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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.
Prep Time
3 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 4 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
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
- Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.
- If you use unsalted butter do add ½ teaspoon of salt to the butter to season it.
- To soften butter, leave the butter in a bowl on the counter at room temperature for at least 1 hour.
- 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.
Nutrition Information
Calories
4kcal
(0%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
1mg
(0%)
Sodium
3mg
(0%)
Potassium
12mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
91IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
4mg
(0%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 4
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 4kcal | 0% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 3mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 12mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 91IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 4mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.