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    Home » Dips, Condiments and Sauces » Cajun Butter Dipping Sauce

    Cajun Butter Dipping Sauce

    Published: Jan 25, 2022 by Low-Carb Simplified · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This Cajun butter dipping sauce packs a ton of flavor and is a perfect dipping sauce for crab, shrimp, lobster or mussels!

    Cajun butter sauce in a bowl with steam crab legs on a plate.

    Inspired by a New Orleans-style seafood boil, this Cajun butter dipping sauce is flavored with Cajun seasoning, hot sauce, minced garlic and lemon juice. For those of you who don't like things too spicy, this sauce is for you. It's well seasoned, but not overly spicy. But, if you're looking for more heat — fear not, you can always make it more spicy if you want!

    We use a store-bought Cajun seasoning in this recipe, but you could also use a Creole seasoning. Or, you could even make your own. We recommend using our ingredient measurements as a start, and then adding more as you like.

    We typically pair with with steamed crab, but you can pair with other seafood like lobster or shrimp. It's one of of our favorite butter dipping sauces and it's so easy to make. It uses just 5 ingredients and takes about 5 minutes to make!

    Key Ingredients

    Cajun butter sauce ingredients in bowls and labeled.

    Just a few notes on key ingredients:

    • Hot sauce: Hot sauce is used to add a little heat to the butter sauce. We use Frank's hot sauce, but you can use any hot sauce you like.
    • Cajun or creole seasoning: We use just a ½ teaspoon of a store-bought Cajun seasoning since it can come off quite salty. Obviously, you can add more if you like. Just be sure to taste as you go. If you don't have Cajun seasoning, you can replace with a Creole seasoning like Tony Chachere's Seasoning.
    • Lemon juice: Don't forget to add the lemon juice to brighten it up!

    How To Make

    Step 1: In a skillet over medium heat, sauté minced garlic with a tablespoon of the butter.

    Step 2: As soon as it becomes fragrant (about 30 seconds — be careful not to brown), remove from heat and stir in the rest of the ingredients (Cajun seasoning, hot sauce, and lemon juice). Then, pour into a serving bowl.

    • Sauting garlic and butter in a pan
    • sauteed garlic mixed with hot sauce, lemon juice and cajun seasoning

    Step 3: In that same pan over medium heat, add the rest of the butter and heat it until it melts.

    Step 4 & 5: Turn off the heat and use a spoon to skim off the white solids from the surface of the butter until it's clear.

    Step 6: Pour the clarified butter into the serving bowl with the Cajun mixture. Stir and serve immediately.

    • Butter stick melting in a pan
    • Skimming cream off butter with a spoon
    • clarified butter in a bowl
    • Finished cajun butter sauce in a bowl served alongside crab legs

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    If you try this recipe, we would love to hear your feedback! Leave a comment, rate it, and tag @lowcarbsimplified on your photo of this recipe on Instagram or Facebook. We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do!

    Cajun Butter Dipping Sauce

    Low-Carb Simplified
    This Cajun butter dipping sauce packs a ton of flavor and is a perfect dipping sauce for crab, shrimp, lobster or mussels!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Course Condiments and Sauces
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4
    Calories 206.5 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ cup unsalted butter
    • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
    • 2 teaspoons Frank's Hot Sauce or other hot sauce
    • ½ teaspoon Cajun or creole seasoning
    • ½ teaspoon lemon juice

    Instructions
     

    • Heat garlic and pepper: In a skillet over medium heat, sauté minced garlic with a tablespoon of the butter. comes fragrant (about 30 seconds — be careful not to brown), remove from heat and stir in the rest of the ingredients (Cajun seasoning, hot sauce, and lemon juice). Then, pour into a serving bowl for the butter sauce.
    • Make the clarified butter: In that same pan over medium heat, add the rest of the butter and heat it until it melts. Turn off the heat and use a spoon to skim off the white solids from the surface of the butter until it's clear.
    • Finish and serve: Pour the clarified butter into the serving bowl with the Cajun mixture. Stir and serve immediately.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 206.5kcalCarbohydrates: 0.6gProtein: 0.2gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 191.3mgFiber: 0gSugar: 0gNet Carbs: 0.6gProtein Percentage: 0%
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