoon and add more to taste.
Can I use dried parsley instead of fresh parsley?
Yes, you can use dried parsley, but use half the amount called for in the recipe.
Can I freeze this sauce?
Yes, you can freeze the sauce in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw it in the refrigerator before reheating and serving.
Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce Recipe Tips
Fresh lemon juice and zest are better than bottled for creating Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce. Use fresh lemons for optimal results.
Since this recipe has a little salt, unsalted butter allows you more taste control. Salted butter requires half the salt in the recipe.
Cook garlic slowly and carefully to avoid burning. It’s done when fragrant. After adding the lemon juice, zest, salt, and pepper, taste and add salt and pepper a pinch at a time until it’s ideal. Parsley garnishes the sauce with color and freshness.
Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce marinates poultry, fish, and vegetables. Before serving, carefully reheat this sauce in a saucepan or microwave.
Garlic Lemon Sauce Variations
Add flavor with garlic lemon sauces. The sauce can have honey or maple syrup. This sweetens lemon juice. Red pepper flakes flavor the sauce. The sauce can contain white wine or chicken broth. This enhances the sauce. Capers or olives make the sauce Mediterranean.
Thyme, rosemary, or dill flavor the sauce. Substitute lime or orange for lemon. Creamy garlic-lemon sauce. Grated Parmesan cheese makes the sauce cheesy. A few ways to personalize this dish.
Lemon Butter Sauce for Chicken
Lemon butter sauce works for chicken. Chicken tastes rich and tangy with butter and lemon. Lemon butter sauce is ideal for easy, delicious chicken recipes.
It can be marinated, basted, or dipped. For a tasty finish, spread the sauce on the chicken before grilling or baking or pour it over cooked chicken.
“Chicken with Lemon Butter Sauce,” a famous French dish, is sautéed chicken breast finished in a pan with lemon butter sauce.
Lemon acidity balances the richness of butter and chicken. This adaptable sauce goes nicely with other meats and fish.
What to Serve with Lemon Garlic Sauce
Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce complements pasta, fish, poultry, and veggies. Seared salmon, grilled chicken breast, sautéed asparagus, broccoli, or green beans, and pasta dishes like spaghetti, fettuccine, or linguine go well with lemon garlic butter sauce.
It also complements shrimp, scallops, and crab legs. It’s great for dipping bread or spreading on sandwiches and wraps. It can spice up salad dressings, mashed potatoes, and rice.
You can experiment with flavor combinations since the sauce goes with various foods. Find a dish that matches the sauce’s acidic, buttery, and garlicky characteristics.
Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe
Equipment
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley optional
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Once the butter is melted, add the minced garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant.
- Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, and pepper.
- If desired, add the chopped parsley and stir to combine.
- Serve the sauce warm, drizzled over your favorite dish.
Notes
- Taste the sauce after adding the lemon juice, zest, salt, and pepper. If it needs more salt or pepper, add it a pinch at a time until it’s perfect.
- The recipe calls for parsley, but you can experiment with other herbs like thyme, rosemary, or dill.
Home cooks need Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce. It’s simple, tasty, and flexible. This sauce enhances fish, poultry, vegetables, and pasta.
It’s few components let you make it quickly and enhance your meals. Everyone loves lemon and garlic. Butter makes it creamy and delicious.
Its natural components and low calories and fat make it a healthy choice. You can also customize this sauce. This recipe makes even a novice cook’s dish appear and taste gourmet. Check it out. Enjoy it as much as I do.
