Candied Garlic

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I live in a garlic deprived household because one of my housemates is deathly allergic to all garlic and onions. Sometimes I just want some garlic to munch on and raw garlic is just too much. So I set out to make a garlic snack and this is what I came up with.

It is sweet with a little bit of sour, soft without being mushy and very, very garlicky. I can see the remaining syrup as a dip for potstickers or a great inclusion in a stir fry sauce.

 

Candied Garlic

2 heads of garlic, peeled

1 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons dark soy sauce

1 tablespoon Chinese black rice vinegar

15 G ginger, sliced thinly

1 star anise

 

Peel the garlic and place in the freezer overnight. Remove the next day and thaw completely.

Combine the ingredients for the syrup in a small saucepan and bring to a boil stirring until the sugar dissolves. Reduce the Heat and simmer very slowly for 30 minutes. Add the thawed garlic and continue to simmer for 15 minutes. Let the garlic cool in the syrup and it is ready to eat.

Note: I suppose that this could be made with regular rice vinegar but the black vinegar gives it in rich, smoky flavor. I suppose that if I just had the rice vinegar that I would add a drop of smoke flavoring.

This is the vinegar that I used.

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If you would like to follow my travail as I got to this recipe and the comments of the people that helped me along the way, you can go to this page. For me, it was a fun journey and a rewarding result.