Air Fryer Roasted Garlic
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Air Fryer Roasted Garlic recipe is so easy and has so many uses!
Roasting the garlic mellows the flavor and makes this delicious almost buttery paste that you can use in so many ways!
What You Will ❤️ About Roasted Garlic in the Air Fryer
- Quicker – The air fryer gets the job done in 25 minutes of cook time
- Versatile – Roasted garlic is a wonderful addition to your favorite dishes like sauteed vegetables, mashed potatoes, soups and sauces!
- FLAVOR – Roasting garlic takes it from a burning bite to a rich, mellow flavor you can’t resist!
Roasted Garlic Ingredients
- Full Head of Garlic – really if you’re doing this – might as well grab 2!
- Oil – I used Extra Virgin Olive Oil but Avocado Oil would also work
- Salt & Pepper – don’t skimp here! Use a good coarse sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper
This recipe was made using the Paula Deen Air Fryer.
How to Roast Garlic in the Air Fryer?
This is such a simple recipe – here you go:
- Using a sharp knife, take the whole garlic head and cut off the top of the garlic bulb (the root end) so each of the cloves in their paper are “exposed”.
- Next, put the raw garlic bulb into the center of a piece of aluminum foil and curve the sides up around it to make a basket
- Then place the bulb, exposed side up, into the foil basket.
- Drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper over the bulb.
- Lay a cut sheet of parchment paper in the air fryer basket. Then, place the tin foil packet into the air fryer basket and air fry at 400º for 25-30 minutes.
- You’ll know the bulbs are done if they’re soft when you poke them with a knife.
Uses for Roasted Garlic
- Pasta Dishes – add roasted garlic to my Baked Feta Pasta with Chicken or Pesto Pasta with Tomatoes
- Compound Butter – it’s delicious and great on steak, potatoes or veggies!
- Toasted Bread – ramp up your garlic bread with roasted garlic
- Pizza – roasted garlic is a delicious mellow flavor that is amazing on smoked pizza
- Vegetable Side Dishes enhance dishes like Smoked Green Beans with Bacon or Herb Roasted Potatoes
- Salad Dressing – add to Italian Dressing or Greek Dressing for an added layer of flavor
Tips, Tricks and FAQs
Be sure you have enough olive oil on the garlic and wrapping in foil will definitely prevent burning.
Yes – at 400º for 35-40 minutes – same everything as this recipe!
There are a number of ways to store roasted garlic depending on how long you need it to keep. Here are the best methods:
– Fridge – Store leftover roasted garlic cloves in an airtight container (I like these glass ones) in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
– For longer storage, pop individual cloves from the peel and submerge them in olive oil in a small mason jar and place in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
– And the longest storage – place roasted garlic cloves in an ice cube tray and cover with olive oil and place in freezer. Once frozen, pop them out, put them in a ziploc and back into the freezer.
Best Air Fryer Accessories
Here’s my ultimate list of best air fryer accessories – whether you have a basket- or oven-style! I’ve also included a price guide as well as my favorite recipes for those accessories.
Easy Recipes that use Roasted Garlic
- Pizza Hut Breadstick – brush them on with the melted butter before you add the seasoning mixture
- Boneless Pork Chops in Creamy Garlic Spinach Sauce – Roasted Garlic would be great in this sauce
- Copycat Gold Star Chili Garlic Aioli Parmesan Fries
- Roasted Garlic Compound Butter
More Tasty Air Fryer Recipes
- Air Fryer Garlic Bread
- Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Wings – I would double down on the garlic with this and rub the roasted garlic on the wings and then add more before air frying!
- Air Fryer Pizza Rolls with Garlic Butter
Air Fryer Roasted Garlic
Instructions
- First step – take the whole head of garlic and cut off the top of the garlic bulbs (the root end) so each of the cloves in their paper are "exposed".2 heads garlic
- Next, put the cut bulb into the center of a piece of aluminum foil and curve the sides up around it to make a basket
- Then place the bulb, exposed side up, into the foil basket.
- Drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper over the bulb.2 tsp olive oil, salt, pepper
- Place the tin foil packet into the air fryer basket and air fry at 400 for 25-30 minutes. It may take a little longer depending on the size of your garlic bulbs. If you've got small heads of garlic, it may only take 20 minutes.
- You'll know the bulbs are done if they're soft when you poke them with a knife.
- You can pop them out of their little sleeves with a small spoon.
Notes
- Store bulbs in refrigerator for 3-4 days
- Remove bulbs and submerge in olive oil and refrigerate for 10 days
- Remove bulbs and submerge in olive oil and freeze in ice cube trays. When frozen – remove from trays and place in freezer bag.
Love this, I’ve been roasting my garlic in the air fryer a couple years, it’s awesome, everyone should try it, especially when its too hot for an oven.
I am still wondering about the best way to cook frozen hamburgers, in the email headline though! 😘
I’m so sorry! I made a mistake in my email – here’s the frozen hamburgers! https://www.thefoodhussy.com/air-fryer-frozen-hamburgers/