How to Mince Garlic
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Minced garlic is a very popular way to use fresh garlic. Garlic's spicy flavor is best unleashed by the mincing process which simply means cutting your garlic into a lot of tiny pieces.
Garlic is not only tasty, it's very good for you too!
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How to Mince Garlic
To mince garlic easily:
Remove the papery skin by laying your garlic clove on a cutting board and then using the side of a chef's knife to press down hard. this will loosen the skin and make it easy to remove.
Mince your garlic by making several lengthwise cuts through the clove and then re-cutting the cut strips crosswise.
An easier way to mince garlic is to put peeled garlic cloves into a garlic press then push down.
Easy as pie!
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Why Mince Garlic?
Mincing garlic makes the tiny garlic pieces just about disappear into your foods and sauces which is wonderful for people who might be squeamish about biting into a large hunk of garlic.Crushing has a similar effect but you still might end up with a few larger pieces. Mincing guarantees that your garlic pieces are all small enough to get past even the pickiest eaters.
Garlic photo appears courtesy of GioJL
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Mincing Garlic Reader Feedback
Share your best garlic mincing secret.
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RecipePublishing
Jul 25, 2011 @ 4:29 pm | delete
- Most meats inour home get garlic as a flavor help.
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Vickie
Jun 13, 2010 @ 3:19 pm | delete
- If you mince a whole bag of garlic so it doesn't go bad before you can use it all. How do you save it? Do you add anything to the jar? water? oil?
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rms Jun 15, 2010 @ 6:30 am | delete
- I always do mine fresh, in the amounts that I need but I would guess that Olive oil would work for your needs. I know I've seen it sold that way. Anyone else know?
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Eve
Dec 7, 2008 @ 1:30 pm | delete
- Thank you!
I'm currently cooking shrimp fried rice, which required minced garlic.
This article was very helpful, I appreciate it. (:
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JaguarJulie Sep 13, 2008 @ 4:39 pm | delete
- Ah, I'd love to see some pictures of the technique for mincing. I've got a handy Garlic Tool from Pampered Chefs that I always FORGET to use. The aroma of garlic frying in oil is intoxicating.
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