Easy Garlic Herb Butter

Garlic herb butter is an easy recipe made from scratch. A simple recipe for restaurant-quality garlic butter with only 5 ingredients.

Cook Time 5

Total Time 5

Course Appetizers and Snacks

Cuisine Other

Servings cup

Calories 821 kcal

Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic

Use a fork to soften the butter.
1 stick butter
Mix the parsley, garlic, lemon juice and sea salt through the butter.
1½ tablespoon Fresh 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.

1. 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 in 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.

2. Is the butter too hard? Try one of these tricks:

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 smashing 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 it, dry it, and put it over the cold butter. Within a very short time, the butter becomes soft because of the warmth given by the glass.

3. Substitutions

If you don't have fresh herbs at home? Then use dry herbs, a teaspoon of any kind you want to use.

4. Storage
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 it thaw in the refrigerator.

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