Cowboy Butter Steak Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp butter
• 4.5 cloves garlic (minced; source states 4–5 cloves)
• 0.5 lemon lemon juice (juice of 1/2 lemon)
• 0.5 tbsp lemon zest
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp paprika
• 2 tbsp fresh parsley (chopped)
• 1 tbsp chives (chopped)
• 1 tsp chili flakes
• 1 tsp thyme
• salt and pepper (to taste)

Steps

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a small saucepan or skillet.

2. 2

   Add the minced garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne, and Dijon mustard to the melted butter.

3. 3

   Stir the butter mixture together until the ingredients are well combined.

4. 4

   Add the chili flakes, thyme, chives, and fresh parsley.

5. 5

   Stir once more, then serve the cowboy butter as a dipping sauce for steak.

Notes

The source discusses cooking steaks and serving the sauce with them, but does not provide a steak recipe or specify a sauce cooking time or temperature.

Nutrition per serving

• sauce
• steak accompaniment
• dipping sauce
• American
• spicy
• herb-filled
• quick
• stovetop