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This Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce takes 5-minutes to make with simple ingredients. It adds a fresh lemon and garlic flavor to main dishes like baked salmon, baked shrimp, roasted cauliflower soup, and even steak bites.
Why Make Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
- Quick & easy: this recipe takes about 5 minutes to make with simple ingredients like fresh garlic and lemon juice.
- Adds flavor during or after cooking: this lemon butter garlic sauce can be used to bake salmon and bake shrimp. But, you can also use it as a finishing sauce for dishes like pan seared scallops or air fryer steak.
Ingredients Needed
- Butter: I’m using unsalted butter as this allows me to adjust the salt to taste
- Garlic: I used fresh minced garlic, but you can also use the minced garlic that comes in a jar
- Lemons: I had lemons on hand so I squeezed them for juice, but you can use bottled lemon juice too
- 24 Herbs Sprinkle Seasoning: I used a salt-free mixed herb seasoning to save time. Besides the option linked, you can use Herbs de Provence.
- Parsley: I have made this with fresh parsley and dried parsley
- Natural Ancient Sea Salt
- Red pepper flakes: this is optional, but gives the sauce some heat.
How to Make Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium low heat.
- Add garlic cloves and cook until fragrant.
- Turn the heat to low. Add remaining ingredients.
- Whisk or stir to incorporate.
Top Cooking Tips & FAQs
- Cook the garlic in the butter to add garlic flavor: you can easily mix the ingredients for lemon garlic sauce in a bowl with softened butter. But, cooking the garlic in the butter adds a roasted garlic flavor.
- Use fresh when possible: adding fresh garlic and fresh lemon juice packs a lot of flavor.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator: I make a batch of this and store it in the refrigerator. I add cold leftovers to recipes like air fryer steak bites. But, you can also reheat it as needed for 15-30 seconds in the microwave.
Lemon Butter Sauce includes lemons, butter, spices, and garlic
A simple butter sauce does not need a thickener. If you are adding other liquids to the sauce like broth, then you can use xanthan gum or any substitutes for xanthan gum.
Recipes to Enjoy This With
- Cauliflower Soup
- Chicken Bites
- Air Fryer Garlic Butter Steak Bites
- Lemon Garlic Shrimp Foil Packets
- Baked Shrimp
- Baked Salmon
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Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted
- 15 cloves Garlic, minced, about 2-3 tbsp of the minced garlic you can get in a jar
- 2 Lemons, juiced
- 1/2 tsp 24 Herbs Sprinkle Seasoning (Salt-free)
- 1 tbsp Parsley, fresh, chopped or 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium low heat.
- Add garlic cloves and cook until fragrant.
- Turn the heat to low.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Whisk to incorporate.
Recipe Notes
- Cook the garlic in the butter to add garlic flavor: you can easily mix the ingredients for lemon garlic sauce in a bowl with softened butter. But, cooking the garlic in the butter adds a roasted garlic flavor.
- Use fresh when possible: adding fresh garlic and fresh lemon juice packs a lot of flavor.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator: I make a batch of this and store it in the refrigerator. I add cold leftovers to recipes like air fryer steak bites. But, you can also reheat it as needed for 15-30 seconds in the microwave.
Nutrition Details
The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!
