Name: Vegan Garlic Butter
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: ½ C vegan butter; 2 cloves garlic (, minced); 1 tsp parsley (, minced); 1 tsp green onion (, minced (or chives)); ⅛ tsp salt; ½ C vegan butter; 2 cloves garlic (, minced); 1 tsp parsley (, minced (optional)); ⅛ tsp salt

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This vegan garlic butter recipe is incredibly simple to make, with options for a solid garlic spread or melted garlic butter. It creates a strongly flavored butter that many garlic-lovers will love; just adjust to your tastes as needed.

Skill: Easy | Time: 5 min | Yield: ½ cup

Small glass jar of vegan garlic spread surrounded by baguette slices; butter knife in spread

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Make a Solid Vegan Garlic Butter (Compound Butter)

There are two ways to make this recipe: a solid garlic spread or a melted butter sauce.

Making a solid vegan garlic spread is simple. For the easiest option, stir all the ingredients together. To do this the butter needs to be close to room temperature, so let the butter sit out for 20-30 minutes before making the recipe. This allows the butter to soften enough for stirring.

Place the garlic butter immediately back into the fridge to keep cool and allow it to solidify back to regular texture. How hard or soft your final product is largely depends on the brand of vegan butter selected.

Jar of whipped vegan compound butter on half marble half wooden board with baguette slices surrounding jar

If you have an electric hand mixer, you can use vegan butter right from the fridge and whip in other ingredients. This creates a fluffier butter option (and depending on how long you whip for, it may become a whipped butter).

This option creates delicious, spreadable vegan garlic butter. The flavor is quite strong, as the garlic is raw, so it’s best to use this in a recipe that involves cooking the garlic butter for a milder flavor.

If serving raw, use 1 clove of garlic or 1 ½ tsp garlic powder to create a less pungent garlic butter.

Hand holding up baguette slice covered with garlic butter; background of board with garlic butter in jar and baguette slices

Make a Melted Garlic Butter Sauce

If you don’t need solid garlic spread, melted garlic butter sauce is another simple option. Just add the ingredients to a microwave-safe dish and microwave in ten second intervals until the butter starts to sizzle. You can also melt in a pot on the stove if you prefer.

With the melted garlic butter option, you cook the garlic slightly as the butter melts, offering a more mild garlic flavor. If using the stove, the garlic butter can be cooked over low heat for a few minutes to cook out the raw garlic flavor (5-8 minutes on low heat should work; stir occasionally).

Small glass jar of melted vegan garlic butter with spoon of melted butter resting over jar and background of baguette slices and garlic cloves on wooden board

Ways to Use Garlic Butter

There are plenty of ways to use delicious vegan garlic butter! Some of my favorites are:

To make cheesy vegan garlic bread
Sautéed with vegetables (green beans, Brussels sprouts, mushrooms, anything!)
As a garlic pasta sauce (toss with cooked pasta and whatever else you like)
On roasted potatoes (toss the melted butter with potatoes, a squeeze of lemon juice and roast)
Roasted with carrots (delicious and crowd-pleasing side dish!)

The possibilities are endless!

Glass bowl of melted dairy free garlic butter with marble patterned spoon in sauce, surrounded by sliced bread, parsley and garlic cloves

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