Elevate your cooking with our ultimate garlic butter. It’s perfect for adding a little touch of gourmet to everyday meals whether you are a seasoned chef or just making yourself some buttered noodles or grilled cheese. You’ll use it in everything! To get your culinary creative juices flowing we even share a list of ideas to get you salivating.
Listen, you can even take it over the top and make your own butter. Talk about leveling up!
Why Our Recipe
- Best garlic flavor using fresh garlic, plus herbs and a spicy option.
- Can be frozen to act as your secret culinary ninja weapon.
Ingredient Notes
- Butter: use salted. Make sure it’s at room temperature or your arm is gonna get tired.
- Olive Oil: adds a smoother texture and keeps this easy to spread.
- Herbs: basil, oregano, and parsley combine to complement the garlic.
- Salt: gotta have it to enrich the savoriness of this butter.
- Pepper: rounds out the flavor with just a little bite. Can substitute with red pepper flakes for a spicy garlic butter.
- Garlic: measure with your heart. You can also roast a whole head of garlic for those sweeter garlic tones.
16 Uses for Garlic Butter
- Garlic Bread – Duh! Spread over baguettes or french bread and roast under the broiler, or just spread it on a slice straight from your toaster.
- Vegetables – use it to sauté or melt over microwave frozen veggies.
- Grilled Cheese – use garlic butter instead of plain and enjoy being extra.
- Steak Topping – finish off your steak by letting it melt all over.
- Baked Potatoes – fill that thing with a pool of melted garlicky goodness.
- Pasta – buttered noodles have never tasted so good. Sprinkle with some parmesan and bam: side dish.
- Garlic Shrimp – cook shrimp in garlic butter and it’s delicious.
- Corn on the Cob – why roll your corn in plain butter when you can smother it in garlic?
- Garlic Butter Rice – cook up some rice, add garlic butter. Done.
- Rolls or Biscuits – brush the tops of rolls or biscuits before baking. Or spread on after.
- Fish or Salmon – spread over a fish filet, then bake or broil.
- Popcorn Topping – drizzle over popcorn and put on Netflix.
- Scrambled Eggs – swirl into eggs before scrambling. Morning breath has never tasted so good.
- Chicken Wings – toss fried or baked wings in garlic butter for finger-licking flavor.
- Dipping Sauce – serve as a dipping sauce for artichokes, lobster, crab, or our personal favorite: pizza. Hello Papa Johns!
- Pizza Crust – spread on your pizza crust before baking. Or use as a dip for pizza because it’s so delicious it’s worth mentioning twice.
Storage Instructions
Store at room temperature in an airtight container like a mason jar for up to 3 days.
Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
Freeze wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and an additional layer of aluminum foil for up to 6 months.
This was a hit! Super delicious on some homemade sourdough!
What a great ide This is a great tip. Thankyou.
Will make a batch ..freeze cut & use all the time.
Thankyou. Little Wonders.
Whatever I made following your recipes came out wonderful!
Thank you!
Your garlic is not listed in the ingredients but it calls for it in the directions. Approx. how much is needed so we can go from there?
In the recipe it states 4 cloves of garlic which is approximately 1 teaspoon per clove. But don’t let us tell you how to measure that garlic, you do so with your heart!
Can’t wait to try the Garlic Butter.
Thank you for your wonderful recipes!!!!
Hello
I’ve just made the garlic butter tastes lovely
Love your recipes. Have printed and used so many. This one is definitely a keeper. Thank you so much from an 80 year old that is still an active and very good cook, thanks in part to so many off your recipes!!!!