Removing Garlic Skin

[Durgan]

27 January 2012 Removing Garlic Skin 27 January 2012 Removing Garlic Skin

Removing garlic skins from the cloves can often be a tedious job. This method reduces the effort considerably. Method: Cut the hairs off the root end of the garlic bulb. Shorten the stem end. Smack the bulb with a closed hand to break the cloves apart. Remove any loose skin. Place in a suitable container. Shake vigorously. Dump contents on a board and remove any skin clinging to the cloves. Most of the skin will be removed by the shaking in the container, and any parts remaining are much loosened, and may be simply picked off. The bare garlic cloves are vacuum stored in a mason jar in the refrigerator.

[SwirlyThing]

Really easy to remove the skins: smash the clove with the flat of a kitchen knife... they'll come right off!

[Durgan]

Really easy to remove the skins: smash the clove with the flat of a kitchen knife... they'll come right off!

Not really. It does help though.

[chowder]

Working as a cook we do not have time to play around with things so we do the smash the cloves also.When you have to work as fast as we do to feed hundreds of people a day,this works really well.

[mndtrp]

Really easy to remove the skins: smash the clove with the flat of a kitchen knife... they'll come right off!

I've tried all of the methods in this thread, and this one works the best. If you get good enough at it, it also minces the garlic at the same time.

The next best I've found, especially if doing a lot of garlic at once, is to cut the top part off of the bunch while the garlic is still together, break out onto a plate, and microwave for about 10 seconds. The garlic will slide right out of peel.