This copycat Ruth's Chris Steak Butter Recipe is restaurant-quality mouthwatering compound butter that will rival any steakhouse! You'll love it on everything from steak and seafood to chicken bites and even veggies.
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If you like making your own compound butters like our flavorful Cowboy Butter, then you will absolutely fall in love with this copycat Ruth’s Chris Steak Butter Recipe!
At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, you can get an amazing steak dinner with some of the best dishes. The steaks are often topped with yummy garlic butter, and the end result is an absolute melt-in-your-mouth steak.
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Ingredients
This is meant to be a brief overview of the garlic and herb steak butter recipe. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below.
- Unsalted Butter: Using unsalted butter allows you to control the amount of salt in the recipe.
- Kosher Salt: Add the salt to suit your tastes. You can also use sea salt.
- Worcestershire Sauce: Adds a little tangy tartness.
- Garlic: For the best flavor, use fresh garlic. Use a microplane to grate the garlic very finely.
- Black Pepper: Freshly cracked black pepper is best and enhances the rest of the ingredients.
- Parsley: Fresh herbs add the freshness that this compound butter recipe needs. You could also use sliced green onions.
Optional: If you're making this to serve with seafood, add a little bit of lemon zest and/or lemon juice to the butter mixture.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some questions (and answers!) readers often ask about this Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse butter recipe.
Restaurants like Ruth's Chris Steakhouse often serve compound butter. It's just softened butter with a variety of herbs and spices.
There are two reasons that chefs add butter to steak. First, it's delicious. The richness of butter compliments the meat. Second, butter can make a steak more tender, especially if the steak is charred on the outside.
Tips
- Start with room-temperature butter. Never microwave the butter.
- Fresh herbs are best. While dried can be substituted, fresh will lend more flavor.
- Keep butter tightly wrapped or in an airtight container. Unfortunately, the butter will take on odors that might be in your fridge, and it will change the flavor of the compound butter.
Storage
To Store: Keep this compound butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week. (These are my favorite airtight containers.)
To Freeze: Place the butter into a resealable freezer bag. Label and store for up to 3 months.
To Thaw: Thaw overnight in the fridge.
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🍴 Serving Suggestions
If you are cooking your steak in a skillet, you can add a tablespoon of butter to the pan just before the meat is done. Spoon the melted butter over the top of the steaks. (I just love that butter sizzle sound!)
While the steak rests, add a tablespoon on top of the meat. Allow the butter to melt for super juicy steak every time.
You don't have to serve filet mignon steaks - whether you're going to broil New York strip or want to grill sirloin steak tips, you'll find that this delicious butter makes everything taste better! Try it with any one of these amazing steak recipes:
Not only can you use this on all kinds of steak recipes, but it's great with seafood, too. Substitute this Ruth's Chris style butter with any lobster or shrimp recipe for a totally decadent experience.
You can also melt this and drizzle it over potatoes or other veggies. It's so amazingly delicious!
Similar Recipes
Next time, try one of these delicious recipes:
- Simple Dill Compound Butter is the best choice for any seafood dish!
- Cowboy Butter Sauce is fabulous, with lots of different cuts of meat, as well as veggies and potatoes.
- Tomato Butter is a tasty recipe perfect on pasta or garlic bread.
- Rosemary Garlic Butter - you'll love this savory butter with roast chicken or turkey!
If you're entertaining, you can also use this savory butter to make your own butter board.
Related: Benihana Butter
Ruth's Chris Steak Butter
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Ruth's Chris Steak Butter
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Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- ¼ teaspoon white or black pepper
- 1 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Bring your butter up to room temperature in your mixing bowl before you begin.½ cup unsalted butter
- When your butter has come up to temperature, add all of the other ingredients to the bowl and stir the mixture until it is well-combined.½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 3 garlic cloves, ¼ teaspoon white or black pepper, 1 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Using a spoon or spatula, scoop the butter on to the middle of the plastic wrap and form it into log shape.
- To create an evenly shaped log, hold each end of plastic wrap tightly, and roll it back and forth.
- Place in the fridge to firm up. Putting it in the freezer will work if you need it faster.
- After a few hours, remove the butter log from the fridge/freezer and unwrap. Slice as desired.
- Place a tablespoon of butter on top of hot steaks before serving.
Equipment
- Whisk or Fork
- Parchment Paper or Plastic Wrap
Madison says
I love Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and the hot plate steaks but they're not one near me. I made this butter and it was almost as good as being there. Thanks!