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Louisiana Cajun Garlic Butter Sauce in a square dish. There is a spoon containing some of the butter sauce resting on the dish and a bulb of garlic to the left of the dish.

Easy Louisiana Cajun Garlic Butter Sauce Recipe

Grace Stewart
This Easy Louisiana Cajun Garlic Butter Sauce Recipe is perfect for seafood and pairs well with just about anything you would enjoy with butter!
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Prep Time 4 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 7 minutes
Course accompaniment, sauces
Cuisine American/Southern/Soul Food, Cajun
Servings 6 servings
Calories 149 kcal

Equipment

  • small saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup unsalted butter this is 8 tablespoons of butter
  • 10 cloves garlic minced
  • 1.5 tablespoon Cajun seasoning I used Nunu's
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 each green onion thinly sliced

Instructions
 

  • Melt 2 tablespoon of the butter in a small saucepan on medium low heat. Now add the garlic to the melted butter, and saute for about 1 minute until it's fragrant.
    A Dutch oven containing minced garlic and melted butter.
  • Now add the Cajun seasoning, and stir it into the garlic butter mixture for 30 seconds.
    A Dutch oven containing minced garlic, Cajun seasoning, and melted butter.
  • Throw in the rest of the butter (6 tbsp) and stir it constantly for 1 minute or until the butter is melted.
    A red Dutch oven containing melted butter with garlic, Cajun seasoning, and some tablespoons of butter that are not yet melted. There is a yellow spoon in the top right corner of the picture.
  • Last but not least, add the lemon juice and the green onions and stir these to combine (this will only take a few seconds).
    A Dutch oven containing Cajun Garlic Butter Sauce. There is a person holding a small bowl with sliced green onions over the Dutch oven.
  • Your delicious Cajun Garlic Butter Sauce is now ready to enjoy!

Notes

I highly recommend using unsalted butter for this recipe.  You can add a bit of salt after preparing the sauce if it's not salty enough for you.
This is perfect with any seafood and I love it drizzled over roasted veggies or stirred into hot rice!

Nutrition

Calories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 1gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 4mgPotassium: 68mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.3gVitamin A: 1337IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 0.5mg
Keyword Cajun sauce, Louisiana Garlic Butter Sauce
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