Can You Freeze Garlic

If you are like me you will be growing a lot of garlic. It can be quite expensive to purchase and if you use it a lot it is worth trying to grow your own garlic. The thing is it will all be ready to pick at the same time. Garlic does store quite well and can be kept for a while. The question you may ask is can you freeze garlic? Here we look at how to freeze garlic that you have grown or purchased.

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How to Freeze Garlic

Here we will give you an easy step by step process on how to freeze your Garlic so that you can use them at a later date and not waste any food.

1. Wash the dirt off the garlic if you have grown your own.
2. Break the galic bulb in to cloves and peel
3. Chop the garlic into pieces.
4. Place the garlic pieces in a zip lock freezer bag with the date on
5. Place the bag of garlic in the freezer.
6. Store the garlic in the freezer for upto 6 months
7. Remove the garlic as and when needed.

It is better to freeze the garlic in pieces rather than as a bulb as they can go mushy when thawed.

We hope you have got the answer to the question “Can you freeze Garlic?” Now you won’t be wasting any Garlic by throwing them away. Safely freeze your Garlic until needed.