This recipe for garlic butter sauce with lemon yields a bit shy of a cup. Feel free to flavor the sauce with extra seasonings beyond the listed ingredients. Cajun or Old Bay spice blends, hot sauce, fresh thyme or oregano all work well as additions.
INGREDIENTS
- 8 oz unsalted butter (2 sticks)*
- 4 cloves garlic, minced**
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- salt, to taste
- 1 tbsp finley chopped fresh Italian parsley
DIRECTIONS
- Cut the butter into pieces and bring it to room temperature. Prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- In a sauce pan over medium-low heat (or low if your stove tends to be strong) melt 2 tablespoon butter and add the minced garlic to it.
- Stir the garlic around as it softens and once fragrant (about 60 seconds) add the rest of the butter pieces.
- Once most of the butter has melted stir in the garlic powder (it will add a different garlicky dimension to the overall flavor).
- Turn off the heat once all the butter has melted and white foam appears on top (it is simply water bubbling before it evaporates). Add salt (to taste), the lemon juice and stir. Fold in the parsley. Serve.
