Instant Pot Roasted Garlic

Instant Pot Roasted Garlic is a fast way to create creamy and flavorful roasted garlic for soups, spreads, and other dishes. You’ll love the mild flavor that roasted garlic brings to so many recipes.

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Roasted garlic lends an amazing flavor to recipes, but sometimes you don’t want to use your oven or wait 35+ minutes for it to bake. That’s where your handy pressure cooker comes into play. Roasted garlic in the Instant Pot is a true timesaver.

In addition to the cooking methods listed in the recipe card below, you might also be interested in Air Fryer Roasted Garlic. And if you love onions (who doesn’t?), check out Pressure Cooker Caramelized Onions.

What to Do With Roasted Garlic

• Add the cloves to brie and make this Baked Brie and Roasted Garlic 
• Use it in Sheet pan Sausage and Veggies
• Use it to mellow out this Homemade Pub Cheese.
• Slather it on some Whole Wheat Pizza Dough for a garlicky and delicious homemade pizza.
• Roasted Garlic, Cheddar & Olive Oil White Bean Mash 
• For all that is holy, please mix it with a bit of salt and pile it straight onto toasted baguettes!
• Add it to Garlic Hummus for a milder, less intense flavor.
• Toss it with some olive oil, fresh Roma tomatoes, salt, pepper, and chopped basil, and use it in this Garden Fresh Tomato Bruschetta topping.
• Add it to Fluffy Mashed Potatoes

How to Store Roasted Garlic

• The finished garlic will last for a week in the fridge. 
• Remove cloves and place them in an air-tight container with a lid. Drizzle olive oil over the cloves to keep them from drying out.
• To freeze roasted garlic: freeze whole cloves in ice cube trays or small canning jars. Drizzle olive oil to cover the cloves. 

More Garlic Recipes You’ll Love

• How to Freeze Garlic
• Cheesy Garlic Bread
• Garlic Butter Green Beans
• Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Rice
• How to Plant and Grow Garlic
• Garlic Hummus
• Roasted Garlic No Knead Bread

Instant Pot Roasted Garlic WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS

One serving has 0 WW Freestyle SmartPoints.

Print Recipe

5 from 3 votes

Instant Pot Roasted Garlic

Prep Time2 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Pressurizing/depressurizing time10 mins

Total Time22 mins

You'll love the mild flavor that roasted garlic brings to so many recipes.

Servings: 8

Course: Condiments

Cuisine: American

Keyword: roasted garlic Instant Pot

Calories: 78kcal

Author: Sarah Cook - Sustainable Cooks

Ingredients

• ▢ garlic {full heads}
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ olive oil {optional}

Equipment

• Instant Pot
• Cutting Board
• Knife

Instructions

Instant Pot Instructions

• Place the wire trivet in the Instant Pot and add water.
• Using a sharp knife, remove the top section of the head of garlic, exposing the individual cloves.
• Placed heads of garlic on the trivet.
• Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set the vent to sealing. Press Manual>High>8 minutes.
• Allow for a natural release for 7 minutes and then perform a quick release to remove additional pressure.
• If you want to caramelize the garlic, carefully remove the garlic from the Instant Pot with tongs and place on a heat-proof baking dish.
• Drizzle each head with 1/2 tsp of olive oil and place under the broiler set to high for 3-5 minutes. Check often!
• Allow garlic to cool before handling.

Notes

Oven Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare a baking dish with a small piece of foil.
2. Using a sharp knife, remove the top section of the head of garlic and place it on a piece of foil.
3. Drizzle each head with about 1/2 tsp of olive oil. Wrap the foil up and around the garlic to create a small pouch.
4. Bake for 35 minutes or until the individual cloves are soft and caramelized.
5. Allow to cool before handling.

Nutrition Facts

Instant Pot Roasted Garlic

Amount Per Serving

Calories 78

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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