Jalapeno Butter
Spice things up iwth a delicious butter that you'll find irresistible. The perfect snack butter filled with jalapeno, and cilantro. Slather this butter on anything from bread to steak, corn, rice or a bakedd potato.
Ingredients
- 1 lb butter salted or unsalted (1 lb of butter is 2 cups)
- 4-6 jalapenos, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 10 pieces fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 cup cotija cheese, crumbled
- coarse kosher salt add to taste
- 1/4 cup cooked, diced crispy bacon (optional)
Instructions
- Allow butter to come to room temperature (you can microwave butter on the defrost setting to soften it, but do not melt the butter or allow it to become "warm" or it'll be too soft)
- whip the butter with a mixer until soft and fluffy for 3 minutes.
- in a saucepan heat the diced jalapeno for 1 minute, cook longer if you want the flavor to be more mild.
- stir the garlic into the jalapeno
- add the jalapeno mixture to the butter, along with the lime juice, cilantro, and cheese, and mix until well incorporated.
- add salt to preferred taste. Add bacon or use the bacon on top of what you are serving. I prefer the bacon added on top.
- Serve with tortillas, bread, steak, cornbread, rice, potatoes, and corn.