Peeling Garlic Made Easy

Need to peel a lot of garlic? Here’s a test kitchen shortcut.

During weeks of testing recipes for Garlicky Oven Fries and Garlic Roast Chicken, we wanted a quick way to peel a large amount of garlic cloves. While prepeeled garlic cloves were an acceptable substitute, here’s the shortcut we came up with for peeling a lot of garlic. Break the heads of garlic into individual cloves and place them in a heavy-duty zipper-lock bag. Squeeze out most of the air, seal the bag, and gently pound the cloves with a rolling pin. Then just remove the peeled cloves from the bag, zip the bag back up (with the skins still inside), and discard.