Cilantro Lime Compound Butter

Compound butter with cilantro and lime! Great with corn-on-the-cob, veggies, shrimp or steak!

By
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise founded Simply Recipes in 2003 and led the site until 2019. She has an MA in Food Research from Stanford University.
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Updated May 26, 2023
Elise Bauer
Cilantro Lime Compound Butter
Elise Bauer

A compound butter or herb butter is a great way to dress up corn-on-the-cob, veggies of all kinds, chicken, fish, prawns, pork, steak, you name it.

What's a compound butter? It's just butter mashed up and mixed with herbs or spices which then flavor the butter. You can either use it right away, or roll it up in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for later. Just cut slices from it to flavor steaks, chicken, shrimp, veggies or pasta.

Here's one of my favorite compound butter recipes, Southwestern style, with cilantro and lime. Do you ever make herbed butters? If so, what's your favorite combo?

Cilantro Lime Compound Butter
Elise Bauer

Cilantro Lime Compound Butter

Prep Time 5 mins
Total Time 5 mins
Servings 8 to 12 servings
Yield 1 log

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro, packed

  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice

  • 1/2 teaspoon lime zest (optional)

  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt

  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature (slightly softened)

Method

  1. Mix together the chopped cilantro, lime juice, lime zest, and salt in a medium bowl.

  2. Smash the softened butter into the cilantro lime mixture and mix it until the cilantro is well distributed.

  3. To save the butter for later, wrap it up in plastic wrap in the shape of a log and refrigerate until stiff. To use, just unwrap and slice from the butter log.

    Serve with corn-on-the-cob or over your favorite fill-in-the-blank.

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Elise Bauer

Great over steak!

Links:

Lavender Herb Butter from My Life as a Reluctant Housewife

A Quartet of Compound Butters by Heidi of 101 Cookbooks

Cilantro Lime Compound Butter
Elise Bauer
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
68 Calories
8g Fat
0g Carbs
0g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 8 to 12
Amount per serving
Calories 68
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8g 10%
Saturated Fat 5g 24%
Cholesterol 20mg 7%
Sodium 106mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Total Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 0mg 2%
Calcium 3mg 0%
Iron 0mg 0%
Potassium 6mg 0%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.