# Chili, Garlic, Lemon, and Parsley Butter

A versatile compound butter made with chili, garlic, lemon, and parsley, perfect for enhancing the flavor of various dishes.

- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- fresh chili
- garlic
- olive oil
- salt
- parsley
- 1 stick softened unsalted butter
- 0.5 zest of a lemon
- lemon juice
- flaky salt

## Instructions

1. Take the top off and remove the seeds from your fresh chili.
2. Give the chili a fine dice.
3. Dice the garlic finely.
4. Sweat both the chili and garlic gently over a low heat in a little olive oil and a pinch of salt for about three minutes.
5. Finely chop your parsley whilst the chili and garlic are cooking.
6. Spread the cooked chili and garlic onto a plate to cool down for two minutes.
7. Get a mixing bowl.
8. Add your stick of softened unsalted butter to the mixing bowl.
9. Add the chopped parsley to the mixing bowl.
10. Add half of the zest of a lemon to the mixing bowl.
11. Add a tiny squeeze of lemon juice to the mixing bowl.
12. Add the cooled chili and garlic to the mixing bowl.
13. Add a generous pinch of flaky salt to the mixing bowl.
14. Mix all of the ingredients really well.
15. Place the mixed butter into the middle of a square of cling film.
16. Roll the cling film over itself and pinch the ends whilst twisting until you have a rough sausage shape.
17. Place the butter into the fridge to chill and firm up into a cylinder shape.

## Equipment

- mixing bowl
- cling film

## Tips

- The finer you dice the chili and garlic, the better.
- Sweat chili and garlic gently without browning the garlic.
- Finely chop parsley to ensure nice little flecks throughout the butter.
- Butter that is too soft can be hard to handle when shaping.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdHawK87/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/2d8c4938-fd94-4a47-bca2-1ad8e8f54720
- Extracted: 2026-05-10

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