Steak topped with herb butter on a wooden board

Different Ways To Upgrade Steak Using Spicy, Creamy Cowboy Butter

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By BUFFY NAILLON

Sliced cowboy butter
A little herby, sometimes spicy, and all-around creamy, cowboy butter can encourage the Maillard reaction in your steak when cooking, enrich it with flavor, and seal in its juices.
Melted cowboy butter in bowl
You can add cowboy butter to the top of a steak or the frying pan you're cooking in, use it as a dip for the steak if melted, or a spread if kept at room temperature.
Cowboy butter being mixed with a fork in a bowl
There are many different recipes for cowboy butter, but all of them suggest starting with soft butter to facilitate the process of mixing in savory herbs, spices, and condiments.
Fresh herbs around a pestle and mortar
You can add herbs like thyme, parsley, chives, rosemary, Bay leaves, and oregano. Spices like pepper, salt, paprika, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and red pepper flakes work well.
Bowls of Dijon mustard and hot sauce
Garlic, which sometimes acts as an herb and sometimes as a spice, is a great addition, too. As for condiments, Dijon mustard and hot sauce work themselves into many recipes.
Sliced butter on a cutting board
If you're making a spread, put the mixture into a mold and refrigerate it to solidify first. Note that you should use high-fat butter with at least 80% fat to make cowboy butter.