garlic butter

Crushed clove condiment

Garlic butter is butter mixed with minced or crushed garlic, often with herbs like parsley.

It's melted over bread, steak, seafood, or vegetables: The lobster came with a side of garlic butter.

Compound butters like this are kitchen staples—easy to make and used to add richness and flavor.

Related

sauce · seasoning · condiment · flavor · aioli · parsley · paste · bread · cloves · scampi · steaming · brushed · toast · lobster · steak topping · minced · baked potatoes · golden

Categories
Opposites
flavor composition

garlic butterunsalted butter

Dairy fat, no sodium

sweet cream butter · honey butter · cinnamon butter

richness/indulgence

garlic butterdry toast

cooking spray · nothing

ingredient composition

garlic butterlard

Clarified pork fat

coconut oil · olive oil

Family

butter, garlic, buttery, buttered, buttering, butters, garlicky, buttermilk, garlics

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G