Garlic Herb butter is an easy recipe made from scratch; it's the best. A simple recipe for restaurant-quality garlic butter with only 5 ingredients. Delicious with, for example, as a spread on your warm baguette, a juicy steak, or tender chicken, for baking and plates of pasta.
Easy Garlic Herb Butter
This easy homemade garlic herb butter recipe is a delicious spread. It is soft and has a full, creamy taste. It's simple, has only five ingredients, which you may all have in the house, and is ready in 5 minutes.
And this delicious garlic herb compound butter is budget-friendly and cheaper than the ready-made ones you sell in the supermarket. And with tasty ingredients, such as freshly squeezed garlic (which gives the best taste), real butter, fresh parsley, and some lemon and salt for extra flavor.
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This herb garlic butter is delicious as a spread on a baguette (or you can make a loaf of warm garlic bread with it) with Sunday soup. And because it tastes so much better, is ready quickly, and the leftovers store well, I always choose to make it myself. Do you also love homemade garlic herb butter?
TIP - I like to serve garlic herb butter with some baguette when serving soup for dinner. This delicious carrot curry soup, Indian style pumpkin soup, and creamy radish soup will be extra tasty!
What do you need for Herb Garlic Butter?
To prepare this Easy Garlic Herb Butter, you need the following ingredients. You can find the correct amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the blog:
- Butter - Use unsalted butter.
- Garlic - Freshly squeezed garlic has the best taste.
- Parsley - Finely chop the parsley and add for a fresh taste.
- Lemon - A bit of lemon juice makes the garlic butter fresher.
- Salt - To flavor the butter.
How to prepare Garlic Herb Compound Butter
You can find a printable recipe with a step-by-step description at the bottom of this blog.
- Place the butter in a bowl and stir gently with a fork to soften it. Add the garlic to the butter.
- Add three drops of lemon juice, as well as the sea salt.
- Finely chop the parsley and add it to the butter.
- Now stir everything well together. You can serve it right now, but it will be even better if the butter is given an hour to flavor (in the fridge).
Serve herb garlic butter on an appetizer board with homemade focaccia with caramelized red onion and garlic butter (!), katmer pie with spinach ricotta filling, and sweet potato hummus.
Tips, Substitutions, and Variations
- Add three tablespoons of olive oil to make the garlic butter even creamier.
- You can give the garlic butter even more flavor by mixing Parmesan cheese or chili flakes (for some spice) into the butter. Or add other fresh herbs such as finely chopped rosemary, thyme leaves, or basil.
- Is the butter too hard? Put it in the microwave for 10 to 20 seconds to soften it (don't melt it).
- Or you can try one of these three tricks:
- Cut the butter into small pieces, then it softens faster.
- Beat the butter flat by placing a plastic film on top of the butter and then smash it with a rolling pin ( this also works super well if you're frustrated or have stress;-) ).
- Fill a glass with hot water, let it stand for 1 minute, empty, dry, and put it over the cold butter. Within a very short time, the butter becomes soft, because of the warmth given by the glass.
- If you don't have fresh herbs at home? Then use dry herbs, a teaspoon of any kind you want to use.
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Ingredients
- 1 stick butter , unsalted, room temperature
- 1½ tablespoon parsley , chopped fine
- 3 cloves garlic , grated
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt
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Instructions
- Use a fork to soften the butter.1 stick butter
- Mix the parsley, garlic, lemon juice and sea salt through the butter.1½ tablespoon parsley, 3 cloves garlic, ½ teaspoon lemon juice, ¾ teaspoon sea salt
- Put it in a nice jar and leave it in the refrigerator until you're going to use it.
Notes
- Add three tablespoons of olive oil to make the garlic butter even creamier.
- You can give the garlic butter even more flavor by mixing Parmesan cheese.
- Or chili flakes (for some spice) into the butter.
- You can add other fresh herbs such as finely chopped rosemary, thyme leaves, or basil.
- Put it in the microwave for 10 to 20 seconds to soften it (don't melt it).
- Cut the butter into small pieces, then it softens faster.
- Beat the butter flat by placing a plastic film on top of the butter and then smash it with a rolling pin ( this also works super well if you're frustrated or have stress;-) ).
- Fill a glass with hot water, let it stand for 1 minute, empty, dry, and put it over the cold butter. Within a very short time, the butter becomes soft, because of the warmth given by the glass.
Remove the garlic butter from the refrigerator half an hour before use. Then it is spreadable!
- Refrigerator - Store in a closed container, it will keep for up to 5 days.
- Freezer - In a freezer box, this will keep for up to 2 months in the freezer. Let thaw in the refrigerator.
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Lillian says
Yummy, I love a good garlic butter!
Mihaela | https://theworldisanoyster.com/ says
Never thought of making it, but a great idea for pita!
Kristen says
My family loved this!
Natalie says
I always buy garlic butter in the store but I think I'll just stop. This is so easy to make at home. Can't wait to try this. Thanks for sharing your recipe.