My delicious easy Cajun butter sauce should be on your table! Seafood lovers check in!! The melted butter, garlic powder, fresh parsley, and cajun seasoning makes this the perfect flavorful sauce to drizzle over snow crab legs, jumbo shrimp, lobster, or scallops.
Simple Ingredients for Cajun Butter Sauce
- Unsalted butter- This spicy sauce is a no-go without the butter baby.
- Minced Garlic– Helps to add a tremendous amount of flavor to this Cajun garlic butter sauce.
- Seasoning- You can make a homemade cajun seasoning for this delicious sauce or use a store-bought version, which is my favorite way to save time.
- Lemon juice- This helps with balancing out those bold flavors.
- Parsley- Honestly, this is for the presentation and is optional.
- Hot Sauce- A great way to add that Louisiana hot sauce and take this dipping sauce to the next level.
The instructions can be found in the recipe card below.
How to make Cajun butter sauce for seafood?
Tips for Cajun Butter Sauce
- Make sure you allow your sauce to simmer. Don’t miss that step. Allowing the sauce to simmer gives the flavors time to mingle with one another. Giving you some of the most amazing-tasting sauce you have ever had!
Substitutions/Variations
- Fresh garlic cloves can be used to replace the minced garlic in this Cajun butter recipe.
- I’m not a fan of too spicy but if you are then adding red pepper flakes will be a great idea and add much flavor.
- If you don’t have Cajun seasoning available. You can also use old bay.
Heating the sauce
This leftover sauce is easy to warm up. You can warm this sauce up in the microwave for about 15 to 30 seconds. You should be good to go after that just drizzle it onto your seafood boil, andouille sausage, sweet corn, or whatever meal you are pairing with this sauce
What can I pair this Cajun butter sauce with?
You don’t have to pair this sauce with my seafood boil. You can add this sauce to so many other things to give it a good burst of flavor. This sauce can be drizzled over crawfish boil, roasted broccoli, chicken breast, chicken thighs, or even my Cajun lobster tails just to name a few.
Cajun Butter Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Butter
- 1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
- 1 Tablespoon Cajun Seasoning or Old Bay
- 2 Tablespoons Lemon juice
- Hot Sauce
- Chopped parsley Optional, for garnish
Instructions
- In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.1/2 Cup Butter
- Add the minced garlic and sauté for about 1-2 minutes until fragrant, being careful not to burn it.1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
- Stir in the parsley, hot sauce, Cajun seasoning or old bay.1 Tablespoon Cajun Seasoning, Chopped parsley, Hot Sauce
- Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the fresh lemon juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.2 Tablespoons Lemon juice
- Serve the Cajun garlic butter sauce immediately as a dipping sauce for seafood, grilled meats, or drizzle it over vegetables or pasta.
