Stainless Steel Garlic Press

Stainless Steel Garlic Press with a Big Chamber

Mincing garlic by hand is slow and sticky, and your fingers smell like garlic all evening. When a recipe calls for four or five cloves, it's the most annoying part of dinner. A good garlic press turns it into a few quick squeezes.

This is a solid stainless steel garlic press with long, curved handles. Drop a clove into the round chamber, close the handles, and the studded plate on top pushes the garlic through the holes in the basket. Finely crushed garlic in seconds, and your hands stay clean.

Why a press instead of a knife?

Pressed garlic is finer than chopped garlic, almost a paste, so it blends right into sauces, dressings, marinades, garlic butter and dips. A knife is still better when you want little visible pieces for a stir-fry. For everything else, a garlic crusher is faster.

How to use a garlic press

1. Open the handles and put one or two peeled cloves in the chamber.
2. Hold it over the pan or bowl and squeeze the handles together.
3. Scrape the garlic off the bottom of the basket with a knife or spoon.

Peeled cloves give the most garlic and the easiest cleanup. You can press unpeeled cloves too, then just pick the skin out of the chamber.

Does a garlic press mince garlic?

Not exactly. A garlic mincer or a knife cuts garlic into tiny pieces, while a press crushes it into a fine, juicy paste. Pressed garlic tastes a little stronger because more of the clove is broken open, so you can use a bit less.

What it's good for

Garlic, of course, and also a small piece of fresh ginger. It's a quick way to get garlic for pasta sauce, salad dressing, aioli, salsa or marinade.

Care

Rinse it under running water right after use, before the garlic dries in the holes. A quick brush clears anything stuck in the basket.

If you cook with garlic most nights, this is one of those tools you'll wonder how you managed without. Add it to your cart, or compare our garlic presses.