Rub Yer Meat Cowboy Butter

Cowboy butter is one of those little upgrades that makes you feel like you cheated the system. It’s butter, herbs, mustard, garlic, lemon, and a hit of Rub Yer Meat all mashed together into a rich, melty flavor bomb.

You can use it as a dip, a spread, a finishing butter, or the thing you casually place on top of a steak while pretending you didn’t just dramatically improve everyone’s dinner.

And honestly? Steak might be the perfect way to use cowboy butter.

When a hot steak comes off the grill and starts resting, a slice of this cowboy butter melts right over the top, mixing with all those juices and giving the meat one last buttery rubdown before showtime.

Juicy steak. Melty butter. Rub Yer Meat doing what it was born to do.

Let’s make it.

What Is Cowboy Butter?

Cowboy butter is basically compound butter with more attitude.

It usually combines softened butter with mustard, herbs, garlic, lemon, and spices. For this version, we’re adding Rub Yer Meat to take it to the next level. 

That means you get bold BBQ flavor, seasoning, heat, and color all in one shot. No spice cabinet treasure hunt required.

Use it on:

Steak
Chicken
Pork chops
Corn
Potatoes
Shrimp
Bread
Burgers
Anything that needs a little “well, hello there”

Rub Yer Meat Cowboy Butter Recipe

Ingredients

• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon coarse Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 to 1½ teaspoons Rub Yer Meat BBQ Rub

Instructions

1. Soften the Butter

Start with softened butter, not melted butter.

You want it soft enough to mix, but still thick enough to hold together. If your butter turns into soup, you’ve gone too far. 

2. Mix Everything Together

In a medium bowl, add the softened butter, Dijon mustard, chives, parsley, thyme, garlic, lemon juice, and Rub Yer Meat.

Mix until everything is fully combined.

You can do this by hand with a spoon or spatula, or toss it into a food processor if you want it extra smooth.

This makes about ⅔ cup of cowboy butter.

3. Make It Into Compound Butter

Scoop the cowboy butter onto a piece of plastic wrap.

Roll it into a log shape, pressing and shaping as you go. Twist the ends of the plastic wrap tight, then refrigerate until firm.

Let it chill for at least 2 hours, or overnight if you’re planning ahead like a functioning adult.

Once firm, slice it into rounds and use it whenever your meat needs a little encouragement.

4. Or Make It a Butter Dip

Want it melted instead?

Add the mixture to a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 20-second increments, stirring between each round, until fully melted.

Now you’ve got a cowboy butter dip that’s ready for steak bites, shrimp, bread, potatoes, or anything else that wants to take a delicious little swim.

The Best Way to Use It: Finish Your Steak With Cowboy Butter

Here’s where this stuff really shines.

Cook your steak however you like: grilled, reverse-seared, cast iron, Blackstone, charcoal, whatever gets you fired up.

Once the steak comes off the heat, place a slice of Rub Yer Meat cowboy butter on top while the steak rests.

As the steak relaxes, the butter melts down into the crust, mixes with the juices, and turns the whole thing into a buttery, garlicky, herby, BBQ-seasoned masterpiece.

That resting period is not dead time. It’s flavor time.

The steak is sitting there getting juicier, and the cowboy butter is doing a slow, glorious slide across the top like it owns the place.

Which, honestly, it kind of does.

How Much Rub Yer Meat Should You Use?

Start with 1 teaspoon if you want the butter to stay a little more herb-forward.

Use 1½ teaspoons if you want bigger BBQ flavor and a stronger kick.

Since this butter gets used as a finishing step, a little goes a long way. You want it bold, but you still want the steak, chicken, or whatever you’re serving to shine.

Storage

Store Rub Yer Meat cowboy butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

You can also freeze it as a wrapped log, then slice off pieces as needed. Future you will be very impressed with present you.

Final Thoughts

Rub Yer Meat cowboy butter is one of the easiest ways to make grilled food taste like you tried harder than you did.

Mix it up, chill it down, slice it thick, and drop it on a hot steak while it rests.

Because sometimes the best thing you can do for your meat is let it sit there quietly while butter melts all over it.

No shame. Just flavor.