549 butter sauce recipes

Pan-seared chicken breasts with a quick lemon-butter pan sauce and fresh cracked pepper. Five ingredients, one skillet, and a weeknight dinner that feels like a bistro meal.

Baked chicken Excelsior bastes chicken breasts in lemon-paprika butter, then bathes them in a creamy sour cream, sherry, and mushroom sauce for the last stretch in the oven. A retro, dinner-party-worthy chicken with a silky finish.

Tender boiled cabbage and onion folded into a from-scratch cheddar cheese sauce, topped with buttered breadcrumbs, and baked until bubbly and golden. Old-school comfort at its finest.

Steamed salmon fillets served chilled with a butter-sauteed cucumber and sour cream sauce with dill. An elegant cold fish dish for warm-weather entertaining.

Sauteed beef tips with shiitakes: pan-seared tenderloin cubes with earthy shiitake mushrooms, shallots, spinach, white wine, and a cream-butter pan sauce. 20-minute restaurant plate.

New Orleans-style oyster cream sauce with fresh oysters, oyster liquor, herbs, and a butter roux. Rich and briny, perfect over pasta, fish, or steaks.

Creamed chicken and potato in a simple white cheddar sauce made with butter, flour, and milk. A gentle, single-serving recipe ideal for baby food or toddlers.

Butter chicken with yogurt-marinated pieces baked then simmered in a saffron cream sauce with cardamom, cinnamon, and ground almonds. A rich, aromatic Indian classic.

Savoury salmon bread cases with flaked salmon in a creamy white sauce with gherkins, mayonnaise, and lemon juice, spooned into crispy buttered bread cups. A retro appetizer or light lunch.

Quickie beef stroganoff with tender chuck steak strips, earthy mushrooms, and tangy sour cream sauce over buttered noodles in under an hour.

Traditional Moroccan chicken slow-simmered with saffron, smen (aged butter), and preserved lemon. The braising liquid becomes a silky, intensely flavored sauce.

Flank steak seared hot and finished with a pan sauce of red wine, garlic, scallions, and mounted butter. Classic steakhouse technique in about 30 minutes at home.

Pork piccata with Parmesan-crusted tenderloin medallions pan-fried in garlic butter, served with a creamy caper and lemon sauce. A quick Italian-style weeknight dinner.

Creamy walnut sauce with garlic, Parmesan, butter and olive oil tossed with egg tagliarini. A rustic Italian pasta ready in 30 minutes flat.

Restaurant-style pheasant sauce with caramelized sugar, juniper-forward gin, red wine, and a butter-mounted finish. Game bird gravy with serious depth.

Grilled garlic butter shrimp skewers basted with a white wine, parsley, and red pepper sauce. Serve as a main dish or appetizer straight off the grill.