Homemade Benihana Garlic Butter – Copycat Recipe
Our copycat Benihana Garlic Butter Recipe is just like the restaurant makes! Everyone loves this delicious copycat recipe for homemade compound butter with roasted garlic, soy sauce, lemon juice, and black pepper!
If you like our cowboy butter recipe, you’ll love this delicious copycat Benihana Garlic Butter, too!
Benihana’s garlic butter is a great way to use basic pantry staples to elevate your butter – and everything you put it on!
This simple recipe incorporates cooking staples such as lemon, soy sauce, and garlic cloves to make a delicious butter recipe that tastes just like the one from the restaurant. With this easy recipe, you can make your own version at home.
The unique flavor of this butter comes from the combination of soy sauce and roasted garlic.
Ingredients
Here are the simple ingredients you’ll need to make the infamous Benihana garlic butter at home!
- Roasted Garlic: This is the most essential ingredient, and your butter won’t taste the same without it. Raw garlic has a very different flavor. Tip: Start with the garlic paste at room temperature so it does not melt the butter.
- Soy Sauce: I like to use low-sodium soy sauce.
- Black Pepper: Freshly cracked black pepper adds a much more intense aroma and flavor to the butter. If you’re using dried pepper, taste the mixture and adjust as needed.
- Lemon Juice: Fresh lemon juice is always best when
- Unsalted Butter: Salted butter will also work, but I find that using unsalted allows me to control the flavor a little bit better. You can always add a pinch of salt if you need it.
This is meant to be a brief overview of this great recipe. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some questions (and answers!) readers often ask about this recipe.
If you’ve never heard of it, Benihana’s is a Japanese restaurant chain known for teppanyaki-style cooking.
This garlic butter is often served with grilled meats and roasted vegetables. You’re going to love it!
Compound butter is made with regular unsalted or salted butter, mixed with spices, herbs, or other flavorings.
Compound butter is popular at restaurants but easy to make at home.
Serving Suggestions
There are so many different ways to use this butter to add extra flavor to your meals. For example,
- Make our steak tips and potatoes using this copycat butter instead of regular butter.
- Try a little garlic butter on Texas Roadhouse rolls instead of honey butter.
- Use melted butter to brush the tops of garlic cheese bombs.
- Add a little bit to finish off your side dishes like baked potatoes, rice, or roasted broccoli.
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Benihana Garlic Butter
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Ingredients
- 3 garlic bulbs roasted
- 6 oz. unsalted butter room temperature
- 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Mash the roasted garlic until it becomes a paste.3 garlic bulbs
- Place the butter in a bowl.6 oz. unsalted butter
- Add the garlic paste and lemon juice. Stir until combined.2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- Add soy sauce and stir again.3 tablespoons light soy sauce
- Add black pepper and whip briefly.½ teaspoon black pepper
- Transfer the garlic butter to an airtight container such as a small jar, or serve immediately.
Notes
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This garlic butter is absolutely amazing!
It tastes delicious with my hibachi fried rice and hibachi shrimp! This is my new recipe for a quality garlic butter. The roasted garlic really elevated this simple recipe!