What to Make with garlic cloves – Fast, Fresh, and Tasty Ideas
Wondering what to do with garlic cloves? Try these quick, healthy, and crowd-pleasing recipes.
Recipes with garlic cloves
Kimchi Fried Chicken Rice Cake is a bold, savoury dish that pairs juicy chicken with satisfyingly chewy rice cakes, lifted by tangy kimchi and a punchy gochujang-based sauce. Garlic, mushroom, green chilli, and spring onion bring fragrance and bite, while cucumber adds a crisp, refreshing contrast to the rich, spicy-sweet glaze.
Thai Style Hot and Sour Squid is a bright, punchy dish of squid rings briefly blanched, cooled, and dressed in a fragrant chilli-herb sauce. The dressing is blended from green and red chillies, onion, coriander roots, mint leaves, and garlic, then balanced with soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar, and half a lime’s juice—finished with sliced lemon poured over the squid for a fresh, citrusy lift.
Sea snails are cleaned and quickly blanched, then cooked in a fragrant, spicy clay-pot sauce built from ginger, garlic, onion, dried chillies, spicy bean paste and Chu Hou paste. Soy sauce and oyster sauce bring a deep savoury backbone, while white pepper adds a gentle kick. The finish is all about aroma: Huatiao wine, rice wine, and a final splash of rose wine create a bold, warming, restaurant-style seafood dish with a rich, glossy sauce—topped with fresh red chilli and green onion for a bright lift.
Cheesy Beef Potato Bowl turns cooked potatoes into cozy “potato bowls,” filled with a savory ground-beef mixture (egg, shallots, garlic, salt, sugar, and black pepper), topped with mozzarella, then baked until hot and melty—finished with a sprinkle of green onions for a fresh bite.
A fragrant Thai-style chicken dish built around an aromatic marinade of coriander roots, garlic, lemon leaves, shallots, lemongrass, Thai ginger, and a touch of red chili. Turmeric adds a warm golden note, balanced with brown sugar and fish sauce for that classic sweet-salty depth, then finished with a brush of melted butter for extra shine.
A refreshing bowl of Korean cold noodles tossed in a punchy, sweet-savoury gochujang sauce with gochugaru, garlic, soy sauce, and sesame oil, then topped with crisp cucumber and apple strips for a cool, crunchy contrast. Spicy, bright, and seriously satisfying—perfect when you want big flavour without heaviness.
Ground Pot Fish is a comforting pot of sea bass layered with assorted mushrooms and tofu, finished in a fragrant base of garlic, ginger, diced tomato, star anise, and spicy bean paste. Hua tiao wine, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce bring a deep, savory aroma, while green onions, white pepper, and salt keep the flavors clean and balanced. A cozy, shareable dish that’s rich, warming, and full of umami.
This is an aromatic and flavourful rice bowl with a homemade sauce that is definitely worth a try! Japanese Garlic Onion Beef Bowl is a punchy, garlicky rice bowl made with browned minced beef folded through rice, then drenched in a glossy soy–mirin sauce sweetened with brown sugar and finished with lots of fried garlic and softened green onions. A jammy-style egg on top adds a rich, comforting finish.
Miyeokguk (Korean Beef Seaweed Soup) is a warm, savory bowl built on tender sliced beef and silky seaweed, gently stir-fried in sesame oil before simmering into a clean, comforting broth. Finished with garlic, soy sauce, sugar, and a simple green-onion garnish, it’s a classic, nourishing soup that tastes both light and deeply satisfying.
A rich, aromatic clay-pot dish that pairs juicy chicken pieces with tender abalone, driven by the deep savoury punch of chu hou paste, soy bean paste, oyster sauce, and soy sauce. Garlic, ginger, and shallots bring that classic “sizzling” fragrance, finished with a generous splash of hua tiao wine for a restaurant-style, glossy, umami-packed finish.