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By Karina 7 Comments Filed Under: Easter

Honey Garlic Butter

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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!

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! | cafedelites.com

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!

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! | cafedelites.com

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: 5 mins
Cook: 5 mins
Total: 10 mins
Serves: 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

Calories: 145kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 152mg | Potassium: 33mg | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 5.2mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.4mg

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Barb says

    July 19, 2020 at 9:32 am

    5 stars
    I used this butter to cook sweet potato noodles. It is fantastic! I made the sauce in one pan and added the noodles from 1 large sweet potato. Easy clean up and so delicious! I also use it on carrots almost every week. I roast a big batch and then snack on them cold for a few days after. Thank you for such a versatile recipe.

    Reply
  2. Carla Griffis says

    February 13, 2020 at 10:41 am

    5 stars
    AWESOME!!!!!! This is the “bomb” for shrimp!!!!

    Reply
  3. Miracle says

    August 18, 2019 at 11:42 am

    Can you post a recipe for chicken using this garlic honey buttery.
    Thanks

    Reply
  4. mark says

    April 10, 2019 at 5:32 am

    5 stars
    Your recipes look great and nice page too! I am actually doing the chicken wings today but I have no rack so I am sure they will still be great. I am looking forward to making the Honey Garlic Butter sometime and maybe even for the shrimp or something. Nice job! Cheers!

    Reply
  5. Melissa says

    November 21, 2018 at 5:40 am

    Coukd you sub olive oil or coconut oil for butter for a vegan version?

    Reply
    • Karina says

      November 22, 2018 at 12:18 am

      Yes, of course! Thank you for choosing one of my recipes! XO

      Reply
  6. Heidi says

    March 28, 2018 at 12:02 pm

    5 stars
    This sauce is so amazing! I’m so glad you finally put it up here. I was a huge fan of it with the salmon and would love to see how exactly you make it with shrimp. Thanks.

    Reply

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