Learn all the tips and tricks for freezing garlic to save yourself time and money. A stash of frozen garlic in your freezer can easily be added to main dishes, soups, and sauces for quick meals.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Freezing Time2 hourshrs
Total Time2 hourshrs10 minutesmins
Course: How To
Cuisine: American
Keyword: can you freeze garlic, how do you store garlic cloves in the freezer, How to Freeze Garlic
Break apart a head of garlic, and cut off the root end from each clove.
20 cloves garlic
Remove the papery skin from the cloves.
Using a sharp knife, mince the garlic to uniform pieces. If you have a food processor, you can "pulse" the garlic to quickly chop everything.
Spoon minced garlic into mini muffin tins lined with muffin papers, filling them three-fourths full.
Drizzle olive oil or water over the garlic, and then use the spoon to gently press the minced garlic down until it is mostly covered with the liquid.
1/4 cup olive oil or water
Freeze for 2-3 hours, and then remove the muffin liners from the pan and freeze each garlic "puck" in an air-tight container for up to 6 months.
How to Freeze Garlic Cloves
Break apart a head of garlic, and cut off the root end from each clove.
Remove the papery skin from the cloves.
Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment and place the cloves on top, without allowing them to touch each other.
Freeze for 3 hours and then transfer to freezer storage.
Notes
Frozen garlic will last in a conventional freezer for six months. If you have a deep freeze/stand-alone freezer, you’re safe to keep it in there for up to a year.