You Will Love This
- This is the simplest homemade garlic butter sauce recipe ever—it’s cooked together for just a few minutes with freshly minced garlic and chopped parsley! Keep it on hand for those hectic weeknights when you need something a little extra to go with your seafood, pasta, or sirloin!
- If you enjoyed this quick and simple recipe for garlic butter sauce, you should definitely try my one-pot garlic Parmesan pasta, 30-minute garlic bread pizza, and 15-minute garlic Parmesan sauce.
- Butter – Butter is the main ingredient here. Olive oil won’t taste quite the same, but it will work in a pinch. To control the sodium content, I like to use unsalted butter.
- Fresh Parsley: The flavor of fresh herbs is going to be incredibly delicious. Dried parsley will also function, but it will taste slightly different. If using dried parsley, add about half the amount as its flavor is stronger. This recipe would also taste great with fresh thyme or chives.
- Garlic: I like mine fresh, finely chopped, but if you’d rather, you can use ¾ teaspoon garlic powder instead. Although it doesn’t have quite the same flavor as freshly minced garlic, jarred minced garlic will still function well.
- Kosher Salt: This is my favorite type of salt. It’s simple to oversalt a dish when using table salt, but Kosher salt’s larger grains make it easier to distribute the salt without going overboard.
Add ingredients to a small saucepan over medium-low heat.
Stir together and cook until the butter melts. Sauté the garlic for one or two minutes, or until it starts to smell fragrant.
Use as a tasty dipping sauce for bread, or toss with your preferred pasta or seafood!
- This recipe comes together quickly, but it’s crucial to cook it over medium-low heat to prevent the garlic from burning. Stir the garlic for about one minute after adding it, or until it starts to smell fragrant. Continued cooking runs the risk of scorching the garlic and destroying the sauce.
- A squeeze of fresh lemon juice (or even a bit of zest!) will give this butter garlic sauce another dimension that goes well with things like roasted salmon or chicken. Add a pinch of black pepper as well. To give the flavors even more depth, you can also add a half teaspoon or so of Dijon mustard or your preferred spices.
- Instead of using a stove to make a sauce, you can make a creamy garlic butter by combining room-temperature butter, garlic, parsley, and a small amount of salt. This will provide you with the ideal recipe for garlic butter to spread on your preferred freshly baked bread.
Do I have to salt the pasta water?
Yes! It’s that simple. Always salt the pasta water. Why? Because as pasta cooks, it absorbs the water, right?.
Pasta is enhanced in flavor with each bite by cooking it in salted water, which infuses the pasta with seasoning.
Always salt the pasta water before cooking, as it adds another dimension of flavor to your food.
Can you buy garlic butter sauce?
Yes, but homemade food always tastes better and is much fresher than store-bought. Additionally, making it takes less time to put together than buying it because it is so simple.
