549 butter sauce recipes

Quick praline peach topping with brown sugar, chopped almonds, and butter spooned over angel food cake. A 5-minute warm dessert sauce with fresh or frozen peaches.

Sauteed smallmouth bass meunier dredged in cornmeal and flour, pan-fried in butter, and finished with a vinegar pan sauce. A classic French-meets-camp fish preparation.

Chicken tarragon saute with a whole cut-up chicken browned golden in butter, finished with a scallion and chicken broth pan sauce. Classic French technique, simple ingredients.

Greek pork braised with celery in a silky avgolemono sauce of egg yolks, lemon, and butter-flour roux. A tangy, comforting classic from the Aegean home kitchen.

Easy steak au poivre: filet mignon crusted in cracked black peppercorns, pan-seared in butter, finished with a red wine pan sauce. French classic in 15 minutes.

A buttery lemon-garlic orzo finished with parmesan and fresh herbs. The chicken broth reduces and gets mounted with butter into a silky sauce that coats every grain. A quick, savory side for any meat.

Refined beef stroganoff with Dijon mustard sharpening the classic sour cream sauce. Tender beef strips simmered in a butter-flour roux thickened with beef stock for restaurant-quality results.

Mexican-style rabbit braised in a chili-infused, peanut-thickened sauce warmed with cumin, clove, and nutmeg. A rustic, mole-adjacent dish where peanut butter lends body and depth. Works with chicken too.

Pesto spaghetti tossed with a fresh parsley and basil sauce, pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, and butter. A 30-minute pasta dinner with a no-cook pesto that freezes well.

Spinach fettuccine loaded with shrimp, lump crab, crawfish tails, and andouille in a white wine butter cream sauce. A luxurious Cajun seafood pasta built with proper French technique.

Butter-browned chicken breasts in a silky mushroom cream sauce inspired by France's Périgord region. Just 7 ingredients and 40 minutes for a bistro-worthy dinner at home.

Fried green tomatoes in butter with cream and red pepper. No breading here, just sliced green tomatoes pan-fried until translucent and finished in a simple cream sauce.

Cucumber leek sauce made from fresh juiced cucumbers, thickened with a slurry and finished with lime, white wine, dill, and a touch of butter. Light, bright, and elegant.

Classic lobster pie with tender lobster in a sherry-butter cream sauce, topped with bread crumbs and baked. A New England-style seafood dish ready in 30 minutes.

Fettuccini Portofino with regular and spinach fettuccine in a butter-cream Parmesan sauce, topped with mushrooms and toasted walnuts. A rich Italian pasta inspired by the Ligurian coast.

Parmesan noodles Alfredo tosses egg noodles in a quick sauce of butter, half-and-half, and grated Parmesan. Five-ingredient Italian-American comfort dinner ready in 30 minutes.