How To Make Homemade Herb Butter and Recipe Ideas

Last Updated May 27th, 2020 at 11:55 am by Lisa

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

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

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 8

Calories 139kcal

Author Lisa Hatfield

Ingredients

Ingredients

Herb Butter Ingredients

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

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Instructions

Prep for Herb Butter

• Leave butter out at room temperature for a few hours to soften. PRO TIP: cut the cube into little cubes and it will soften faster.

How To Mix Herb Butter

• Snip fresh herbs in a glass jar with kitchen scissors until the herbs are finely minced.
• Mix soft butter, 1/4 cup finely chopped herbs, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper.
• Place your herb butter in a small sealed container, it will keep in the fridge for a week.
• Try it on toasted bread, steak, fish, or vegetables.

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

Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 392mg | Potassium: 54mg | Vitamin A: 355IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 0.7mg

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How 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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