100 herb butter recipes

A lighter, baked take on Chicken Kiev: pounded breasts rolled around herb butter with parsley and chives, topped with breadcrumbs and paprika. No deep frying, no mess, all the buttery goodness.

Tender chicken breasts rolled around a garlic-herb butter filling, coated in seasoned cracker crumbs, and baked until golden and fork-tender. All the buttery goodness of classic Kiev without the deep fryer.

Garlic butter shrimp scampi with lemon, herbs, and orange liqueur reduced into a concentrated sauce. Served over pasta or rice for a quick, elegant seafood dinner.

Salmon scampi seared in bacon drippings and finished with marsala wine, butter, garlic, and herbs. A pan-to-oven main course served over rice.

Classic French truite au bleu: whole trout gently poached in a white wine court bouillon with shallots, herbs, and tarragon vinegar. Serve hot with herb butter or cold as an elegant first course.

Oysters Rockefeller, the New Orleans classic: shucked oysters in the half shell, baked on a bed of rock salt under a rich green herb-butter sauce until browned and bubbling. An elegant baked oyster appetizer.

Baked oysters with garlic pine nut butter: fresh oysters baked in their shells under a compound butter of toasted pine nuts, garlic, shallots, fresh herbs, brandy, and lemon. A restaurant-grade appetizer.

Whole wheat pasta with ricotta, walnuts, walnut oil, butter, and Parmesan in a creamy herb sauce. A quick vegetarian dinner with rich, nutty flavor ready in 35 minutes.

Classic herb stuffing with cubed bread, butter-sauteed onion and celery, poultry seasoning, and fresh parsley. Makes 10 cups, enough for a 12-pound turkey.

Whole baked trout in white wine with marjoram, parsley, thyme, and butter. A simple oven-poached fish with delicate herbs in the cavity and a wine-butter pan sauce.

Lemon sage red snapper bakes mild fillets with butter, scallions, and crumbled sage in chicken broth, basted with pan juices for a delicate herb-and-citrus finish in 12 minutes.

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.

Easy chicken Kiev roll-ups baked in a muffin tin. Pounded chicken breasts wrapped around herbed butter, then baked until juicy and golden in 30 minutes.

Cajun barbecue compound butter with cayenne, fresh garlic, Worcestershire, and a trio of dried herbs whipped into softened unsalted butter. The grilling secret weapon that turns plain steaks and corn into something memorable.

Welsh trout and bacon (Brithyll a Chig Moch) stuffs whole rainbow trout with fresh herbs and butter, wraps it in bacon, and bakes it in foil. Simple, rustic, and brilliant.

Whole rainbow trout stuffed with butter-toasted bread, mushrooms, marjoram, and lemon juice. A classic baked fish dinner with a golden, herbed filling.