How To Chop Garlic

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It's not just for repelling vampires anymore! Garlic's antibacterial properties are also said to drive away colds—but if you eat enough of it, you might be able to do both.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A head of garlic
A wide knife, like a santoku
And a cutting board

Step 1: Loosen cloves

Press down on the stem of a head of garlic to loosen the cloves.

Step 2: Place clove

Pull one clove of garlic from the head and place it flat in the center of a clean cutting board.

Step 3: Crack skin

Place the widest part of the flat side of your blade on top of the clove and smash down on the middle of it with the palm of your hand, taking care not to cut yourself. This will crack the papery skin enough for you to remove it.

Step 4: Position knife

Grasp the knife in your dominant hand, holding the handle close to the blade with three fingers: your middle, ring, and pinkie. Curl your forefinger around one side of the blade while holding your thumb on the opposite side.

Step 5: Slice off root

Slice off the root end of the garlic clove and discard it.

Step 6: Slice clove

Keeping the point of the knife on the board and using a steady rocking motion to slice—not saw—the garlic with the full length of the blade, slice the clove lengthwise into 4 or 5 slices. Then make 4 or 5 slices crosswise.

Tip: Fresh garlic is best used immediately, but you can store it in your refrigerator in an airtight container for up to two days.

Step 7: Repeat process

Pull off another clove, crack and remove the skin, and slice away until you have all the garlic you need.

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[GaxAngel]

I just came from a Gordon Ramsay video... it doesn't quite compare haha.

[knomge]

why is everyone hating on an instructional video? you weren't born with all knowledge of everything.

[MrCassavius]

@LeroyRifkin cmon guys behave, its like you've never seen a gorgeous, sweet, sultry woman whos asking me to have sex with her in every possible position

[TheResidentSkeptic]

Antibacterial properties said to drive away colds? Maybe by people who don't know that colds are viruses and not bacteria.

[monumentalemptiness]

I WLD FOCK HER ALL DAY LONG

[LeroyRifkin]

Make me my dinner ya slut.

[solusdiver]

Anti-bacterial properties that drive away colds? Good thing the slicer is hot or else I would've tune away on that note.

[lilaznbltz]

@PweezyG81 some cooking methods require garlic to be minced, smashed, crushed, sliced, diced, mashed, pressed or left whole. The way garlic is prepared can greatly affect the flavor.

[JavaLover247]

Instead of crushing the garlic to get the skin off of a clove, put it in the microwave for 3 seconds :)

[emmeto17]

wow that cook is HOT!

[PweezyG81]

or you could just buy a garlic press...

[somexgewdiies]

thats a huge garlic