How to peel and dice a whole bulb of garlic in 4 steps
We need garlic in stir fry vegetable, in steamed fish, with soya sauce as garnish, in marinated lamb, etc etc.
Peeling and dicing garlic though, is a chore that I personally don’t enjoy, and doubt many of you do. It is one pre-cooking preparation that I want to get over with as fast as possible, and I think after months of intense cooking, I have found the fastest steps, so here goes!
Peel & dice garlic in just 4 steps!
- take the whole bulb of garlic, and chop off the root portion with a cleaver
- using the same cleaver, press individual bulbs till it deformed slightly
- the previous step loosen the skin, now you can peel them off easily
- chop away!
Here you go, now you have enough garlic for probably anything you want to cook for the day!
Cheers and happy cooking!
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10:33 am
i don’t know, i find all that chopping and all very relaxing and therapeutic…
11:16 am
irene: Then again you are not the most “normal” of the lot. :p
10:36 am
Ooo…actually i like chopping garlic ^^
sometime i do the 1st step and pop it in the oven with olive oil+pepper+salt. As for step 2, since u have a clever do like Yan! WHACK IT! ^^
11:17 am
Glo-w: hahah yah Yan can cook is where I got the 2nd step from!
10:36 am
hohoho! that’s what I do to.. Except, most of the times, I don’t press down the garlic with the big knife. I slam it on them.
11:17 am
annna: Hahaha don’t be so violent girl!
11:27 am
i hate the process of garlic peeling, i usually slam the cleaver on the cloves and cut off the stem of each individual clove (tedious) … but i enjoy chopping garlic though, ie after cutting of the stem..
1:46 pm
connie: yah the stem makes me angry! lol.
11:53 am
that’s exactly how i do it too!
1:46 pm
Michelle: yey #winning
12:45 pm
isnt it the usual way, i.e. slam the cleaver onto the garlic to make it easier to remove the skin?
1:46 pm
Jean: haha I used to not know maa
1:54 pm
at least chopping garlic won’t cause tears and weeping, unlike onions, rite
2:17 pm
Sean: or worse, shallots!
1:54 pm
that technique is neat & easy… i always have difficulty in peeling & chopping onions..
2:18 pm
Munkey: haha at least I manage to help one person, that’s good enough
3:12 pm
how to lose garlic smell from hands in 1 step? tip please!
3:29 pm
Tey Cindy: use a stainless steel soap!
4:05 pm
I don’t like chopping garlics at all! My hands end up sticky and urghhhh.
5:11 pm
Chee Ching: hahaha yah that one quite epic no choice la, garlic’s yummeh!
4:25 pm
but u have chop off some half of the garlics like that…hehee
5:13 pm
Selina: no la just the root part that’s all, a bit only, worth it I think! hehe
9:17 am
geez.. i would never have known if you didn’t show me.
9:53 am
ciki: yes yes i’m sure… ¬.¬
11:18 am
When you start to enjoy peeling, dicing, chopping….(without using the latest kitchen gadget, just a simple chef knife) that is when you start to cook with your heart and soul.
1:51 pm
cooknengr: that’s very true!
11:54 am
wah thank you for the tip – chef KY! haha
1:51 pm
eiling: hahah thank you datin
3:03 pm
I know how to peel in two steps.. use big knife and smash it real hard.. then peel.. but the garlic will not look like garlic anymore
3:24 pm
TikkoSS: violence is never the answer!
3:30 pm
but it might be a solution?
3:55 pm
I like the aroma of the garlic so I use it in most of the dishes that I prepare.This tips are really great
12:37 am
Juli Dream: you’re most welcome