What is Minced Garlic?

Minced garlic is garlic crushed or diced into tiny pieces. Making minced garlic from cloves can be time consuming. Using a garlic peeler can be a great idea to save some time. We will now see, how to mince garlic.

• Take a whole bulb of fresh garlic. The cloves of garlic should be tightly held together and not discolored.
• Now first separate the cloves by placing the garlic bulb root-side on a hard surface and pressing down on it firmly with the heel of your hand, till the cloves separate.
• Take a clove and lay it flat on a hard surface.
• Now press down on the clove with your thumb on the side of the clove, until the over cover begins to crack.
• Now peel off the cover. Sometimes, there can be more than one layer of cover, hence make sure all the layers of covers have come out.
• Now chop the garlic roughly. You can use the same method, as you would to chop onions. Make few horizontal cuts on the clove and then a series of vertical cuts. After which you can dice the sticks.
• Now to make minced garlic, chop the garlic in a rocking motion, for which you will have to keep the tip of the knife on the cutting board and move the handle up and down.
• While you are mincing garlic, if you notice that garlic pieces are moving away from the knife, stop the rocking motion, draw garlic close to one another and continue to mince it further.

Some Facts About Minced Garlic

Do you wonder, what is minced garlic equivalent? Well if you use 1 clove of garlic to make minced garlic, you will get about 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic, which is equivalent to ½ teaspoon of minced garlic, that in turn is equal to 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder or ¼ teaspoon of granulated garlic. Granulated garlic substitute can be garlic juice. You can substitute ½ teaspoon of garlic juice for ½ teaspoon of minced garlic. Now if you ask me how many teaspoon of minced garlic equals 1 clove of garlic, you will have to do the reverse calculation to find an answer. Well, not really. The answer is right there. ½ teaspoon of minced garlic. There are a number of minced garlic conversion charts, you will come across on the Internet, which can prove to be of help.

If you do not have garlic at home, you can also make use of minced garlic substitute. You can make use of granulated garlic, which will provide flavor, but not texture to your dish. Garlic powder can also be used in place of minced garlic. So, can garlic salt and garlic juice be used. The other substitutes for garlic include asafetida powder, shallots, onions or garlic chives.

When you store minced garlic, it is recommended, you do so in refrigerator. Zip lock freezer bags is the best option, you can use and store it in the freezer. Apart from the method mentioned above to make minced garlic, you can also use the garlic mincer or garlic press. This will save you a lot of time, especially when you are rushed.

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