What Is Hollandaise sauce and How Can I Use It?

If hollandaise sauce has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 14 recipes to try it in.

Recipes using hollandaise sauce

There are 14 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Duck & Chicken

Chicken breasts braised in a peach and orange sauce with sauteed mushrooms, duck livers, and a hollandaise finish. Browned under the broiler for a golden glaze, this is dinner party elegance in one pot.

Artichaud Dieppoise

Elegant French appetizer with crab and mushrooms in a creamy wine sauce, nestled in an artichoke bottom and topped with silky hollandaise.

Breakfast Volcanos

Scrambled eggs piled on toasted English muffins with fresh tomato and mock hollandaise sauce. A lighter, fun spin on eggs Benedict that's ready in 30 minutes.

Scrambled Eggs Benedict

Scrambled Eggs Benedict made entirely in the microwave with Canadian bacon, hollandaise, and English muffins. A 15-minute shortcut to brunch that skips the poaching stress.

Billi Bi

Billi Bi, the classic French cream of mussel soup with white wine, shallots, heavy cream, egg yolk, and hollandaise. An elegant, velvety bisque served hot or chilled.

Eggs Hussarde

Eggs Hussarde with poached eggs, grilled ham, and tomato on Holland rusks topped with Marchand de Vin sauce and Hollandaise. A classic New Orleans brunch dish from Brennan's tradition.

Salmon-Wiches

Salmon patty sandwiches on English muffins with hollandaise sauce. Canned salmon patties coated in crushed cheese crackers, sauteed, then slow-cooked in a Crock-Pot for tender results.

Lemon-Stuffed Trout

Lemon-stuffed whole trout with a bread crumb, shallot, and fresh herb filling, oven-poached in white wine and served with hollandaise sauce. An elegant fish entree.

Egg Beaters Benedict

Egg Beaters Benedict: lighter eggs Benedict with steamed liquid egg substitute, turkey instead of Canadian bacon, and hollandaise. Cholesterol-friendly brunch classic.

Shrimp Flambe (Hot Stuff)

Dramatic shrimp flambé seared in hot oil, ignited with brandy, and finished in a luscious white wine Hollandaise sauce. This showstopping 25-minute dish brings restaurant-level flair to your home kitchen.

Crayfish Tails a la Carlton

Crayfish tails poached in dill-scented court bouillon and topped with a dill hollandaise sauce. A Scandinavian-inspired dinner served over white rice.

Pancetta Stuffed Flounder with Boiled New Potatoes & Hollandaise

Pancetta stuffed flounder baked with a crispy pancetta and bread stuffing, served over buttered new potatoes with hollandaise. An elegant dinner party fish dish ready in about an hour.

Stuffed Soft-Shell Crawfish

Stuffed soft-shell crawfish: Louisiana bayou classic with shells packed full of buttery crawfish-bread stuffing, fried golden, and crowned with rich hollandaise. A full-on Cajun centerpiece.

Crab Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Rolled chicken breasts stuffed with crab meat and herb stuffing, baked golden and drizzled with a Swiss cheese hollandaise wine sauce. A showpiece dinner that's worth every minute.

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