Easy Diced Garlic Cooking tip uses a Meat Tenderizer.
Garlic…ahhhh, who doesn’t love its flavor. If a recipe call for some of it, I usually double it. But the cloves are often small and it can be kind of tricky to cut and dice with a knife. This easy diced garlic is a great cooking tip that will help with that task. It can take quite a bit of time, too, when you need to mince a lot of garlic at once.
A Garlic press works well, but often makes it mushy, and I like having tiny bits of garlic in a recipe. (affiliate link) I can’t count the number of times I have cut my fingers trying to get those tiny bits chopped. Plus…you can only do a few cloves in a garlic press. What happens when you need to mince several cloves at once?
Here is a neat cooking tip. Peel the garlic, and place the cloves on a piece of saran wrap. Fold over the wrap and give the garlic a couple of swift hits with a meat tenderizer. A couple of slices with a knife and you have it done.
These pictures took me no more than about 10 seconds from start to finish. I did four cloves but you could do dozens with the same technique in just a few seconds.
How do you chop your garlic? Please leave your comments below.
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Sharon
Monday 1st of September 2014
Clever! I don't like using my garlic press either...
admin
Monday 1st of September 2014
HI Sharon. I was amazed how fast it was to do a bunch of it! Carol
Marsha
Tuesday 26th of August 2014
I use my Tupperware chopper with the spin cord on it, if I have lots to do. I don't mind cutting w a knife if big chinks are in order. I also use the plastic (semi-disposable) cutting board and a bit of salt w a flat edge of knife to spread it about till pasty if needing it that tiny.
admin
Tuesday 26th of August 2014
Thanks for the tips Marsha! Carol