Cowboy butter – for steak and extra!

Cowboy Butter is a straightforward flavoured butter that goes phenomenally nicely with steak. That is the urged sauce for the Tomahawk Steak recipe I additionally shared at present, however it should go together with any meat, seafood and even greens!

Cowboy butter

Cowboy Butter is actually garlic butter dressed up with further flavours – smoky paprika, mustard, and a stable kick of chilli flakes. I’m not precisely certain the place the identify got here from, presumably as a result of somebody determined it conjured up photos of cowboys cooking meat over open campfires then dipping it in Cowboy Butter??

Regardless of the cause, I’m on board! It goes exceptionally nicely with steak, although truthfully, leftovers have been used for all the things from toast to rooster, toss with steamed child potatoes and melting by means of scorching steamed white rice.

Substances in Cowboy Butter

Right here’s what it’s essential make Cowboy Butter.

This recipe is loosely based mostly on this one from Chilli Pepper Insanity and varied iterations discovered on Reddit and YouTube, although to be sincere, we dialled again the variety of components significantly as a result of we didn’t assume it made it any higher.

To be sincere, we most well-liked our easier model of Cowboy Butter with steak. Steak is already nice! The sauce needn’t have wild flavours.

(PS Once I say “our”, I credit score JB for this one as a result of he’s the one who tried varied variations to reach at this closing one. This was one other recipe spawned from my thoughts, changed into actuality by JB!)

make Cowboy Butter

It’s virtually so simple as simply mixing all the things in a bowl! I do know most recipes will simply name for uncooked garlic to be combined in however I love to do a mini sauté in a bit of butter as I believe it makes the garlic flavour a lot nicer.

Then let the melted butter cool a bit earlier than including into the bowl with all the things else and provides it a superb combine till mixed.

use Cowboy Butter

Softened (my choice) – I particularly designed this recipe so it’s a softened butter to be dolloped on steak (just like the very spectacular Tomahawk Steak I additionally shared at present!). I discover this melts extra evenly and coats the steak extra thickly than the options of utilizing it melted or making it into compound butter in log-form

Dipping sauce – Nevertheless, I do know many individuals are a fan of melting it to make use of as a dipping sauce for bites of steak! Simply soften gently in a microwave or in a bit of saucepan then serve it in a bowl to spoon over steak or dip items in.

To make a log kind ie compound butter, simply roll the butter up in cling wrap to kind a log and refrigerate till agency. Then minimize slices on an as-need foundation and place it on scorching steak to soften.

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Cowboy Butter – for steak, and a lot extra!

Creator: Nagi

Prep: 5 minutes minutes

Cook dinner: 1 minute min

Foremost, Sauce, steak

Western

Servings2 – 3 individuals

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This goes phenomenally nicely with steak (attempt it with Tomahawk!), although I have been utilizing it with all the things from rooster to toast, greens to scorching steamed rice.Most recipes simply combine uncooked garlic in, however truthfully, doing a mini sauté is so value it – the garlic flavour is far nicer.

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Directions

• Sauté garlic – In a small frying pan, soften 1 tbsp (15g) of butter over medium warmth till it begins foaming then add the garlic and prepare dinner for 30 seconds whereas stirring till it turns into very, very gentle golden. Take away from the range and let it cool for 3 minutes (the garlic will go extra golden).

• Combine – Put the remainder of the butter and remaining components in a small mixing bowl. Pour the garlic butter over. Combine till mixed.

• Serve with steak! It is also glorious with different cooked meats, seafood and even greens.

use Cowboy Butter:

• I like to make use of it softened because it melts thicker over scorching steak. You can even soften gently then dip bites of steak in, or roll it right into a log utilizing cling wrap, refrigerate then minimize slices off on an as-need foundation (you may place the cash on the steak to let it soften).

Recipe Notes:

1. Garlic – In the event you use a garlic crusher, the garlic will likely be moist and pasty so sauté on a decrease warmth and watch out to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Leftovers will hold for five days within the fridge (nonetheless positive to eat after this however I discover it begins to lose flavour freshness) or freezer for 3 months.

Key phrases: compound butter, cowboy butter, steak sauce

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