Replacing Unsalted Butter With Salted. 1 Regular butter contains some salt. Mix thoroughly wrap it in plastic wrap roll it into a log and either freeze or refrigerate until you want to make shrimp scampi.
Depending on your requirement for food preparation you can use it like salted butter. Unsalted butter is all cream while the salted variety has some salt added though the amount varies from brand to brand. If you normally use salted butter for baking substituting unsalted butter will reduce the total amount of salt in the recipe.
While I like having the control of using unsalted butter then adding in the salt on its own you can swap unsalted for salted.
If the recipe contains other salty ingredients such as Parmesan cheese you might wish to start with a slightly smaller quantity and add more if needed. 1 Regular butter contains some salt. Because salt is a preservative salted butter has a longer life in the fridgetypically around five months while unsalted usually is good for about three. Add chopped garlic and finely sliced shallots plus a few red pepper flakes and a dash of salt to the softened butter.