Minced garlic done right — honey garlic chicken, lemon butter garlic shrimp, garlic Parmesan pasta, garlic butter naan — for busy weeknight dinners.
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Open in Pepper →Garlic out of a jar will get you through, but a few cloves minced fine on your own cutting board smell better and taste better in everything from a skillet of shrimp to a pot of pasta sauce.
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Smash before you peel
Lay the flat of a knife on the clove and press down hard. The skin slips right off in about 2 seconds.
Salt the cutting board
Sprinkle a pinch of kosher salt over the chopped garlic and drag the knife through it. The salt grinds it into a fine paste in 30 seconds.
Add garlic last
Stir minced garlic into hot butter or oil for only 30 to 60 seconds before the liquid goes in. Any longer and it turns bitter.
Roast whole heads slow
Cut the tops off, drizzle with olive oil, and bake at 400°F for 40 minutes until the cloves squeeze out soft and sweet.