Garlic Flakes: How to Use Them, and How Much Equals a Clove

You can browse dried garlic from local merchants on DoorToShop. Garlic flakes are currently listed by Easy Grocery, based at 4/184 McLeod Road, Te Atatū South, Auckland 0610, and orders are couriered to your delivery address.

Garlic flakes are fresh garlic that has been peeled, sliced and dehydrated, leaving visible dried pieces. They keep at room temperature for far longer than fresh garlic and need no peeling or chopping before use.

They are the same ingredient cut to different sizes. Flakes are sliced and stay visible in the dish; minced and granulated garlic are progressively finer and blend in more; powder is the finest and dissolves completely. The finer the cut, the stronger it tastes by volume and the faster it scorches.

About half a teaspoon of garlic flakes stands in for one fresh clove, or about an eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder. These are conventional kitchen equivalences rather than exact figures — dried garlic varies in strength by batch and cut, so taste and adjust.

Not always. In anything wet and slow — soups, stocks, braises, sauces, marinades — they rehydrate in the dish itself. Soak them for 10 to 15 minutes in about three times their volume of warm water when you want them softened first, and add the soaking liquid too unless the application needs to stay dry.

Yes, for most cooked applications. Fresh garlic is still better where raw, sharp garlic flavour is the point, such as aioli or a raw dressing. Dried garlic is milder and rounder, and it browns faster in a hot pan, so add it later than you would fresh.

Mainly labour and consistency: no peeling or chopping, the same strength batch to batch, a long ambient shelf life, no waste from sprouting or spoiling, and it weighs accurately into a seasoning blend without adding moisture.

Keep the pack sealed, cool, dry and out of direct sunlight, decant working quantities into an airtight container rather than opening the bulk pack repeatedly, and keep it away from humid areas and from bland dry goods that will pick up the aroma.

Dehydrated garlic keeps for a long time at room temperature when it is sealed and dry — the best-before date for this listing is shown on the product page. Aroma fades before the product is unusable, so a pack that smells faint is past its best even if it is in date.

Orders are dispatched by the merchant the next business day and typically arrive within 1 to 3 business days by courier. DoorToShop currently delivers within the Auckland region — enter your postcode at checkout to confirm coverage for your address.

Free delivery applies on orders above $69 — the delivery fee is confirmed at checkout. There is no minimum order value.

Yes. DoorToShop is a multi-merchant marketplace, so you can add garlic flakes to the same cart as other grocery and dry goods available from participating merchants and check out once.