If you want to roast a head of garlic in an air fryer, it's a hassle.If you're doing meal prep, you can roast just 1 head of garlic at a time.If you let the air fryer do the work, you can have garlic in less than an hour.
Step 1: Turn on your air fryer.
It should heat up when you're preparing garlic.
Step 2: The cloves of garlic can be seen when you slice the top end.
If you can't see the individual cloves, you need to cut another 4 inch off the narrow top.Since the papery outside doesn't affect the cooking time, there's no need to peel the garlic before cutting it.Do you want to roast cloves?Unpeeled cloves of garlic can be placed on a piece of aluminum foil.Just as you would a whole head of garlic, roast them.
Step 3: The garlic should be placed so the cloves face up.
Go ahead and roast more than 1 head of garlic.It is possible to fit up to 6 heads of garlic in a piece of foil.Do you want to use aluminum foil?If you want to use foil, wrap it tightly so it doesn't come out in the air fryer.
Step 4: The oil makes the garlic stick to the foil.
If you don't want to measure out a lot of oil, you can just add a little to the garlic.Season the garlic with salt and pepper because it has a lot of flavor on its own.Adding a pinch of lemon-garlic pepper or seasoned salt is possible.The garlic should be roasted with coconut oil.You might be able to detect the mellow coconut flavor which pairs with the garlic as it cooks.
Step 5: The foil should be brought up to the middle bunch.
To seal it, you don't have to fold the foil.Bring all the corners to the center so steam and oil don't escape.
Step 6: It can be placed in the basket or lowest rack position.
Close the air fryer and cook the garlic until it becomes golden brown.They are soft and ready to use.If your garlic still feels firm to the touch, stick the pouch back in the air fryer and cook the garlic for a few more minutes.It might take 20 minutes for large heads.
Step 7: Take the garlic out of the foil once it's cool enough to handle it.
The garlic is very hot in the air fryer.If you squeeze the root end of the garlic head, the roasted cloves will pop out.There is no need to peel them because this pushes them out of the papery covering.You don't want the foil pouch to burn you if there is still steam inside.
Step 8: Pizza, sandwiches, and pasta have roasted garlic cloves.
It works well with creamy pasta, cheese pizza, and grilled panini because the garlic becomes mellow as it is roasted.You can also enjoy the concentrated flavor by mashing the cloves into a paste and stirring it into pasta sauce or mayonnaise.Substitute garlic paste for basil to get a different flavor.