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Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce

October 16, 2017 by Debi 27 Comments

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If you love flavor, then you’ve got to try this Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce! This delicious appetizer is made with real, fresh ingredients for the most amazing flavor combinations. Add a little heat or a sweet kick to your holiday meals, game day, or snacking! Grab the recipe and start dipping!

This Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce is the best! So good. I could eat the whole thing by myself. But, I think it needs to be shared with someone so you aren’t the only one with garlic breath!

a green dish filled with melted garlic butter topped with chopped chives and bread next to the dish.
Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce

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garlic sauce in a dish with bread.

Tailgating Snacks Month

Happy Tailgating Snacks Month! I hope you’re having as tasty a month as I am!

Life is delicious when you have garlic butter dipping sauce! Spice up any meal with this mouthwatering condiment, perfect for meals like chicken, seafood, and veggies. Learn to make your own at home and enjoy the flavor!

my favorite little French style garlic grater to grate and serve the sauce.

Mellow and garlicky

When you pour the hot butter over the raw garlic it mellows the garlicky bite into this nice flavorful yummy buttery good sauce.

Dip some crusty French or Italian bread into it, oh just garlic heaven! Yum!

I used my favorite little {affiliate link} French style garlic grater to grate and serve the sauce. You can also use a garlic press and serve the whole sha-bang in a shallow dish.

square crop of garlic butter in a green dish.

Recipe notes

I like to use unsalted butter for a couple of reasons.

1) It’s what I always have in the fridge for baking.

And, 2) I can control how much salt is in the dish.

If you buy salted butter, the amount of salt they add varies by brand and season, so you can never quite tell how salty the dish will be.

Of course, if you want to use salted butter, you can; just omit the salt in the dish.

We are proud to bring you the most delicious garlic butter dipping sauce that you could ever imagine!

The savory flavor it brings to every dish will have you coming back time and time again.

garlic cloves

Feel free to up the number of garlic cloves if you’re a real fanatic!

And, of course it’s easy to double or triple this recipe based on how much you want to eat by yourself or how many people you’re serving.

Also, this little garlic grater dish only holds so much, and this is the perfect amount for this dish.

Appetizer for an Italian meal

My Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce is a perfect tailgating snack. So yummy.

Just think of this Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce as a starter course for a nice Italian meal – wowzers!

Dip pizza into this easy sauce – just like you get from the pizza shop.

Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce Happy Tailgating Snacks Month! I hope you’re having as tasty a month as I am!

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a small green dish filled with melted garlic butter, bread next to it and a knife to spread the butter.

Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce

Debi
Life is delicious when you have garlic butter dipping sauce! Spice up any meal with this mouthwatering condiment, perfect for meals like chicken, seafood, and veggies.
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 2 people
Calories 206 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 garlic clove peeled
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
  • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Chopped chives parsley, or scallions for garnish, if desired

Instructions
 

  • Moisten the garlic grater with a little cold water. Hold the grater with one hand, and with the other hand, hold the garlic clove between your fingers while holding the root end. Move the garlic around on the grater making sure not to make contact with your fingers. Discard the root end of the garlic.
  • Add the hot melted butter to the garlic in the dish, and sprinkle salt over the top. Garnish as desired.
  • Dip crusty bread into the dipping sauce. Enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 206kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 149mgPotassium: 13mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 709IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

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  1. Sara Lehman

    October 31, 2017 at 7:24 am

    I want to make this and use it for grilled cheese!

  2. Ole

    November 14, 2017 at 5:27 pm

    Add enough Parsley, then you won’t have Garlic Breath, as it counteracts it, that is why it is used at Restaurants on Garlic Bread, because no one out for Lunch, want’s to come back to work stinking 😉

  3. GWENN Baldwin

    November 24, 2017 at 5:32 am

    My two great loves…garlic and butter.. This is a keeper. Thank you. Love it.

  4. Stephanie, One Caring Mom

    August 2, 2018 at 7:27 pm

    Would it be inappropriate to just eat it with a spoon? Because that is literally something I could see doing. Garlic and butter are my favorites and them together is perfection!

  5. Jane j

    September 12, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    I just made this tonight! Absolutely delicious! Big hit with the family. I did use 4-5 garlic cloves but I already knew 1 was not going to be enough. Spaghetti night will never be the same! Thank you for sharing this special recipe.

  6. rhoda daniels

    June 14, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    5 stars
    POUR IT OVER STEAMED BROCCOLI. IT IS DELICIOUS.

  7. Georgette Sterbenz

    October 28, 2023 at 5:07 pm

    5 stars
    Delicious! Made my own pepperoni bread and used this as a dip! Perfect! Thank you

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