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Creamy, smooth and amazing, this Easy Hollandaise Sauce recipe needs to be in your cooking arsenal. So easy to make with just a few ingredients and ready in just 5 minutes, and there’s even a video to show you how simple it really is!
We Put This Sauce on Everything
I want to make you all rock stars in your own kitchen so you can WOW your guests with your easy, breezy brunch recipes without breaking a sweat. I’m lazy in the kitchen, seriously, so lazy but I love all the good food we enjoy at our favorite restaurants. So, leave it to me to help you out in the process because I found the easiest way ever to make a homemade Hollandaise Sauce recipe in minutes.
I mean, what better way to top your favorite Eggs Benedict recipe than with a homemade Hollandaise Sauce that didn’t come out of a packet. And, trust me, it’s even easier than making it from the packet and definitely easier than the traditional method.
Simple Ingredients Make It Magic
- Eggs – Hollandaise sauce is an egg based sauce so you’ll need large eggs. Only the egg yolks are used so you can save the egg whites for another use like making meringue cookies.
- Water – Room temperature water helps thin out the sauce to achieve the perfect consistency.
- Lemon – Fresh lemon juice adds brightness and helps balance the richness of the sauce. I love a lemony sauce.
- Butter – Melted butter provides fat and smoothness making this sauce ultra creamy.
- Seasoning – Kosher Salt and black pepper are all I used to season the sauce. You can use garlic powder, smoked paprika, a pinch of cayenne pepper or get creative with your favorite seasoning and spices.
For the full ingredient list and instructions, see the recipe card below.
How To Make Hollandaise Sauce
This easy Hollandaise recipe is made in an electric blender. It’s so simple and quick, I can guarantee you’ll never go back to an instant packet of sauce again. The traditional way to make hollandaise is on the stovetop in a double boiler over very low heat but you still tun the risk of ruining the sauce by scrambling the eggs.
Making hollandaise sauce in the blender ensures your sauce is perfect, velvety smooth every time in this easy recipe.
- Make sure your egg yolks are room temperature before starting.
- Add the eggs, water and lemon juice to the pitcher of a blender.
- Cover with the lid. Blend until smooth.
- Slowly pour a thin stream of hot melted butter into the egg mixture while continuing to blend until creamy and thick. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately.
The friction of the blender blades along with the hot butter will heat the egg while blending making for a silky and smooth sauce. If you don’t have a blender, you can do this in a small saucepan with an immersion blender.
This blender hollandaise sauce is so quick to make, there’s no reason to make it in advance. You can, literally, whip it up right before serving dinner or brunch. Drizzle over a poached egg or California Eggs Benedict and then dig in!
Leftover Hollandaise sauce can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days in the refrigerator. To reheat, add the sauce to a stainless steel bowl or double boiler. Place the bowl over a saucepan with about an inch of simmering water and heat the sauce until warmed through. Do not microwave hollandaise sauce.
Tips for Perfect Hollandaise Sauce
- Be sure your butter is hot when you steam it into the eggs or your sauce will not thicken up quickly.
- If you do need to make the sauce in advance, you can reheat it over low heat in a sauce pan. Whisk the sauce constantly so the heat doesn’t scramble the eggs.
- Don’t have lemons, you can use the same amount of white wine vinegar in the sauce.
This Hollandaise Sauce recipe is so simple to make. It’s buttery and smooth, and it’s perfect on just about everything. If you have a thing about raw eggs make sure to use pasteurized eggs. The pasteurization process eliminates the risk of salmonella without changing the nutrition or flavor of the eggs.
What is Hollandaise Sauce?
If you’re not familiar with Hollandaise Sauce, it’s basically an emulsion sauce made by emulsifying eggs, melted butter and lemon juice or vinegar. Formerly called Dutch Sauce, Hollandaise Sauce is one of the five mother sauces in French cuisine.
It’s also the base for my favorite Bearnaise Sauce recipe.
What To Serve It With
And there’s really no other way to get your sauce this smooth and thick with that rich buttery flavor. Great on eggs, all your veggies and basically, anything edible. We love it on this easy Lobster Tail or you can serve it alongside this Filet Mignon recipe.
If you want something a little more spicy, you should definitely try this Jalapeno Hollandaise! It’s so simple, spicy and amazing.
And if you’re still not convinced as to how easy this Blender Hollandaise Sauce is to make….I whipped up a video to show you how to do it. And be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel! I have more great videos out there so you don’t want to miss them.
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More Easy Sauce Recipes
- We love this easy Garlic Butter Sauce on just about everything.
- Homemade Steak Sauce is such a life changer.
- The BEST Creamy Horseradish Sauce is ready in minutes.
- Homemade Alfredo Sauce
- Easy Spanish Romesco Sauce Recipe
Hollandaise Sauce Recipe
Equipment
- 1 blender
Ingredients
- 4 large egg yolks
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 16 tablespoons melted butter, cooled to room temperature
Instructions
- Add the yolks, water, lemon and salt to a blender. Blend the ingredients until smooth and then slowly add the butter in a thin stream until an emulsion forms.
- Transfer to a serving dish and serve immediately.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I have made Hollandaise sauce in the past but it didn’t come out anywhere near as great as your recipe. This looks delicious and it is very creative. Definitely bookmarking this for the future
Great video! I think this is a great instruction for hollandaise, especially for those who are too intimidated with making homemade hollandaise sauce.
This is the perfect way to make Hollandaise – takes all the pressure off and yep…pretty sure you could put it on anything and it would make it fabulous!
I love making hollandaise in a blender, less chance of it separating. Your video is awesome.
Thanks so much, Christie!
This hollandaise sauce looks perfect!
What a great basic recipe to have! I love how easy and versatile it is.