Lemon Butter Sauce

Lemon Butter Sauce is rich, creamy, fresh, and zesty. It’s a versatile addition that you can add to a variety of your favorite meals.

This simple sauce recipe is perfect for adding to Dinner Recipes like Oven Baked Chicken Breasts, Garlic Butter Baked Tilapia, and Creamy Salmon Pasta. 

Sabrina’s Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe

This easy, buttery sauce recipe can be prepared with a handful of ingredients on the stovetop. I love the way the simple blend comes together into a zesty, savory, creamy medley of flavors. It’s the perfect finishing touch that you can use anytime you want to make a dish more interesting. Spoon delicious Lemon Butter Sauce over meat and seafood dishes, vegetables, rice, or pasta. Don’t forget to check out the variations below, to add your own creativity to this sauce.

Chef’s Note

The key ingredient to thickening this sauce is flour, and time. It’s essential to simmer the sauce until the liquid content reduces by half. Continue to cook into a creamy, silky consistency. 

Can this be made ahead of time?

If you need to prep your dinner recipe in advance, you can also make your Lemon Butter Sauce ahead of time. Pour the premade sauce into a glass jar or another airtight container to store in the fridge separately from your main dish. When ready to serve, reheat and whisk the creamy sauce to incorporate any separated ingredients. Then, drizzle over chicken, fish, or another dinner recipe. 

How to Store

• Store: If you have any leftover sauce, wait for it to cool, then pour the mixture into an airtight container to store in the fridge for up to 5 days. 

• Reheat: When you’re ready to enjoy the Creamy Lemon Butter Sauce, you can reheat it on the stovetop or in 30-second increments in the microwave. 

• Freeze: This flavorful sauce also freezes quite well. For an easy freezing method, you can pour the butter sauce into an ice cube tray and let it freeze for a few hours. Then, transfer the cubes to a freezer bag or another freezer-safe container to keep frozen for up to 3 months. Then, reheat slowly on the stovetop before serving.

Variations

• Vegan Lemon Sauce: If you want to make this recipe for a vegan diet, you can swap out regular butter for vegan butter and exchange the chicken broth for vegetable broth. 
• Creamy Lemon Sauce: To make your Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce into a thicker cream sauce, you can add heavy cream to the mixture. Wait to add the heavy cream until you’ve incorporated all the other ingredients. Then, add a splash of heavy cream and stir to combine. You could also add parmesan cheese to the creamy mixture to make a richer, thicker sauce. 
• Seasonings: There are plenty of easy additions you can make to enhance the flavor of this delicious recipe. Try adding delicate herbs like basil, dill, and rosemary. You could also add a dash of cayenne pepper, white pepper, lemon pepper, or onion powder for a bolder taste. 
• Gluten-free lemon sauce: to make the recipe gluten-free, swap out the regular flour for gluten-free flour or cornstarch.