Photo, Roberto Caruso.
It's a universal truth that the smell of minced garlic gently frying in olive oil will convince anyone around that you can cook, and cook well. The aroma is inescapable, comforting and especially comforting in the last dregs of winter. From roasted veggies to pasta and an all-time favourite chicken, here are 10 of our best recipes featuring the flavourful bulb.
This is a perfect side dish (that can be transformed into a dinner casserole), using nearly overripe tomatoes to make a sauce that coats charred, tender-crisp grilled cabbage. Get this garlicky tomato grilled cabbage with crunchy breadcrumbs recipe.
Topped with melted garlic butter and parsley, warm bread rolls have never tasted so good. Get this pull-apart garlic bread rolls recipe.
Crispy, spicy garlic chips are the perfect foil to the sweetness of fresh tomatoes. Get this heirloom tomato salad with garlic-chili crisp recipe.
This delicious sauce comes together in a flash and can be used as a salad dressing or on shawarma, sandwiches, grilled meats or roasted vegetables. Get our toum (creamy garlic sauce) recipe.
Everything is tastier with salsa verde! Get our salsa verde recipe.
This sweet and sticky bbq recipe can easily be swapped for oven cooking by roasting in a 350C oven. Get this glazed ginger-garlic slow cooker ribs recipe.
Roasting garlic mellows the pungency of the bulb and releases the sugars, lending a rich caramel flavour to the chicken. Get our chicken breasts with roasted garlic recipe.
The trick to this chicken fried rice dish is using day-old rice. Make it today: Cook rice, spread it on a baking sheet and cool in the fridge. Get this garlicky chicken fried rice recipe.
This creamy dal from the northwest of India is lightly spiced with cumin, turmeric and garlic, with the addition of fresh spinach. Get this rajasthani palak dal recipe.
Meet an all-time Chatelaine favourite! What could be better than lemony, garlicky chicken on the grill? Get this lemon-garlic grilled chicken recipe.
Use garlic scape pesto in the same way you would use in any pesto: toss with pasta, salad dressing, or toss with vegetables like blanched green beans. Get this garlic scapes pesto recipe.
A one-dish delight of sweet potato and eggs. Prepped in 15 minutes! Get this roasted garlic and sweet potato clafouti recipe.
This fresh and quick pasta dish is packed with protein and topped with bright vegetables. Get this garlicky chicken pasta recipe.
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