Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood
This creamy lemon garlic butter sauce is decadent, rich, and incredibly easy to make. It holds so much flavor with fresh garlic, lemon zest, and plenty of good quality butter, it's a great dipping sauce for seafood and shellfish.
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 96kcal
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoon 1 stick unsalted butter, diced and cold
- 3 cloves garlic grated
- ½ small shallot grated
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme optional
- Zest of 1 lemon
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, melt a tablespoon of butter and add the garlic and shallots, lemon zest, and fresh thyme. Sauté for a couple of minutes over medium heat.
- Add the lemon juice and let cook until there is very little liquid left in the pot, for about 2-3 minutes, then add the heavy cream.
- Bring the cream to a lively simmer, turn down to low heat, and then whisk in the butter, one tablespoon at a time, whisking until each addition is fully incorporated before adding another.
- Season the sauce to taste with kosher salt and pepper.
- The garlic butter sauce will continue to thicken as it cools.
Notes
Storage and Reheating Instructions
Keep the garlic butter sauce in an airtight container for up to 4 days. The best part of this recipe is that it reheats perfectly. Over low heat in a small saucepan, rewarm the garlic butter sauce until it's completely warmed through. It'll thicken up again as it cools.Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 96kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 89mg | Sugar: 1g