GARLIC is one ingredient you probably want to use in many meals you cook up.
Sauces, dips, pastas, chicken dishes and seafood — you name it, garlic is flavourful and healthy!
Removing garlic peels can be time-consuming though and a frustrating experience but not to worry below are some time saving tips from website www.fabhow.com.
Water
A little soaking time in hot water is the best way to peel garlic quickly. The hot water breaks the bond between the skin and the flesh. Moist garlic skins also cut down on the mess compared to dry, papery skins and easily slip off the cloves.
— Chop off the root of the garlic
* Cut off the root end of the garlic bulb with a knife
— Soak the garlic cloves in hot water
* Fill a bowl with hot water
* Separate the cloves of the garlic bulb, dropping them in the water as you go
* Let them soak for five minutes
— Peel off the moist skin
* Peel off the moist garlic skin for a mess-free result
Microwave
Nuking fresh garlic is a great way of cutting down the time and mess when you need to peel lots of garlic. A short time in microwave allows the garlic to heat up, generating enough steam to break the bond between the papery skin and the flesh. This is even easier than baking potatoes in a microwave.
— Microwave oven the garlic for 20 to 30 seconds
* Chop off the root of the garlic bulbs with a knife
* Pop the garlic bulbs into the microwave oven for about 20 seconds on high power. You can microwave two or three medium-sized garlic bulbs at one time. If you’re nuking four or five bulbs, you may need to heat them for about 30 seconds
* Take the garlic out of the microwave oven and let it stand for about 1 minute
— Squeeze the garlic out of its slippery skin
* Simply hold a garlic bulb from the shoot side and squeeze it to make the cloves pop out of their skins. It’s as easy as that!
* Repeat the same with each bulb
Mason jar
This is probably the most fun way to peel garlic quickly. You can use any lidded jar for this purpose. In a pinch, a bowl with a lid or two bowls held together will also do. Be sure to pick a container with a hard surface like hard plastic, ceramic or glass.
The cloves need to knock against the surface to crack open their papery skins. Crushing the bulbs before shaking them in a jar helps cut down on time and labor.
When crushing the bulb, force should be evenly distributed. This helps crack open the garlic skin but prevents the garlic from getting smashed.
Things you’ll need:
* Garlic
* Mason jar
— Crush the garlic cloves
* Remove the outer skin of the bulb to separate the cloves
* Crush the cloves with the base of a hard bowl or plate
— Shake the cloves in a Mason jar
* Put the crushed garlic cloves into a Mason jar
* Screw on the lid and shake the jar vigorously for about 15 seconds to separate the skin from the garlic
— Pick out the cloves from the separated skin
* Pour the garlic cloves out of the jar
* Pick out the peeled cloves from the heap of papery skins
Chef’s knife
This method, while not as fancy as the others, should do well to speed up the peeling process. However, be careful while smacking down the chef’s knife to avoid any potential injury.
If you’re considered clumsy and accident-prone, you better stick to the other methods
Things you’ll need:
* Garlic
* Chef’s knife
— Crush the garlic bulb with the flat end of the chef’s knife
* Place the garlic bulb on a flat surface with its shoot side facing upward
* Place the wide, flat end of the chef’s knife over the garlic, so that it is closer to the handle than the tip of the knife
* Smack it down with the heel of your palm or your fist to smash the knife’s flat side against the garlic bulb to tear open the outer skin. This should also crack open the skin of the cloves
— Remove the remaining skin from the cloves
* Peel off the remaining skin from the cloves. The cracked, papery skin should be very easy to remove.
