Shown melted over Broiled Swai with extra parsley and 6 chopped shrimp added
This was my Dad’s favorite compound butter for char-grilled chicken or seafood. We all found it very flavorful and for grilled chicken, much lighter than traditional barbeque sauces. Just baste your chicken, shrimp, or fish several times during the grilling process. If using with an indoor broiled approach, I would wait and add it toward the end of broiling so the butter won’t burn in the broiler. If baking in the oven, you can go ahead an put it on the chicken or seafood at the beginning or cooking. This is very Atkins-friendly (all phases) and suitable for Paleo-Primal consumption if you first clarify the butter to remove the milk solids.
INGREDIENTS:
1 stick unsalted butter (for Paleo, clarify and partially rechill)
¼ c. parsley, chopped
1 T. lemon zest
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
Dash each black pepper and sea salt
DIRECTIONS: When the butter is nearly to room temperature, using a fork, add and blend in all listed ingredients. Tear off a 6-8″ piece of plastic wrap and spoon the butter mixture onto the plastic in a long log shape. Using the plastic to help roll, form a smooth log or flat-sided stick shape the length of a stick of butter. Close the ends of the wrap and chill. I like to keep in the freezer ad just slice off what I need for recipes as needed. 1/8 of the log = 1 T. = 1 serving.
NUTRITIONAL INFO: Makes eight 1 T. servings, each contains:
102.9 calories
11.48 g fat
.45 g carbs, .15 g fiber, .3 g NET CARBS
.21 g protein
22 mg sodium
17 mg potassium
14% RDA Vitamin A
Hi Peggy. Thanks for your great recipes, I use them all the time. Check the carb count in this recipe, I think it should be .3 not 3.0
And .3 is indeed what’s written on my scratch paper. Just fished it out of the wastebasket by my desk. Hee, hee. I just didn’t read it right. I’ll go correct the recipe on the webpage right now! Thanks so much, Susana, for drawing my attention to the mistake. I just found out this month I have to have cataract removal surgery as soon as I can get it scheduled (after tax prep for my mother’s estate) and my eyes are REALLY playing tricks on me with tiny little dots these days. You know your “slowly developing cataracts” have gotten worse when the eye doctor’s tech says “What’s the highest line you can read on the chart?” and you have to admit, “I can’t see any of them. All I see is the bright light you’re shining.” LOL thanks again, Susana. And I’m soooo glad you enjoy my recipes. Makes maintaining the site so worthwhile and rewarding.
I love lemon and garlic on my fish. What a wonderful way to eat healthier and not scarifies the flavor.
I can see why your family loves it.
Welcome Amy. Sounds like this recipe is your cup of tea. We fix a lot of fish and shrimp and this butter is THE best way to have it I think. I try lots of other recipes, but THIS is the one I keep coming back to again and again for seafood.
I am clueless, Peggy, when using something like this, not creative. It sounds really easy to make, but can you tell me specifically how to use it? Do you grill the meat first and then add the sauce or baste it? And how would you use it with shrimp? Oh my gosh, sounds wonderful!
For grilled fish, chicken, shrimp or fish, just brush it on the meat several times on both sides during the grilling process. For inside cooking, I usually broil/bake and add the butter toward the end of cooking so as not to burn it in the broiler. Butter burns quickly under very close, high heat. It’s soooo good, Nancy. You’ll love it!
Thank you, Peggy. I can do that! Easy peasy!