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    Recipes » Main Course Recipes » Fish And Seafood Recipes

    Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood

    Published: Feb 12, 2023 by Marissa Stevens · 2 Comments

    Gluten FreeVegetarian

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    You can make decadent Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood in less than 10 minutes with 4 simple ingredients. It's the easiest way I know to take the flavor of all kinds of seafood from good to extraordinary.

    Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood served in a white bowl and photographed from the top.

    Serve warmed in little bowls for dipping cooked crab or prawns; drizzle over seared scallops or roasted or grilled salmon or cod; toss with pasta and pan-seared shrimp for an easy, but elegant main course. A rich blend of melted butter, tender garlic, fresh lemon and dill, you'll find endless uses for this sauce.

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    Ingredients You Need to Make Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood

    Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood Ingredients on a white marble board.
    • Butter: salted butter or unsalted butter (ideally European-style high fat, good quality butter to minimize water and milk solids)
    • Garlic: fresh garlic cloves
    • Lemon: fresh lemon juice and zest
    • Dill: or dried dill
    • Kosher Salt

    Recipe Options

    • Swap fresh sage, chives, basil or parsley for dill or use a combination of fresh herbs.
    • To make Spicy Garlic Butter Sauce, add freshly ground black pepper or red pepper flakes for spicy kick.
    • For Cajun Garlic Butter Sauce use Cajun seasoning instead of or in addition to salt.
    • Or stir in classic Old Bay Seasoning in place of kosher salt.
    • If you're not a dill lover, make my Garlic Butter Sauce instead.

    How to Serve

    This buttery sauce is ideal for serving with fresh seafood like: lobster tails, king crab legs or snow crab legs; broiled, grilled or boiled shrimp, and for seafood boils. It's also great for drizzling over fish like: Slow Roasted Salmon, Grilled Tuna Steaks and Grilled Swordfish Steaks.

    How to Make Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood

    In a small skillet over medium heat, cook and stir garlic in sizzling butter until fragrant. Off heat, stir in lemon juice and zest and dill. Season to taste with salt and serve.

    garlic butter in a skillet.
    garlic butter in a skillet.
    adding fresh dill to garlic butter in skillet.
    Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood served in a white bowl and photographed from the top.
    Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood served in a white bowl and photographed from the top.

    Garlic Butter Sauce for Seafood

    Marissa Stevens
    A garlicky, buttery, bright sauce for seafood that's made in less than 10 minutes.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 2 mins
    Total Time 7 mins
    Course Condiment
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 tablespoons
    Calories 106 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 8 tablespoons butter
    • 6 large garlic cloves minced
    • ½ large lemon juice and zest
    • 2 teaspoons minced fresh dill or rounded ½ teaspoon dried dill
    • kosher salt to taste

    Instructions
     

    • Heat butter in a small saucepan or skillet over medium heat until sizzling. Add minced garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 30-45 seconds (or longer for milder garlic flavor, but do not let garlic brown). Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and zest, and dill. Season with salt to taste and serve.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 106kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 0.3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 91mgPotassium: 22mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 353IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.1mg
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    1. Ben | Havocinthekitchen says

      February 15, 2023 at 4:18 pm

      5 stars
      Yeah, butter, garlic, lemon, and fresh herbs (I prefer thyme or rosemary, but dill sounds like a lovely idea, too) make an excellent pairing for any seafood dish. With a glass of wine wine, of course 🙂

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      • Marissa Stevens says

        February 15, 2023 at 7:29 pm

        I love the way you think, Ben! Thank you for your kind comment.

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