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    Home > Starters/Appetizers > Easy Homemade Garlic Butter

    Easy Homemade Garlic Butter

    Last updated March 4, 2022. Originally posted March 4, 2022 By Jyothi Rajesh Leave a Comment

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    Savory garlic butter is very easy to make and needs just 3 ingredients. Butter is flavored with minced garlic and parsley. Use it to flavor bread, roast, vegetables, or even stir it with pasta.

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    • 📋 Easy Homemade Garlic Butter

    Garlic butter recipe

    Whatever you are making, be it to make garlic bread or roast potatoes, making pasta or roasting vegetables, you’ll need garlic butter to flavor it up.  It’s one of the easiest flavor agents to make and once you make it I guarantee you’ll have it as a staple in your refrigerator all the time.

    Dinner is only a few minutes away when you have a stock of garlic butter in your fridge. Simple boil pasta and stir hot pasta with garlic butter – dinner is ready!

    Homemade garlic butter is simple and easy to make. Salted butter, minced garlic, and parsley is all you need.

    Next time you want to flavor steak, baked potatoes, Hasselback potatoes, corn on the cob, or make pasta, simply make garlic butter. It amps up the flavor of any simple dish.

    Ingredient needed

    You’ll need-

    • 1 stick salted butter (softened at room temperature)
    • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
    • 1 tablespoon parsley (finely chopped) or chives  
    all ingredients for making garlic butter

    Butter – butter should be softened at room temperature. I do not recommend melting butter in microwave to speed up the process.

    Allow butter to sit on the counter at room temperature for at least one hour.

    I used salted butter. If you use unsalted butter do add ½ teaspoon of salt to the butter to season it. Use premium quality butter for best taste.

    Cloves – use fresh garlic. Though you can use garlic powder, nothing compares to fresh garlic, fresh garlic enhances the flavor better.

    Parsley – fresh is best. However you can use dried parsley or fresh chives in case you don’t have fresh parsley.  

    Additional ingredients

    Garlic butter recipe doesn’t need anything else other than garlic and parsley. If you do want to pack in more flavor can add other ingredients–

    Parmesan cheese – freshly grated Parmesan adds cheesy saltiness to the dish.

    Lemon juice – about ½ to 1 teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice adds zing taste to butter which works great with meat roast, potatoes, corn on cob or even pasta.

    Pinch of ground pepper – for flavor.

    making homemade garlic butter

    How to make garlic butter

    Before you start, you need softened butter. Leave the butter in a bowl on the counter at room temperature for at least 1 hour. It is a spread that can be spread on bread, bagel, roast.

    Note: I won’t recommend melting butter in the microwave to fasten the process unless you are making garlic butter sauce.

    Add softened butter, minced garlic, and finely chopped parsley into a bowl.

    Mix it all together.

    Transfer to small jar.

    Store in refrigerator.

    picture collage of making homemade garlic butter

    Spread it generously on a baguette and bake it for 1-2 minutes to make garlic bread, spoon a dollop over pork roast or beef, on top of baked potatoes, stir with hot pasta.  

    How to store garlic butter

    This savory butter can be store in refrigerator for up to 1 week.

    To store longer, freeze it. It’s stay goof for up to 6 months. 

    You can freeze butter in ice cube trays, once set, remove from ice cubes and transfer to air tight freezer box and store in freeze. This ensures easy to take portion just enough for use.

    When ready to use thaw frozen butter in refrigerator overnight and use.

    FAQS

    Can I use unsalted butter?

    Yes. If you use unsalted butter do add ½ teaspoon of salt to the butter to season it. Use premium quality butter for best taste.

    Can I melt butter in microwave to make softened butter?

    NO. I won’t recommend melting butter in microwave to fasten the process unless you are making garlic butter sauce.

    How to enhance flavor of garlic butter?

    Garlic butter recipe doesn’t need anything else other than garlic and parsley. If you do want to pack in more flavor can add other ingredients–
    Parmesan cheese – freshly grated Parmesan adds cheesy saltiness to the dish.
    Lemon juice – about ½ to 1 teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice adds zing taste to butter which works great with meat roast, potatoes, corn on cob or even pasta.
    Pinch of ground pepper – for flavor.

    How long does garlic butter last?

    Garlic butter can be store in refrigerator for up to 1 week. To store longer, freeze it. It’s stay goof for up to 6 months.

    garlic butter in bowl

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    📋 Easy Homemade Garlic Butter

    Savory garlic butter is very easy to make at home in less than 10 minutes with just 3 ingredients. Butter is flavored with minced garlic and parsley. Use it to flavor bread, roast, vegetables, or even stir it with pasta.
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    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 3 minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 4kcal
    Author: Jyothi Rajesh

    Ingredients

    • 1 stick salted butter softened at room temperature
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • 1 tablespoon parsley finely chopped or chives

    Instructions

    • Before you start, you need softened butter. Leave the butter in a bowl on the counter at room temperature for at least 1 hour.
    • Add softened butter, minced garlic, and finely chopped parsley into a bowl.
    • Mix it all together.
    • Transfer to a small jar.
    • Store in refrigerator.
    • Spread it generously on a baguette and bake it for 1-2 minutes to make garlic bread, spoon a dollop over pork roast or beef, on top of baked potatoes, stir with hot pasta.

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    Notes

    1. If you use unsalted butter do add ½ teaspoon of salt to the butter to season it.
    2. To soften butter, leave the butter in a bowl on the counter at room temperature for at least 1 hour. 
    3. If you are a garlic lover you can increase the amount of garlic in the recipe. Alternatively, you can roast whole garlic cloves in aluminum foil in the oven, then smash roasted garlic and use it in butter.
     
    Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.
     
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 4kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg
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