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Home » Healthy Recipes » Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Last Updated September 20, 2023. Published September 20, 2023 By Davinah Cenou Montezuma

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This Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce takes 5 minutes to make with simple ingredients. This silky sauce adds a fresh lemon and garlic flavor to main dishes like baked salmon, baked shrimp, roasted cauliflower soup, and even steak bites.

spoon full of Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Why Make Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Here are a few reasons why you should make this easy garlic butter sauce:

  • Quick & easy recipe: this lemon butter sauce recipe takes about 5 minutes to make with basic ingredients like fresh garlic and lemon juice. That said, add this to your list of easy sauce recipes.
  • Adds flavor during or after cooking: this lemon butter garlic sauce can be used to bake salmon and shrimp. But, the best part is you can also use it as a finishing sauce for dishes like pan seared scallops, boneless cajun chicken thighs, southern seafood boil, or air fryer steak. This homemade butter sauce is perfect for making a quick dinner that your taste buds will enjoy!

Ingredients Needed

This easy lemon garlic butter sauce doesn’t require much. Here’s what you’ll need to gather:

  • 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 fresh 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 (which includes garlic powder, black pepper, and more) to save time. Besides the option linked, you can use Herbs de Provence.
  • Parsley: I have made this with fresh parsley and dried parsley. That said, based on your personal preference, feel free to use dried or fresh herbs.
  • Natural Ancient Sea Salt
  • Red pepper flakes: this is optional, but gives the lemon-garlic butter sauce some heat.

Be sure to go to the recipe card at the end of the post for the full instructions and exact ingredient amounts.

Butter, Garlic, Lemon juice, Herbs Sprinkle Seasoning, Fresh chopped parsley, Sea Salt, Red pepper flakes on separate small bowls

How to Make Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

  1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat.
  2. Add garlic cloves and cook until fragrant.
  3. Turn the heat to low. Add the remaining ingredients to the buttery sauce.
  4. Whisk or stir to incorporate the creamy sauce.
step-by-step instructions for how to make Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce on the stove

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, which is perfect, especially for garlic lovers.
  • Use fresh when possible: adding fresh garlic and fresh lemon juice packs so much flavor. You should know though that the acidity of the lemon might make some of your garlic pieces turn blue (they’re ok, don’t be alarmed!)
  • Optional: If you’re craving even more lemon flavor, add some lemon zest to have a more lemony sauce.

Storage & Leftovers

I make a batch of this creamy garlic lemon butter sauce and store it in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

You can add cold leftovers of this lemon garlic butter sauce recipe to other recipes like air fryer steak bites.

But, you can also reheat this delicious sauce as needed for 15-30 seconds in the microwave before adding it to things like my cauliflower soup without cream.

What is lemon butter sauce made of?

This Creamy Lemon Butter Sauce includes lemons, butter, spices, and garlic

How do you thicken a butter sauce?

A simple butter sauce does not need a thickener. If you are adding other liquids to the sauce like chicken broth, then you can use xanthan gum or any substitutes for xanthan gum.

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Recipes to Enjoy This Great Sauce 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 on a spoon

Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

Make Lemon Garlic Butter sauce in less than 10 minutes with this simple recipe. Use it to dip seafood, top meat, or as a replacement for butter in fish, chicken, and even pasta recipes.
Prep: 5 minutes mins
Cook: 5 minutes mins
Ready in: 10 minutes mins
Cuisine: American
Course: Sauce
Servings: 16
Calories: 59kcal
Author: Davinah
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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

Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 221IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.2mg

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!

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  1. Neek Gordon says

    October 9, 2022 at 9:58 pm

    T huh is was absolutely amazing!!! Recipe saved!!

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