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5-minute garlic bread on white plates with cilantro garnish
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5-Minute Garlic Bread with Fresh Garlic

This is a super quick and easy garlic bread recipe that’s perfect for satisfying my garlic cravings. Scale the recipe up to serve three, four, or even six with the same amount of effort.
Prep Time4 minutes
Cook Time1 minute
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Brunch, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American, Anna&Alex, Italian
Keyword: 10 ingredients or less, 5-minute recipe, batch-cooking, carbs, comfort, family-friendly, vegan, vegetarian
Servings: 2 person
Calories: 178kcal
Author: Anna Rider
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • Knife
  • Chopping Board
  • Spatula
  • Garlic Press
  • Microwave
  • Paper towel

Ingredients

  • 2 slices Bread Fresh crusty bread is the best.
  • 2 tablespoon butter Salted butter tastes better and is less work.
  • 1-2 cloves garlic Fresh garlic only
  • 2 sprigs cilantro Optional
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Instructions

  • Collect all the ingredients for the recipe.
    Overhead view of the 5-minute garlic bread ingredients, including bread, cilantro, garlic and butter on a dark wood background. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Peel the cloves of garlic. Squeeze the cloves through a garlic press.
    Look at putting a garlic clove into a garlic press. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Scrap off all the pressed garlic and put into a microwave-safe bowl.
    Look at squeezing a garlic clove through a garlic press. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Add the butter to the bowl with the garlic.
    Close up look of adding the butter into the bowl with pressed garlic. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Heat the butter in the microwave on high for 30 seconds.
    Medium close up look of white bowl with butter sitting in the microwave. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Stir the garlic into the melting butter. Place a paper towel over the bowl to avoid splattering butter in your microwave. Heat the butter again on high for 30 seconds.
    Medium close up look of white bowl with paper towel on top to prevent splatter. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • While waiting for the butter to cool down, toast your bread in the toaster. I like my toast lightly browned but you can toast it on whatever settings you prefer.
    Overhead view of bread in toaster. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • In the meantime, finely chop the cilantro. If you’re skipping the cilantro, then jump straight to step 10.
    Extreme close up look of Anna chopping cilantro. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Add the cilantro to the garlic butter.
    Overhead view of cilantro in the garlic butter. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Using a spatula, spread the garlic butter on your toast.
    Close up look of adding the garlic butter onto the toast. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Enjoy your 5-minute garlic bread!
    Overhead view of 5-minute garlic bread with cilantro garnish. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.

Notes

You can use this garlic butter technique on different foods, not only garlic bread. For example, this garlic butter works well spread over popcorn, mashed potatoes, and steamed broccoli.

Nutrition

Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 246mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 500IU | Vitamin C: 1.1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg