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Minced garlic

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4thebooks ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 8:42 am

how do u mince garlic? I always wonder when it comes up in recipes how to mince it... do u do it with fresh garlic or you buy it in the spice bottle?

bwaybabe85

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 8:48 am

I just buy the jarred stuff

MGmom

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 8:50 am

bwaybabe85 wrote:

I just buy the jarred stuff

Yeah, they're cheap and prolly has a real strong smell to make em.

Pineapple ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 8:50 am

Cut in to very small pieces

↑ 4thebooks ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 9:56 am

Pineapple wrote:

Cut in to very small pieces

so whats the diff between crushed and minced? I thought minced garlic is crushed garlic and u sort of put it in a pan with a little oil to saute.. ?

jelly belly

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 10:00 am

Minced garlic is chopped very small with a knife. Crushed garlic is crushed with a garlic press.

runninglate ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 11:19 am

I also always wondered: when a recipe calls for two cloves of minced garlic, for example, how much do you put if youre using the spice?

↑ Pineapple ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 11:21 am

1 clove frozen chopped is approx a tsp so I would assume 2 tsp
Personally I don't measure the powder I go by taste

↑ runninglate

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 11:23 am

thanks pineapple. Good to know. We'll see if I remember next time I need that info.. Very Happy

↑ 4thebooks

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 11:32 am

Pineapple wrote:

1 clove frozen chopped is approx a tsp so I would assume 2 tsp
Personally I don't measure the powder I go by taste

can you use the frozen cubes as minced? to me it looks more like crushed..

OOTBubby ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 12:33 pm

4thebooks wrote:

Pineapple wrote:

1 clove frozen chopped is approx a tsp so I would assume 2 tsp
Personally I don't measure the powder I go by taste

can you use the frozen cubes as minced? to me it looks more like crushed..

I do. I treat minced and crushed interchangeably. I may be wrong, but my results have been fine.

↑ Pineapple

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 1:13 pm

I use (frozen) crushed for minced

eschaya

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 1:56 pm

I keep a whole bunch of packages of the frozen cubes in my freezer. Love them.

ra_mom ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 2:18 pm

1 clove of garlic is equal to 1/2 tsp of the crushed fresh garlic.
The jarred garlic doesn't compare in taste.
The frozen cubes are great for most things (but not for everything.)

↑ OOTBubby ↓

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 2:20 pm

ra_mom wrote:

1 clove of garlic is equal to 1/2 tsp of the crushed fresh garlic.
The jarred garlic doesn't compare in taste.
The frozen cubes are great for most things (but not for everything.)

In what kind of things do you recommend using fresh garlic instead of the frozen cubes?

↑ ra_mom

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 2:44 pm

OOTBubby wrote:

ra_mom wrote:

1 clove of garlic is equal to 1/2 tsp of the crushed fresh garlic.
The jarred garlic doesn't compare in taste.
The frozen cubes are great for most things (but not for everything.)

In what kind of things do you recommend using fresh garlic instead of the frozen cubes?

When you use a lot of the garlic, it just doesn't work. Somehow it makes me queezy.

I use fresh garlic in garlic roasted chicken and vegetables, for marinating a garlic roast, etc.
And of course I use whole cloves of fresh garlic in my chicken soup, just slightly cut into.

↑ OOTBubby

Thu, Mar 01 2012, 3:12 pm

ra_mom wrote:

OOTBubby wrote:

ra_mom wrote:

1 clove of garlic is equal to 1/2 tsp of the crushed fresh garlic.
The jarred garlic doesn't compare in taste.
The frozen cubes are great for most things (but not for everything.)

In what kind of things do you recommend using fresh garlic instead of the frozen cubes?

Thanks.

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