How to Grate Garlic?

Remove the cloves of garlic from the head of garlic. Peel off the outer skin with your fingers, exposing the flesh of the garlic, and discard the skin. Rub the garlic clove up and down the grater until the garlic is grated. Reserve leftover ends and pieces of garlic for another use or discard.

Is grated garlic the same as minced garlic?

Grated garlic has all the benefits of minced garlic but saves you a few steps. Splawn pointed out that if you want to maintain that pungent garlicky flavor, grating should work just fine (no pun intended). ... Heads up, because of the thin slices, you can easily overcook the garlic and give it a more bitter taste.

Can you grate garlic cloves?

They are not metal and jagged like a traditional grater but will still grate garlic. Rub the garlic clove over the surface of the grater plate and, voila, grated garlic. The additional bonus is that it will hold all of the oils and liquids you might lose with other grating tools. And it won't scratch your fingers.