Silky smooth sauteed scallion butter with parsley and garlic is so delicious! It is the most aromatic compound butter you will make! Made with just 6 ingredients.

Butter is better when it’s mixed with strong flavors!

This compound butter recipe is unlike anything you have tried before. It has sauteed scallions and a little more than normal amount of garlic!

I use this butter as a spread, topping, and cooking! How will you use this butter?

Angle view of scallion butter in a white ramekin.
This aromatic butter makes food taste so much better.

🛒 Ingredients

Here is a quick look at the ingredients. It is to understand why these specific ingredients were chosen. To get the full recipe, go to the bottom of this post.

The 6 ingredients needed to make this recipe are laid out on a blue background
This scallion butter is made with pantry ingredients.

Grass-fed butter – It’s packed with Vitamin K2, Vitamin A and Vitamin E, among other nutrition. This is because the cows get to graze in green pastures where they consume grass and other foods in nature. Butter helps improve bone health. Source: Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Axe.

Scallions – Scallions help lower blood pressure, decrease high cholesterol, and reduce blood sugars. It also has Vitamin K and anti-inflammation properties. Source: University of Arkansas and Sustainable Farming Project.

Parsley – My favorite way to preserve parsley is by putting it into recipes like hummus and Chermoula sauce. This way, they don’t go to waste. Parsley is rich in cancer fighting ingredients, protects against diabetes, and helps improve bone health. Source: Medical News Today and Medicinenet.com.

Garlic cloves – This is one of those powerhouse ingredients that is packed with so much benefits. It’s packed with nutrition that will help alleviate osteoporosis pain, fights inflamation, and even help heal wounds. Source: BBC Good Foods and Real Simple.

🌿 Handy Tip: Have fresh herbs that might go bad? Chop them up and whip them up with butter! They will last a long time.

🪜 Instructions

1. Prepping the Scallions

Collage of 4 steps needed to cook the scallions
Cooking scallions brings out the natural flavors and gives the butter an extra bite
  • Wash and dry the scallion bunch. Remove any rotten bunches. Chop the root ends of the scallion which can be composted or discarded.
  • Cut the rest of the scallions into 3 equal pieces. Separate the bottom tough ends from the green tops
  • Heat a stainless steel pan on medium heat for 30 seconds before adding the avocado oil.
  • Add the tough ends of the scallion and cook for 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add the remaining scallions and cook for another one minute. Let it cool to room temperature (about 5 Minutes)

2. Whipping up the sauteed scallion butter

Collage of the 4 steps needed to make this recipe
Look how fluffy and smooth this compound butter looks!
  • In a food processor, add the softened butter first. I use (Affiliate Link) Homeleader’s food processor.
  • Add the parsley, sauteed scallions, chopped garlic cloves, and salt to the food processor.
  • Blend on high speed for a few minutes or until the butter is silky smooth. Keep scrapping down the sides of the food processor to make sure you get everything blended equally.
  • Transfer to a mason jar and close the lid. Refrigerate and use as needed. You can also put it into (Affiliate Link) silicon butter molds and freeze.

👩‍🍳 Softening tip: Set the butter on the counter for about 20-25 minutes. I use Kerry Gold’s Grass-Fed butter and it takes about 20 minutes to softened.

❓ Answering common questions

Are scallions, spring onions and green onions the same thing?

Yes, scallions, spring onions and green onions are the same! Some stores will label them as green onions and some will label them as scallions or spring onions.

Can I add other fresh herbs to this butter?

Yes, you can add herbs like basil, mint, sage, and Rosemary.

Why does it have to be grass-fed butter and not regular butter?

Grass-fed butter has all the nutrition! Non-grassfed butter is made from cows who have been fed bad grains, corn, and food wastes. Grass-fed cows get to graze on land and feed on nature. It’s a very nutrient dense ingredients. Source: SevenSons and my personal talk with nutritionists.

🧈 Butter tip: Only use grass-fed butter in this sauteed scallions butter recipe because it’s nutrient dense. Conventional butter and vegan butters are filled with bad ingredients.

Closeup view of scallion butter in a white ramekin.
Silky smooth scallion compound butter that tastes so heavenly.

📦 Shelf life and storing

When stored properly, compound butters can last for a good six month. The old way was to freeze them was to roll the butter in a cylindrical shaped roll on wax paper. Then, put it in a ziploc bag, date it and freeze it.

But, I have discovered these (Affiliate Link) butter molds and I can’t believe I had never heard of them before! They are so easy to work with. They also come with lids, so the butter doesn’t get freezer burns.

Front view of a blue silicone mold with 4 long sections.
The best way to freeze compound butter is in these molds

If you are going to use the butter quickly, I suggest storing them in these (Affiliate Link) small mason jars. Refrigerate and use within a week.

🍯 Storage Tip: Butter can be frozen for 6 months and refrigerated for 1 week. Store them in a butter mold and they will freeze so well.

🌿 How to use sauteed scallion butter

Make garlic bread with this butter and it will taste so good! Want to make radishes taste delicious? Roast them with this butter and they will taste like potatoes.

During the holiday season, I like to make these carrots and fennel side dish where I use extra butter. Even beet chips taste really delicious when cooked in the air fryer with extra butter.

This recipe was inspired by Bon Appetit’s recipe. They topped it on a steak. Feel free to do so, if you eat meat, but don’t tell me about it. 😆

Top view of scallion butter in a ramekein. There is a toast with this butter, a ramekin with salt and chopped parsley.
Scallion parsley takes just 10 minutes to make.

🍽 Try these other scallion recipes

Scallion pancakes are easy to make. it’s just like the pancakes you get from your local Chinese restaurant.

Have you tried making scallion pesto? The pesto has a bite to it, making it perfect to pair with any sweet & savory recipe. I love topping it on my hasselback sweet potatoes!

Love butter as much as I do? Check out my list of compound butters where you will get a cornucopia of flavored butters!

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Angle view of scallion butter in a white ramekin.

Sauteed Scallion Butter

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Silky smooth sauteed scallion butter with parsley and garlic is so delicious! It is the most aromatic compound butter you will make! Made with just 6 ingredients.
5 from 70 votes
Prep Time 4 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Blending time 4 minutes
Total Time 8 minutes
Course Condiment
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 269 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bunch scallions about 1 pound
  • 1 Tbsp avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil
  • 6 strands Italian parsley 1 cup or 12g when chopped
  • 1 stick grass-fed butter, salted 4OZ
  • 1 clove garlic, medium sized 7g
  • 1 tsp pink salt optional, see note #2

Instructions
 

  • Cut the root ends of the scallion
    1 bunch scallions
  • Then cut the hard ends scallion and cut the green tops into halves
  • Place a stainless steel pan on medium heat and then, add avocado oil after 30 seconds
    1 Tbsp avocado oil
  • First, cook the hard ends of the scallion for 1 minutes.
  • Then, add the scallion tops to the pan and cook for 1 minute.
  • Turn off the heat and let it cool for 2 minutes
  • While the scallions are cooling, roughly chop the parsley
    6 strands Italian parsley
  • In a food processor, add the butter and the parsley
    1 stick grass-fed butter, salted
  • Now, add the scallion and remaining ingredients
    1 clove garlic, medium sized, 1 tsp pink salt
  • Blend on medium speed until fully blended. Be sure to keep scraping down the sides so that you get a silky smooth whipped butter

Notes

** NUTRITION INFORMATION IS APPROXIMATE
NOTES
1) To freeze the butter, use the silicon mold with a lid.  To refrigerate, use mason jars and use up in one week.
2) You can skip the salt and add it in the recipe you are going to use it in.  This way, you can use the right amount of butter
TIPS
  • Have fresh herbs that might go bad? Chop them up and whip them up with butter! They will last a long time.
  • Set the butter on the counter for about 20-25 minutes. I use Kerry Gold’s Grass-Fed butter and it takes about 20 minutes to softened.
  • Butter can be frozen for 6 months and refrigerated for 1 week. Store them in a butter mold and they will freeze so well.
Nutrition Facts label for Sauteed scallion butter

Nutrition

Calories: 269kcal
Keyword How to make compound butter, How to preserve fresh herbs, Scallion recipes
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6 Comments

  1. Had no idea there were so many things you could make with scallion butter! I whipped up some scallion pancakes this morning using your recipe and they came out amazing. Thanks for this great article!

  2. This was so good and incredibly simple to make. I made it for a party I threw last weekend and served it as a butter board along with baguette slice and other veggies. It got rave reviews! Thanks for the great recipe!

  3. Wow! This scallion butter was so good. What a fun switch up from the regular one on our morning toast. Thanks for the great recipe (-: