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Brown Butter Caper Sauce

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  • Prep Time5 min
  • Total Time10 min
  • Makes3/4 cup
Seafood tower recipes: easy boiled lobster served with Cajun Garlic Butter and Brown Butter Caper Sauce

Produced by Aimee Nishitoba; Photography by Carmen Cheung; Food Styling by Matthew Kimura; Prop Styling by Madeleine Johari; Illustrations by Emily Chu.

Salty capers combine with lemon and herbs to add bite to this quick, rich sauce. Watch the butter closely as it browns; it can burn quickly.—Soo Kim

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cubed

  • 2 tbsp drained capers

  • 2 tbsp chopped chives or parsley

  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

  • Pinch kosher salt

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a saucepan over medium, stirring often, and cook until dark amber with a nutty aroma, 6 min.

  • Transfer to a serving bowl and let cool before stirring in capers, chives, lemon juice and salt. Serve warm.

Get more recipes to send the New Year off in style with our guide to building an epic seafood tower.

Soo Kim is a professional recipe developer, recipe writer and bonafide fried egg aficionado.

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