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Two small white ice cube trays with frozen cubes of dark yellow grated ginger and a lighter yellow chopped garlic.

Garlic and Ginger Flavor Cubes/Bombs

Jani H. Leuschel
Frozen cubes with chopped garlic and grated ginger to save time and upgrade flavor when cooking your favorite dishes!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Freezing time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course seasoning
Cuisine Any
Servings 24 cubes
Calories 41 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bulb garlic, chopped or minced
  • 1 root ginger, large, about 4 to 5 inches
  • 4 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 Tablespoons peanut oil, or sunflower seed oil

Instructions
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  • Wash hands thoroughly, lathering with soap and rinsing with running water before chopping and grating.
  • Separate all the cloves from the bulb and remove the skin by lightly smashing each clove with the flat side of your knife.
  • Remove any dark green sprouts, and finely mince or chop all the cloves. If you would rather not do this by hand, use a small food processor to chop the cloves.
  • Transfer the garlic into the wells of an ice cube tray using a small spoon. Each well should hold almost a teaspoon of garlic.
  • Pour olive oil over the garlic until the wells in the ice cube tray are nearly full.
  • Cover the tray with plastic wrap and then foil. Write the date on top of the foil and carefully place the tray in a level spot in the freezer, being careful not to spill.
    (Use a lid on the ice cube tray if you have one!)
  • Grate the ginger, and repeat this process with your second ice cube tray, using a small clean spoon to transfer the grated ginger into the wells of the tray.
  • Instead of olive oil, pour peanut or sunflower oil over the ginger until it is fully submerged, but the wells are not overly full.
  • Cover with foil and plastic; put the date on the foil and freeze.
  • After two hours or longer, pop the cubes out onto a sheet of waxed paper. Pick up the waxed paper and slide the cubes into a quart-size freezer bag.
  • Put the date on the freezer bag, and use the cubes as needed when you are preparing soups, stews, stir-fries, and even marinades and dressings.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cubeCalories: 41kcalCarbohydrates: 0gProtein: 0gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 0.1mgPotassium: 0.4mgFiber: 0gSugar: 0gVitamin A: 0IUVitamin C: 0mgCalcium: 0.1mgIron: 0mg
Nutrition Facts
Garlic and Ginger Flavor Cubes/Bombs
Serving Size
 
1 cube
Amount per Serving
Calories
41
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
5
g
8
%
Saturated Fat
 
1
g
6
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
3
g
Sodium
 
0.1
mg
0
%
Potassium
 
0.4
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
 
0
g
0
%
Fiber
 
0
g
0
%
Sugar
 
0
g
0
%
Protein
 
0
g
0
%
Vitamin A
 
0
IU
0
%
Vitamin C
 
0
mg
0
%
Calcium
 
0.1
mg
0
%
Iron
 
0
mg
0
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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