The most amazing 5-ingredient Honey Garlic Butter sauce ready in minutes with only a few simple ingredients!

Honey Garlic Butter is fast, EASY to make and versatile! Pair it with anything, from this incredibly popular and reader favourite salmon, to chicken or shrimp or fish veggies! Dinner has never been easier!

How to Make Honey Garlic Butter

This sauce/marinade has been one of your favourite sauces/marinades on Cafe Delites. Since sharing this Honey Garlic Butter Salmon back in 2016, I have received countless emails from readers asking for more ideas and serving suggestions to use this sauce!

All you need is 5 ingredients. FIVE:

• Butter — use unsalted and adjust the amount of salt when taste testing.
• Honey — any honey is fine to use.
• Garlic — fresh garlic is best but you can use store bought minced garlic if pressed for time.
• Lemon juice (or vinegar) — cuts through the sweetness of the honey. You can leave it out if you wish, but the acidity adds another depth of flavour in the sauce. If using vinegar, you can use white or apple cider!
• Parsley — swap out parsley for rosemary or thyme to add another flavour profile to this incredible Honey Garlic Butter!

Throw everything in a small saucepan or pot so all of the ingredients blend and melt through each other! EASY!

When To Use This Honey Garlic Butter Sauce

• For Salmon or Fish:

You can use this recipe to bake your salmon (or fish) in foil. You can also sear them straight on a pan and drizzle with sauce, similar to my Browned Butter Honey Garlic Salmon.

• For Chicken Breasts or Thighs:

Pan-fry or bake chicken with half of the sauce until cooked through, then pour the remaining sauce over the chicken for maximum flavour. If you’d like me to publish a recipe for chicken, please let me know in the comment section below! For a different spin on this sauce, try my Browned Butter Honey Garlic Chicken.

• For Shrimp:

Pan-fry or grill them on skewers like in this recipe here! If you don’t want to use skewers, pan fry your shrimp with half of the honey garlic butter, then drizzle over the remaining sauce when your shrimp are cooked! If you’d like me to publish a recipe for shrimp, please let me know in the comment section below!

With the perfect balance of sweet and savoury, this honey garlic butter sauce is so addictive you’ll want to drizzle it over anything and everything, or even drink it straight out of the pan!

Honey Garlic Butter Recipe

The most amazing 5-ingredient Honey Garlic Butter sauce ready in minutes with only a few simple ingredients! So fast, EASY to make and versatile! Pair it with anything, from our incredibly popular and reader favourite salmon, to chicken or shrimp or fish veggies! Dinner has never been easier! 

Makes 2/3 - 3/4 cup of sauce!

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
• 1/4 cup honey
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice (or 1 tablespoon white vinegar)
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
• 1 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley

Instructions

• In a small saucepan, melt the butter over low-medium heat. Add the honey and garlic; whisk until the honey has melted through the butter and the mixture is well combined. Pour in the lemon juice (or vinegar), season with salt and add parsley.
• Best cooked or served with salmon, chicken, shrimp, fish, scallops, oysters.

Notes

Can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Honey Garlic Butter Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 145 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8g 12%

Saturated Fat 5g 25%

Cholesterol 15mg 5%

Sodium 152mg 6%

Potassium 33mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates 19g 6%

Sugars 17g

Vitamin A 6.8%

Vitamin C 6.3%

Calcium 1.3%

Iron 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.