Lemon Butter for Shrimp

Preparation info
  • About

    1 cup

    (four servings).
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

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Ingredients

  • ½ pound (1 cup; 2 sticks) butter
  • 1

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and stir with a wire whisk. While stirring, gradually add the lemon juice.

  2. Taste the butter and see if it needs salt. The salt content of butter varies. Add the salt and Worcestershire sauce, stirring. Add the Tabasco sauce, if desired. Taste the sauce again. If more lemon would seem suitable, add it.