This easy chili butter with lime and honey is delicious on corn, cornbread, vegetables, chicken, beef, beans, or fish.

Chili Lime Compound Butter Roll on a wooden cutting board with a bowl of fresh lime juice with a teaspoon in it, fresh sliced bread, a lime, and ground chili powder with a butter knife. horizontal view

How To Use Chili Lime Butter

I love how this chili lime butter can be used on so many things from breads to vegetables, sauces, starches, grains, meats, and seafoods.

There are few things in life that make me as happy as butter. I love the richness and smoothness of it as well as the versatility of compound butters.

Chili butter with lime and honey will stay good for several months in the freezer, so make extra!

What is Compound Butter?

Compound butter is butter that is mixed with other ingredients, like herbs, shallots, vinegars, garlic, spices, etc... This particular compound butter combines butter with honey, lime, and chili powder. It is excellent on Corn on the Cob. .

In short, compound butter is a fancy word for mixing different ingredients into softened room temperature butter.

Compound butter recipes are easy to make and versatile to cook with. The video below will show you how to make them. This chili butter is perfect for cornbread.

How To Make Chili Lime Butter

Chili lime butter is easy to make. In a bowl combine:

1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 lime zested
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp honey
½ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon salt

Lay out a piece of parchment paper and form a butter log. Tightly roll and twist to seal. There may be some excess lime juice that won't incorporate. Don't worry about it.

Or use chili lime butter right away and skip forming the log and refrigerating.