Seafood Boil Sauce Recipe Made In 15 Minutes

This seafood boil sauce recipe is incredibly flavorful, slightly spicy, and oh-so-buttery. Not to mention, it goes well with literally every seafood dish out there. Plus, it's about as quick and easy as a sauce recipe gets - only 10 minutes is all you need to make it!

The Best Seafood Boil Sauce

This seafood boil sauce is the best addition to your favorite seafood entrees. For real. This stuff is finger-lickin' and after you make it once, you'll never want to make seafood without it again.

The sauce consists of a variety of delicious spices and seasonings - most notably of which is Old Bay - a little tanginess from some lemon juice and a nice amount of butter.

Now, I love having this seafood sauce with these salmon bites, this air fryer catfish, baked haddock, and drizzled on top of this seafood rice and seafood stuffing, but it really is great on just about anything from the sea. It also goes great with plain shrimp, snow crab legs, and clams when used as a dipping sauce.

But, of course, it's ideal for seafood boil recipes, and I think my seafood boil is one of the best you can make! 

Anyway, I teased this traditional seafood boil sauce enough already, so let's dive into the ingredients and see what you'll need to make it.

Ingredients

So, the ingredients list may look extensive at first glance, but the majority of them are staple pantry spices and seasonings that you're bound to have on hand already!

Anyway, here are all of the seafood boil sauce ingredients:

• 1 cup Salted Butter (or unsalted butter)
• ¼ cup Olive Oil
• ½ Onion, chopped
• 2 tbsp. Garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp. Old Bay Seasoning (or cajun seasoning)
• 1 tsp. Smoked Paprika 
• 1 tbsp. Lemon Pepper Seasoning
• ½ tsp. Chili Powder or Cayenne pepper
• ½ tsp. Red Pepper Flakes
• ½ cup Fish Broth (or chicken broth)
• 1 tbsp. Lemon Juice

Pretty simple stuff, eh?!

And the best part is that you really can use this crab boil sauce ingredient list as a guide and tailor it to your taste buds. If you want more cajun seasoning, add in a little extra Old Bay seasoning.

Or, if you want it to have a brighter flavor, use more lemon pepper seasoning and lemon juice.

And if you're not a fan of spice, just leave out the red pepper flakes.

Want even more spice? You can add in a dash of Tabasco sauce or Lousiana hot sauce.

By the way, if you're looking for another seafood sauce that goes really with seafood, this Blove sauce has such a unique flavor and is just delicious!

How To Make Seafood Boil Sauce

 

So this recipe only takes about 10 minutes to make, and all you need is one pot to cook it!

Now, to make this process go smoother, I suggest measuring out the ingredients before you start the first step. Then this seafood sauce will be a breeze to make.

Anyway, let's not waste any more time and get into the recipe!

Step 1: Cook The Onion

First, heat a small pot to medium heat and add the olive oil and butter to it.

Once the butter has melted and is bubbly, add in the onions. Cook the onion for about 4 minutes or until it is mildly translucent. 

Then, add the garlic, and cook everything for another 2-3 minutes. With that said, you'll want to make sure the onion and garlic do not brown, or it will give the sauce a bitter taste.

Step 2: Add The Ingredients

Next, you're going to add all of the seasonings - the Old Bay seasoning, smoked paprika, lemon seasoning, chili powder, and red pepper flakes - and combine them with the onion and garlic.

Follow that with the fish broth and lemon juice and mix to combine. Now cook for 10 minutes while occasionally stirring every few minutes.

Step 3: Serve The Sauce

Once the sauce has cooked for 10 minutes, remove it from the heat.

Serve in a side cup as a dipping sauce or right on top of your favorite seafood boils.

Enjoy!

How To Store Seafood Boil Sauce

This homemade seafood sauce recipe will make about 1 cup. So you should have plenty leftover to use throughout the week.

You can store the leftover seafood boil sauce in a resealable glass jar - or airtight container - for about one week in the fridge. 

How To Reheat Seafood Boil Sauce

Whenever you're ready to enjoy this seafood butter sauce, you'll definitely want to heat it up again.

So to reheat it before using it, just put the sauce back in a pot on the stovetop for a few minutes over medium heat until warmed, and then use it for any seafood boils.

Or you can pop the leftover sauce in the microwave for a few seconds until it's hot.

FAQS About This Seafood Boil Sauce Recipe

What is seafood boil sauce made of?

Seafood boil sauce is made of a mixture of butter, onion, garlic, Old Bay seasoning, paprika, lemon pepper seasoning, chili powder or cayenne pepper, red pepper flakes, broth, and lemon.

What liquid is in seafood boil sauce?

The liquid that is in seafood boil sauce is melted butter and some sort of broth like fish broth, vegetable broth, or chicken broth.

What to serve with seafood sauce?

There are so many seafood recipes and different things that you can serve with seafood dipping sauce! Here are a few seafood dishes to pair with it:

• Beer battered shrimp
• Blackened shrimp
• Fried mahi mahi
• Salmon patties

Wrapping It All Up

And there you have it!

That's how to make seafood boil sauce from scratch.

This is a delicious buttery sauce recipe that is fantastic when paired with snow crab legs, shrimp, your favorite seafood boil, or any other seafood dish you can imagine. Not to mention, this seafood boil sauce is so easy to make too.

Anyway, once you try this seafood boil dipping sauce recipe, I can almost guarantee it will be your go-to sauce for seafood entrees.

As always, if you try it let us know what you think in the comments below.

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More Sauce Recipes

If you enjoyed this seafood boil sauce, here are some other sauces you can easily prepare at home. 

Give one of these delicious sauces a try next:

• McDonald's breakfast sauce
• Tiger sauce recipe
• Chick-Fil-A Sauce 
• Sweet chili sauce
• Wingstop ranch