Butter vs Clarified Butter | Which To Use And Why

Butter and clarified butter are similar yet different. Chef and food writer Matt Degen explains which to use and why.

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[Christian_]

Now this is a YouTube video. Excellent. All i needed to know. Thanks.

[barryhaley]

Clarified butter will last a year in the refrigerator and at least 3 months on the counter.
If you’re really fussy, strain through a few layers of cheesecloth.

[allanfischer]

This is the only video I have seen on Clarified Butter that addressed the salted vs. unsalted butter question I had. Thank you so much for your "clarification".

[susancollins]

Thank you. This is information I’ve wondered about but never knew the answer.

[Esoteric.Empress]

I've watched several vids on how to clarify butter and my qst was to use salted or unsalted. Ur the only one I found who specified. TY.

[pebbles]

This was really informative. I always wondered why the butter I melt for crab legs isn’t as tasty as what I’m served when we go out to eat, even though I make sure to purchase real butter. Now I know! Thank you and have a Merry Christmas! -7 degrees and power outage in my neck of the woods today so won’t making clarified butter for awhile here.

[blanca]

This is great! I'll no longer ditch a recipe because it mentions clarified butter. And, I vote yes--please do a video about ghee. Thank you!

[edwinrivera]

Never much interested in making clarified butter. Now that I know why, thanks to you I think I'll give it a go.

[ronlentjes]

Since learning about clarified butter for about 8 months now, and learning how factory made "vegetable" oils are terrible for your health and just yucky, I use clarified butter for all my cooking! Yummy! (Hint: SATURATED fat like butter is good for you, so is FULL cream milk - they lied to us in the past to sell there cotton seed and deadly Crisco, so on)

[clemuhlig]

I just found your channel and have watched several of your most informative videos and have learned a lot. Thank you for sharing your education and experiences with us.

[DeborahGrantham-xhdn]

I live 30 minutes from a grocery store. I make ghee regularly. I love the taste as it’s nutty, made pancakes and French toast for guests just yesterday. I love the fact that it’s shelf stable for months.

[brucefields]

Very informative and inspiring! Didn't know about the higher smoke point of clarified butter

[GenericAccountVLR]

Would you mind mixing the music lower in volume on future videos? Or maybe just have music at beginning and end? Distracting - and I your videos!!!

[michaelsuk]

I mix this with clear olive oil when searing scallops. The rest I melt down and dip the scallops into. So good!

[bradbrownlee]

Very informative. I cook with ghee quite often but have never actually made clarified butter. I must give it a try.

[DrMaserati]

Matt, I love your videos, but the background music in this video is much too loud and extremely distracting.

[paullukens]

Nicely done. Thank you for teaching me about this. 👍😁

[AllThingsFoodwithJohnWoods]

Very well done presentation, Enjoy your easy to listen-to style.

[fredtaylor]

Great presentation - very much appreciated! Informative, concise, & well-spoken. And if you ever need a side-gig you can do a fill-in for Jimmy Fallon. Your body language is spot on.

[hermanthetosser]

Long time... Nice to catch one of your uploads.. I haven't even got around to doing those poached eggs