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This lemon pepper sauce recipe works for dipping wings, fish, vegetables, and more! It’s requires just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes.
Need a delectable dipping sauce? This lemon pepper sauce is full of zingy, zesty flavor, but requires only 5 minutes and 5 ingredients. How’s that for simple? It might sound too good to be true, but we promise: this one’s a must-try. The butter is savory and creamy, punctuated by the zingy lemon and hint of spicy black pepper. It’s perfect with salmon, shrimp, wings, roasted vegetables, or anything that needs a little kick!
Ingredients in lemon pepper sauce
Lemon pepper sauce is a common dipping sauce for wings. While the name sounds similar, it’s not flavored with lemon pepper, a store-bought seasoning blend of lemon zest, salt and pepper. You don’t need any special ingredients: you’ll rely on a real lemon to bring in the citrus, and the other ingredients you probably already have in your pantry and fridge. The ingredients in lemon pepper sauce are:
- Salted butter
- Lemon juice and zest
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Salt
Best way to zest a lemon
The only part of this lemon pepper sauce that takes any time? Juicing and zesting the lemon. For zesting, the quickest and best way is to use a microplane grater. A microplane is a handheld grater with sharp holes in it, which is quicker and more consistent than using a box grater or a zester. Here’s how to zest a lemon with a microplane:
- Hold the microplane in one hand, place one end on a flat surface and hold it at an angle.
- Hold the lemon in the other hand, and drag it down over the microplane holes (or the holes of the box grater). Important: make sure to remove the yellow part of the skin only; avoid the bitter white pith.
- Gradually turn the lemon until all yellow parts of the peel have been removed.
Storage info
How long does homemade lemon pepper sauce last? Store leftovers refrigerated in a sealed container for up to 1 week. The sauce solidifies when it’s cold, so re-heat it on the stovetop before serving.
Ways to use lemon pepper sauce
Lemon pepper sauce is a common dipping sauce for wings, but there are so many other ways to use it! While it could work with pasta, this one is intended as a dipping or drizzling sauce for vegetables, fish, or meats. Here are some ideas:
- Fish like seared salmon, grilled salmon, sockeye salmon, cod, tilapia, mahi mahi, swordfish, Chilean sea bass, halibut, and more
- Shellfish like sauteed shrimp, grilled shrimp, or seared scallops
- Chicken like wings, roasted chicken, or pan fried chicken
- Roasted vegetables like asparagus, green beans, broccoli, potatoes, and sweet potatoes
- Grilled vegetables like best grilled vegetables, corn, green beans, broccoli, potatoes, zucchini and asparagus
More sauce recipes
Looking for sauces? Here are a few more sauce recipes you might enjoy:
- Try creamy Tzatziki Sauce
- Go for Garlic Butter Sauce or Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
- Mix up zingy Peanut Sauce Recipe or Ponzu Sauce, zesty Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
- Make a classic Pizza Sauce Recipe or Homemade Tomato Sauce
This lemon pepper sauce recipe is…
Vegetarian and gluten-free. For dairy-free, use non-dairy butter.
PrintLemon Pepper Sauce
- Prep Time: 3 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 6 tablespoons 1x
Description
This lemon pepper sauce recipe works for dipping wings, fish, vegetables, and more! It’s requires just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, plus zest of ½ lemon
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 pinches kosher salt
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a saucepan or skillet over low heat.
- Once melted, stir in the lemon juice, zest, black pepper, garlic powder, and kosher salt. Use immediately or refrigerate for up 1 week; reheat gently on the stovetop.
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Keywords: Lemon pepper sauce
Let us know if you have any questions!
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Is butter always a good base to make sauce to pour over wings? I’m experimenting with a honey lemon pepper sauce recipe and I don’t want the wings to taste “greasy” from the butter.
It usually make a nice base that doesn’t feel to greasy.
I have new restaurant
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