BEST Homemade Garlic Butter
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This is the best ever garlic butter, perfect on everything from potatoes to garlic bread.
How to Make BEST Homemade Garlic Butter
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I love garlic butter, it’s delicious on bread, veggies and garlic toast. This garlic butter has a secret little ingredient, a dash of lemon juice, making it extra yummy!
We make up big batches all of the time so I always have it on hand. The great thing is that you can actually keep it in the fridge for a couple of weeks or even freeze it! I take it straight from the freezer to toss with veggies or into mashed potatoes for a quick and delicious addition. If you’d like to spread it onto bread, you can defrost it in the microwave on very low power for about 15 seconds.
- 1 cup salted butter softened
- 2 small cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon sliced fresh chives
- 2-3 teaspoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
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Combine all ingredients together in a small bowl.
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Serve with bread or over hot vegetables.
(Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)
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Holly
Holly is a wine and cheese lover, recipe creator, shopping enthusiast and self appointed foodie. Her greatest passion is creating in the kitchen and making deliciously comforting recipes for the everyday home cook!
Great garlic butter for bread, potatoes, or a steak topping.
Glad you love it Craig!
I just made this for garlic bread on grill with hickory smoke charcoal, mozzarella cheese and slice of tomato on top. Wonderful and thank you for a keeper garlic butter spread recipe!
I’m so glad you loved it Sandy! LOVE grilled garlic bread!
So easy, so flavorful; already a favorite after the first attempt! The grill seemed a little hot, so after the first few minutes we lowered it to 375 and everything cooked great in the recommended time. There were a few charred pieces of cabbage, but not a lot. The garlic butter was nothing short of amazing. THANK YOU!!! A super (any season) recipe!
So glad that you loved it Judy!
Absolutely delish!
Thanks so much, Holly! I’m making Hasselback potatoes for a ladies’ luncheon and will bring this garlic butter to accompany it.
That sounds delicious!
Love this! I freeze it in tablespoon portions and my family eats it on almost everything.
Great freezer idea! Glad you enjoy it!
You can also freeze in ice cube trays
That is a great idea Colleen!
How long will this keep after it is made?
I keep it in the fridge about a week. If it’s going to be longer you can freeze it. I put 1 TBS servings on parchment paper and then freeze. Once frozen put them in a Ziploc bag and just pull them out as needed. They take just a few minutes to defrost.
This is such a good idea!
Thanks! I’m happy that you think so. Let me know if you try the recipe, and how it turns out.
This would even be good on a steak or baked potato. I made something similar with lemon zest, crushed red pepper, parsley and butter. I turned out really well. You just mix it all together and form it into a log and put it in the fridge to set.
I love your additions too Rickie! Thank you for sharing!
You said it can be froze, how long can it be ?? I am really going to try this !! I know it is something I would use !!
If it is in a tightly sealed container it should last about 2 months.