Garlic Sauce For Pizza - Savory Experiments

I’ve got the inside scoop on those little plastic cups of garlic sauce that come with your pizza. Margarine, garlic powder and salt. Yep- that’s it, but my version of garlic sauce for pizza uses real butter… cause I margarine just doesn’t cut it for me.

Some recipes also use a small amount of olive oil to help stabilize and prevent it from hardening, but that isn’t necessary in our case.

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• Ingredients at a Glance
• Uses for Garlic Sauce
• Storage & Freezing
• Homemade Pizza Ideas
• Garlic Sauce for Pizza

Ingredients at a Glance

The list is small, but mighty- just whisk these together with a little bit of heat and you’ll be good to go!

• Butter– Use a good quality butter for best flavor. Clarified butter or ghee is an even better pick.
• Garlic Powder– make sure it is powder and not granulated garlic for the smoothest texture.
• Salt– Just a basic fine sea salt works best.
• Variations– While the traditional is basic, feel free to add fresh or dried thyme, parsley, lemon zest, grated fresh garlic cloves, a touch of heavy cream, black pepper, fresh or dried rosemary, fresh or dried oregano or any fresh herbs.

It’s the perfect garlic pizza sauce and breadsticks or anything else that needs a buttery dipping sauce.

Uses for Garlic Sauce

Besides dipping, there are so many uses for this simple garlic sauce.

• Baste on seafood or chicken
• Drizzle on grilled veggies
• Use to make garlic bread with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese
• Baste onto pizza dough before baking
• Garlic knots

• Use on hot dogs
• As a garlic sauce for pasta
• Dipping for wings or boneless wings
• Stir 1 tablespoons with red sauce or tomato sauce
• Use for omelettes or eggs

So the next time you’re craving the garlic sauce from your favorite local pizza place, just take a few minutes to make your own. Your taste buds will thank you! Pizza also tastes great with homemade buffalo sauce or even ranch dressing.

You can also get super fancy and use my Truffle Butter or compound butter as the base!

Storage & Freezing

How to store…

You can this sauce in an airtight container or covered tightly with a piece of plastic wrap in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, but remember it will solidify so you’ll need to remelt it. Butter easily takes on other flavors of things around it, so make sure it is contained.

How to freeze…

You can freeze butter, but you want to make sure it is a high quality butter with little to no additional water. You’ll see they are graded on the packaging. Clarified butter freezes better than straight butter with milk solids. Some folks like to pour slightly cooked butter into ice cube trays, pop them out and then freeze them in airtight plastic bag. I like the silicone ones, they are easier to pop the cubes out.

Homemade Pizza Ideas

We love doing pizza, flatbreads and calzones at home.

• Jerk Chicken Pizza
• Tomato Pesto Pizza
• Cheeseburger Pizza

• Easy Calzone Recipe
• French Bread Alfredo Pizza
• Meatball Stromboli

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Open Face Pizza Burgers

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Garlic Crust French Bread Pizza

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Dessert Pizza with Fresh Fruit

52 minutes mins

Caribbean Jerk Chicken Pizza

40 minutes mins

Garlic Sauce for Pizza

4.18 from 174 votesIf you've ever wondered how to make garlic butter sauce for pizza, wonder no more. This recipe is just like the Papa John's dipping sauce for pizza or breadsticks!Prep Time: 5 minutes minsCook Time: 5 minutes minsTotal Time: 10 minutes minsCook ModePrevent your screen from going darkServings: 4 Print Recipe Pin Recipe Save Saved! Rate this Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter*
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• Dash fine sea salt

Instructions

• Combine the butter, garlic powder and fine sea salt in a small saucepan.
• Stir and heat until melted. Serve.
• If you've tried this recipe, please come back and let us know in the comments or star ratings!

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Notes

*If you have the time, try using clarified butter instead of just a stick. It will give you the bright golden tone. Un-clarified butter might look a little more cloudy, but will taste the same. Also see my notes about how restaurants use margarine instead of butter, which is why your garlic butter dipping sauce might taste “off”.

Nutrition

Calories: 206 kcal, Carbohydrates: 1 g, Protein: 0.4 g, Fat: 23 g, Saturated Fat: 15 g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g, Trans Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 61 mg, Sodium: 4 mg, Potassium: 16 mg, Fiber: 0.1 g, Sugar: 0.04 g, Vitamin A: 709 IU, Vitamin C: 0.01 mg, Calcium: 7 mg, Iron: 0.05 mgAuthor: Chef Jessica FormicolaCalories: 206Course: CondimentCuisine: AmericanKeyword: dipping sauce for pizza, garlic butter sauce Did you make this recipe?I’d love to see your recipes – snap a picture and mention @savoryexperiments or tag #savoryexperiments!

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