How To Make Homemade Herb Butter and Recipe Ideas

Once you make Homemade Herb Butter, you will use it in so many ways it will change your cooking!

Try Homemade Herb Butter on roasted vegetables, like elegant crispy smashed potatoes, fresh hot pasta, sizzling steak Au Poivre, or oven warmed baguettes.

My Mom taught me how to make Homemade Herb Butter, and I always think of her when I am making a batch. She also taught me to snip the herbs in the jar. Of course, you can always chop on a cutting board, I just do it the way she showed me all those years ago.

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How To Make Homemade Herb Butter

Prep Time

20 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Try Homemade Herb Butter on roasted vegetables, like elegant crispy smashed potatoes, fresh hot pasta, sizzling steak Au Poivre, or oven warmed baguettes.

Course: Sauces, Marinades, & Condiments

Cuisine: American

Keyword: homemade butter, potato butter, steak butter

Servings: 8

Calories: 139 kcal

Author: Lisa Hatfield

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup fresh herbs - minced thyme rosemary, parsley
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
• other fresh herbs to try: basil sage, dill, chives, tarragon, oregano, or green onions

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Instructions

Make herb butter:

1. Leave butter out at room temperature for a few hours to soften. Tip: cut the cube into little cubes and it will soften faster.
2. Snip fresh herbs in a glass jar with kitchen scissors until the herbs are finely minced.
3. Mix soft butter, 1/4 cup finely chopped herbs, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper.
4. Place your herb butter in a small sealed container, it will keep in the fridge for a week.
5. Try it on toasted bread, steak, fish, or vegetables.

Recipe Notes

Ways to use extra herb butter: Roll into a log, wrap in parchment, place in ziptop bag and freeze. Great to slice off on a sizzling hot steak! Or, rub this butter under the skin of your turkey or chicken before roasting. The herb butter flavors the poultry and keeps it moist while helping to crisp the skin of the chicken or turkey. Ways to use extra herbs: Once you snip your herbs in the jar if you have extra, simply screw on the lid and use the herbs up in other dishes or salads. They stay fresh for a few days!

Nutrition Facts

How To Make Homemade Herb Butter

Amount Per Serving

Calories 139 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 14g 22%

Saturated Fat 7g 35%

Cholesterol 30mg 10%

Sodium 392mg 16%

Potassium 54mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 2g 1%

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 7.1%

Vitamin C 0.6%

Calcium 2.3%

Iron 3.9%

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

A couple other ways to use Homemade Herb Butter:

Rub this butter under the skin of your turkey or chicken before roasting. The herb butter flavors the poultry and keeps it moist while helping to crisp the skin of the chicken or turkey.

Once you snip your herbs in the jar if you have extra, simply screw on the lid and use the herbs up in other dishes or salads. They stay fresh for a few days!

All the Best,

Lisa

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