Easy Lemon Caper Sauce

This delicious Lemon Caper Sauce will take your meal to the next level! Great for salmon, shrimp, chicken, pasta: you name it.

Looking to take your dinner party to the next level? try that Lemon sauce with capers! This magical blend is so full of savory, salty and buttery flavors you’ll want to swim in it. Drape it over a piece of grilled or baked fish or chicken and you won’t want every bite to end. It exudes great Mediterranean flair and the preparation only takes a few minutes. And it’s not too bad for you either. This is our favorite tip for making dinner taste like a quality meal in minutes.

Ingredients Lemon Caper Sauce

This Lemon Caper Sauce has a very short list of ingredients and only takes a few minutes to prepare. In fact, it may take longer to read about than the steps to do it! What you need for this easy caper butter sauce:

• capers in the glass (see below)
• Salted butter
• Garlic
• lemon
• Salt

What are capers exactly?

Trust us: capers are a kind of magic in the kitchen. They give food the best spicy and savory flavor and are particularly good for vegetarian and vegan dishes as they taste like meat. what are they exactly

Capers are a caper berry native to the Mediterranean region. They are round and dark green-grey, about the size of a peppercorn. You can find them in Italian and Mediterranean recipes. Flavorful, savory, and salty, capers add an incredible amount of flavor to any dish.

Where can I find capers in the supermarket?

Capers are served marinated, so they are always sold by the jar. It’s a long, thin glass, and once you’ve bought it, you’ll recognize it immediately. Find the capers for this lemony caper sauce in the condiments next to the olives at the grocery store. Or check in the international aisle near Italian goods. Other recipes with capers? Try this Roasted Eggplant Pasta or this Eggplant Caponata.

How to make a lemony caper sauce: some tips

This Lemon Caper Sauce is so easy, just melt some butter and cook for 3 minutes. Here are some quick tips on the method:

• Use salted butter. It has a significantly stronger flavor than unsalted.
• Add a whole clove of garlic and then remove it. This buttery sauce is infused with garlic instead of being sautéed with it. Just add a clove of garlic and throw it away after cooking: no need to chop!
• Use lemon juice and zest. The use of zest gives it a depth that juice simply doesn’t have. We like to use a micro plane for zest: it’s quick to get out.

Fancy more with lemon? Try these 15 zesty lemon recipes.

5 ways to serve lemon caper sauce

Here comes the fun part: how to serve this sauce! This one works in so many ways that it’s hard to know where to start. But preferably as a sauce for salmon… so let’s start with that! Here are our top ways to serve lemon caper sauce:

This Lemon Caper Sauce recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten free.

More recipes with capers

Do you have a jar of capers to use? Here are some of our favorite uses:

• French Potato Salad or Dill Potato Salad Capers add an intense savory flavor to potato salad! Serve with flavorful red potatoes and fresh herbs.
• Roasted Eggplant Noodles Meatless noodles are another great place for capers to shine! This eggplant pasta is packed with flavor with roasted eggplant and a tangy marinara sauce.
• Caper spread with paprika and goat cheese gives dips a delicious taste. This goat cheese spread takes happy hour to the next level in 5 minutes!
• Italian Vegan Pasta Salad Capers round out the Italian flair of this pasta salad and help add a cheesy flavor without dairy.