Cajun Butter Sauce For Seafood - This Healthy Table

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This cajun butter sauce recipe is easy to pull together and bursting with rich, spicy flavors!

It's a delicious seafood boil sauce perfect for dipping lobster tails, snow crab legs, king crab legs, and jumbo shrimp. You can also toss it with seafood, fresh corn, and potatoes and use it for a seafood boil.

This sauce is fantastic for seafood lovers!

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• Instructions
• How to Use This Sauce
• Substitutions & Variations
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• What to Serve with Cajun Butter Sauce
• More Seafood Sauce Recipes
• Cajun Butter Sauce

This Cajun garlic butter sauce has fantastic smoky, spicy, and peppery flavors. It uses two spice blends: Old Bay Seasoning and Cajun Seasoning. The two combine to pack in so much flavor.

I love to use this garlic butter sauce as a dip in addition to a boil sauce. It's an easy sauce to make for a party and goes great with a plate of shrimp.

Ingredients

Here's what you'll need to make this delicious cajun butter garlic sauce.

• Unsalted Butter - Make sure to use real butter. It provides the rich flavor in this recipe.
• Yellow Onion and garlic cloves - Fresh garlic and onion will mix with the butter to provide the aromatics and add a deep and slightly sweet flavor.
• Cajun Seasoning - You can make your own seasoning or purchase from the store. Cajun seasoning is a blend of cayenne pepper, paprika, garlic powder, pepper, onion powder, and oregano.
• Honey - A bit of honey adds just the right amount of sweetness to balance and enhance the flavors.
• Lemon Juice - Lemon provides just the right amount of acidity and adds a bright flavor to this sauce.
• Old Bay Seasoning - Red pepper flakes, celery seed, mustard, paprika, ginger, black pepper, and several other aromatics are used in this seasoning that's popular with seafood.

See the recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Melt the butter over medium-high heat in a small saucepan.

Add the onion to the melted butter and sauté for 3 minutes. Then add the garlic and sauté for an additional 30 seconds.

Add in the dry spices, honey and lemon juice.

Sauté for 30 seconds. Stir the sauce till it’s combined. If it's bubbling too much, reduce to medium heat.

Remove the sauce from the heat and serve immediately or freeze for up to 6 months or save in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Use to pour over seafood boil, cooked shrimp, or as a dipping sauce.

How to Use This Sauce

• Use as a dipping sauce - The easiest way to use this sauce is to serve it with grilled or cooked shrimp, cooked crab, or any other seafood and use it as a dipping sauce or drizzle.
• Use as a marinade - You can use this sauce as a marinade for shrimp, lobster tails, or even chicken. Reserve a few tablespoons of sauce, then allow your protein to marinate in the remaining sauce for 30 minutes, and then bake or grill it. Top with reserved sauce and serve.
• Make a seafood boil - use this sauce as part of a cajun seafood boil. Place your fresh seafood in a large stockpot with red potatoes and sweet corn. Cover it with water, and boil for recommended cook time. Reserve some of the boiling water and mix with the butter sauce. Drain the seafood and toss with the butter sauce.

Substitutions & Variations

Here are some optional add-ins and substitution ideas.

• Lemon - if you'd like some citrus flavor, add a tablespoon of fresh-squeezed lemon juice or a teaspoon of lemon zest.
• Spice - Add a dash of hot sauce if you like a little extra spice.
• Creole Seasoning - You can substitute creole seasoning for the cajun seasoning if you prefer.
• Cajun Seasoning - you can make your own homemade cajun seasoning. Adjust the spice level by adding cayenne pepper if you want a spicy sauce.

Storage

Leftover seafood boil sauce can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

What to Serve with Cajun Butter Sauce

• Use as a dipping sauce with delicious Lemon Herb Grilled Shrimp or with an Easy Oven Baked Shrimp.
• Make a batch of Grilled Lobster Tails and dip and brush them with this sauce.
• Use the sauce to make a seafood boil and serve with a fresh, delicious Green Salad Recipe.

More Seafood Sauce Recipes

• Dill Sauce for Seafood—This recipe combines dill and fresh lemon juice with Greek yogurt to make the perfect seafood dip. It's great for all types of seafood.
• Seafood Sauce Recipe - This delicious, creamy, and rich sauce is easy to make and great for dipping your favorite seafood.
• Easy Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe - This easy homemade tartar sauce recipe is so tasty and simple to make. You'll never buy tartar sauce at the store again.
• Cocktail Sauce for Shrimp - This tangy cocktail sauce for shrimp is zesty and tasty and made with only a few simple ingredients.

Continue to Content Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 7 minutes Total Time 12 minutes

Ingredients

• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• ½ medium yellow onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 ½ tablespoons Cajun seasoning
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning

Instructions

1. Melt the butter over medium-high heat in a small saucepan.
2. Add the onion and sauté for 3 minutes. Then add the garlic and sauté for an additional 30 seconds.
3. Add in the cajun seasoning, honey, lemon juice, and Old Bay seasoning. Sauté for 30 seconds.
4. Stir the sauce till it’s combined.
5. Remove the sauce from the heat and serve immediately or freeze for up to 6 months or save in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
6. Use to pour over seafood boil, cooked shrimp, or as a dipping sauce.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1 Amount Per Serving: Calories: 155Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 1021mgCarbohydrates: 5gFiber: 0gSugar: 3gProtein: 1g Pin this Recipe for Later