How to make Garlic Powder

To say I love Garlic would be an understatement.

I can't live without it! Every year I grow at least 100 to get my household through to the next growing season.

So you know I like you when I share some with you ;)

What is Garlic good for?

Your circulatory system, balancing cholesterol levels, used as an antibacterial, and so much more!

The key compound in it, allicin, is produced when you crush or chop garlic and let it sit for a few minutes to oxidize. You’ll get the most medicinal bang for your buck that way!

Today, we’re going to make it into a powder.

For most, it is the easiest way to get it into any recipe or season EVERYTHING!

(Did I mention I love garlic?)

Things you will need

• Garlic Bulbs (12)

• Food Processor or Ninja

• Cookie sheet, parchment paper(optional)

• Fine mesh strainer

I found that 12 average size bulbs makes enough to fill up a 2oz spice jar.

How ever you want to peel your garlic, you go right ahead and do it. However, the easiest way to peel all that garlic at once: put the bulbs in a large pot, put the lid on it and shake shake shake! I won’t lie, it’s my favorite part. When you shake and slam the garlic around the pot, it peels itself - no joke!

When your workout is complete, you can then separate all the cloves from the mess in the pot. I then put the clean cloves in my Ninja (food processor of choice) and dice away! You don’t want to liquify it, just get it small enough where it looks diced.

Take all your diced and mashed up garlic and spread it on a cookie sheet or parchment paper in a nice thin layer. We want it to dry as easily as possible.

Tip: you could also use a dehydrator for this process if you have one.

I set my oven for 180 degrees (the lowest heat possible). We don’t want to cook the garlic, just slowly dry it out for about 3-4 hours. It will depend how much you have on your pan. Just slowly bake until it feels very dry and crispy, no rubbery feeling.

Warning: your house is going to smell like garlic for a solid 24 hours…

While you’re waiting for hours for this magic to happen, make sure you’ve cleaned your food processor and it’s nice and dry. You will be putting the dry garlic back in the ninja to turn it into a powder.

Once you have something close to a powder, use your strainer or sifter to get all the bigger pieces separated.

You can either save the bigger granules or put them through the ninja again to pulverize more.

I personally like to save the bigger granules in a separate container for certain recipes - whatever calls for minced garlic, there ya go. Congratulations, you just made 2 products at once!

There now, doesn't your house smell great? I bet your family would disagree with me right about now Haha! No vampires near you though right? Thank me later.

Garlic powder taste stronger when you make it yourself. In fact, everything tastes better when you make it yourself!