Compound butter with cilantro and lime! Great with corn on the cob, veggies, shrimp, or steak!
A compound butter or herb butter is a great way to flavor corn on the cob, all kinds of vegetables, chicken, fish, shrimp, pork, steak, etc.
What is a compound butter? It’s simply butter mashed and mixed with herbs or spices, which then flavor the butter. You can either use it right away or wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for later. Simply cut into slices to season steaks, chicken, shrimp, vegetables or pasta.
Cilantro Lime Butter
ingredients
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8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature (slightly softened)
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1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro, packaged
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1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
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1/2 teaspoon lime zest (optional)
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1 teaspoon of salt
method
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In a medium bowl, mix together the chopped cilantro, lime juice, lime zest, and salt.
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Beat the softened butter into the cilantro-lime mixture and mix until the cilantro is well distributed.
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To save the butter for later, wrap it in plastic wrap in the shape of a log and refrigerate until stiff. To use, simply unwrap the butter block and cut into slices.
Serve with corn on the cob or over your favorite fill-in-the-blank.
Great over steak!
Links:
Lavender herb butter from my life as a reluctant housewife
A quartet of compound butters by Heidi from 101 cookbooks
