# What does one do with black garlic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 11, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-one-do-with-black-garlic/1014184 "2025-02-11T19:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-one-do-with-black-garlic/1014184/1 "2025-02-11T19:22:53Z")
The other day I was looking at the spice section at Trader Joe’s and noticed they had jars of (dried) black garlic. So I impulsively bought one. And now I have no idea what do do with it. Honestly, most of my knowledge of black garlic comes from an episode of _Bob’s Burgers_. And food bloggers have come up with actual recipes for Bob’s “Bet It All on Black Garlic Burger”. So I could make that. But any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-one-do-with-black-garlic/1014184/2 "2025-02-11T19:28:10Z")
The [Wiki entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_garlic) talks about what has been done to it and how it tastes. For uses, it says > As a health and nutritional supplement, black garlic can be used alone, on bread, with cheese, red wine or dark chocolate, in soups or sauces, with meat or fish, crushed into mayonnaise as salad dressing, [[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_garlic#cite_note-8) added to a [vinaigrette](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinaigrette), or with a vegetable dish. The cloves may also be crushed. If it were me, I’d taste it and see what uses it suggests. Let us know what you decide! ETA: I’ve mentioned this yummy condiment in another thread: [Amazon.com: Muso From Japan Black Garlic Umami Sauce, 5.1 Oz](https://www.amazon.com/Muso-Japan-Umami-Sauce-Garlic/dp/B07TB64KWC) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-one-do-with-black-garlic/1014184/3 "2025-02-11T19:40:33Z")
The dried black garlic from Trader Joe’s was a big disappointment: not really different from regular dried garlic. I’ve had other black garlic that was intact in a pouch, dry but not dried, sticky and sweet. A lot like a prune. I think that’s the stuff to keep an ~~clove~~ eye peeled for. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-one-do-with-black-garlic/1014184/4 "2025-02-11T20:36:44Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > The dried black garlic from Trader Joe’s was a big disappointment: not really different from regular dried garlic. Well that’s disappointing to hear. I suppose I’ll taste a bit, and if it indeed tastes like normal garlic then I’ll just use it like normal dried garlic. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-one-do-with-black-garlic/1014184/5 "2025-02-11T21:05:10Z")
I hear that it has exquisite mouth-feel. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-one-do-with-black-garlic/1014184/6 "2025-02-12T05:17:06Z")
I don’t see the point of dried black garlic - the sticky, fudgy texture is a large part of the appeal.