Ahhh, fresh garlic. It’s so very popular around the world for it’s delicious taste in any number of cuisines. Lots of the best recipes out there require fresh minced garlic. Our chef Gabe show us the easiest and best way to peel and mince garlic.
This 1-minute tutorial will help you to become an expert in the kitchen when it comes to working with garlic the correct way.
Step 1: Remove Cloves to be Minced
Use your hands and remove any outer layers from the whole garlic bulb until you’re able to reach in and remove a few of the individual cloves.
Step 2: Chop Root End of Clove
Take the individual clove and just chop off the nub/root end. This will make peeling much easier.
Step 3: Remove skin from clove
The skin should be easy to peel off at this point. You can always take the knife to help lift the skin off as well.
Step 4: Slice the Clove
Now we slice the clove into thin slices.
Step 5: Start a Rough Chop
Rock the knife back and forth over the clove slices to start getting a rough chop
Step 6: Get Mincing
Continuing the chopping process, being sure to wipe off any pieces that stick to the knife.
Step 7: Complete!
You now have minced garlic that’s ready for any delicious recipe!
Recipe
How to Peel and Mince Garlic
Description
A quick step-by-step guide (with video) on how to peel and mince garlic.
Ingredients
- Fresh garlic
Instructions
- Use hands to remove outer layers of skin from garlic bulb
- Remove cloves to be minced.
- Use a sharp knife to chop of knobby (root) end of clove.
- Carefully remove skin from clove. Use end of knife to help lift off peel if necessary.
- Slice clove into thin slices
- Begin chopping slices by rocking knife over the garlic slices. Be sure to remove garlic that sticks to knife.
- Continue the chopping process until garlic is minced into small pieces.
Cammy says
I find it easier to use a canned item to to slap down on the garlic. The peel pops off and the pod is easier to mince. And, I always buy garlic with the roots because it is grown in the USA. Or I step out the back door and grab a leave from my fresh garlic and mince it. Works as good as the pods. I keep garlic planted around our frenced back yard to keep fleas and ticks out. And I have I a small herb garden.
Ryan says
I have always had a love-hate relationship with garlic chopping that I mostly resort to using minced garlic from a jar. When I have chopped fresh garlic cloves, I end up slicing a piece off a finger. This is an excellent tutorial and I tried it tonight. So quick and easy, no mess, and all digits intact. Thank you for this, and also for your How To Chop an Onion tutorial, which also taught me some tricks.
Barbara Heussmann says
I just recently started your blog,and you showed me how to cut an onion, now you have showed me how to mince a garlic clove! I was buying jarred minced garlic, now I can do it with ease.