Easy Hollandaise Sauce in the Blender

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

Butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice combine quickly in the blender in this easy hollandaise sauce that tastes great with fish or eggs Benedict.

Ingredients

3/4 cup unsalted butter
4 large egg yolks, at room temperature
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 pinches ground cayenne pepper
2 dashes hot sauce (such as Tabasco®)

Directions

1 Melt butter in a small saucepan.
2 Combine egg yolks, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and cayenne in a blender; blend for 15 seconds. With blender running on low speed, slowly pour in hot butter and blend until sauce is thick, about 30 seconds. Mix in hot sauce.
3 Serve immediately or keep in the blender at room temperature for up to 1 hour before serving.