27 Garlic Recipes That Put Our Favorite Ingredient Front And Center

We’ll admit, we struggled a bit when coming up with this list of our most illustrative garlic recipes. Not because there aren’t enough feature garlic, but because there are TOO many. Almost every single savory recipe from apps, to sides, to mains can benefit from a clove (or two, or three, or five 😉) of the “stinking rose”, so grab those breath mints and check out our 27 favorite garlic recipes—these are our favorites, but really, the sky's the limit.

First things first. Garlic can be a bit tricky to harness if you don’t know what you’re doing. We’ve included our favorite way to peel it out of its papery shell (hint: smash it!), as well as the best way to roast it to bring out its creamy, almost sweet flavor. Garlic goes with pretty much anything, but there are a few ingredients that pair particularly well with it, like honey, butter, cheese, and chili. We’ve included a few basic recipes featuring them in tandem with it, like our honey garlic glazed salmon, our garlic butter potatoes, our garlic Parmesan wings, or our spicy chili garlic noodles. Try them out as you get used to cooking with more and more garlic, then expand your horizons.

Speaking of, garlic’s unmistakably potent fragrance and flavor is used in cuisines all over the world. We’ve included some of our favorite nods to that here, like our Middle Eastern hummus, our Korean sautéed spinach, our South American chimichurri sauce, our Italian garlicky spaghetti, and our Hawaiian garlic shrimp. Many of these have become repeat staples in our kitchens, and once you try them, you’ll see why.

Want even more vegetable inspiration? Check out our top onion recipes (a fellow allium), our best sweet potato recipes, our best zucchini recipes, and our guide on how to roast every vegetable too.