Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
I make this lemon garlic butter sauce anytime a meal needs a little something extra. It’s rich, bright, garlicky, and made in minutes! See how quickly it comes together in the video below!
Servings: 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 lemon juiced (about 3 tablespoons juice)
- 2 to 3 garlic cloves minced
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- optional garnish: finely chopped fresh herbs
Instructions
- Melt the butter. Add the butter to a small pan over low heat and melt. Once lightly simmering, add the garlic and stir for 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and stir in the salt and lemon juice.
- Serve. Transfer the lemon garlic butter sauce to a serving bowl and garnish with fresh herbs before serving.
Video
Notes
- I prefer to use unsalted butter, so I can control the amount of salt in the sauce. But you can use salted butter as well, if you prefer.
- While I know it may be tempting to toss all the ingredients in the pan at once, adding the garlic after the butter is simmering helps to mute the pungency, and adding the lemon after it's removed from the heat helps to preserve the bright, fresh flavor. If you'd like even more lemony flavor, you could add lemon zest as well.
Nutrition
Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 149mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 715IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.2mg