This Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce Recipe is one of those little recipes that can completely change dinner. Rich melted butter is combined with garlic, lemon, Dijon mustard, fresh herbs, and a touch of heat to create a bold dipping sauce that's impossible to resist.
Serve it with steak, shrimp, chicken, seafood, vegetables, or warm bread, and watch everyone ask for the recipe! The flavors are bright, buttery, and packed into every single bite.
Why you'll love this cowboy dipping sauce
Some sauces fade into the background. This isn't one of them. Cowboy butter brings big flavor with very little effort and turns ordinary meals into something memorable. It ceates the kind of sauce you'll want to drizzle, dip, and spoon over everything on your plate.
Even better, it takes just minutes to make and can be prepared ahead of time for cookouts, family dinners, and holiday meals.
Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter melted
- ½ lemon juiced and zested
- 1 ½ teaspoons Montreal steak seasoning
- 1 medium shallot minced
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons parsley minced
- 1 green onions thinly sliced
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ⅛ teaspoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from the stovetop-place in a small mixing bowl.
- Zest ½ the lemon, then juice half the lemon as well. Mince the shallots and slice the green onions.
- Add the ingredients to the bowl with the butter, lemon juice, zest, minced shallots, dijon mustard, parsley, green onions, paprika, red pepper flakes, chili powder, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to combine.
- Serve in a pretty dish warm as a dipping sauce with steak, pork, or chicken. When you pull your steaks off the grill, slather the cowboy butter on the steak and let it melt while the steak rests. It will add so much flavor!
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Ingredients
Instructions
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FAQ's
It is a flavorful garlic butter sauce made with lemon juice, Dijon mustard, fresh herbs, and seasonings. It's often served with steak but is equally delicious with chicken, seafood, vegetables, and bread.
Absolutely. Store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week. Reheat gently before serving or enjoy it softened at room temperature.
Yes! Pour the butter into silicone molds or ice cube trays and freeze until solid. Transfer the cubes to a freezer bag and thaw as needed.
Deb's tips for the perfect dish
Leftover cowboy butter? Don't toss it-freeze it! Pour into silicone ice cube trays, freeze, then transfer to a zip-top bag. Pop one out anytime your steak, chicken, or veggies need a flavor boost.
Variations
One of the things I love about this Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce Recipe is how easy it is to make it your own. If you like a little sweet with your heat, stir in a drizzle of honey. Fresh rosemary, thyme, or chives are all great additions if you want to change up the herb blend.
Love spicy food? Add an extra pinch of red pepper flakes or a dash of cayenne. Prefer things a little milder? Simply dial back the heat and let the garlic, lemon, and butter shine.
After you've made it once, don't be surprised if you start putting your own spin on it every time!
What to serve with Cowboy Butter
This cowboy butter dipping sauce recipe pairs beautifully with just about anything coming off the grill. Serve it alongside grilled steaks, pork chops, chicken breasts, shrimp skewers, salmon, or lobster tails. It also adds terrific flavor to roasted potatoes, asparagus, broccoli, corn on the cob, green beans, and carrots.
One of my favorite ways to enjoy it is with a basket of warm dinner rolls or garlic bread because nothing should go to waste, not even a drop of that buttery sauce!
You'll make this dipping sauce again and again
I have a feeling once you make this Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce Recipe, you'll start finding excuses to make it again. Steak? Of course. Chicken? Absolutely. A piece of warm bread standing too close to the butter dish? Fair game!
The combination of garlic, lemon, herbs, and butter is just plain hard to resist. Give it a try and come back to tell me what you served it with-I might discover my next favorite way to use it!
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