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Home » Healthy Recipes » Air Fryer Roasted Garlic Recipe [+VIDEO]

Air Fryer Roasted Garlic Recipe [+VIDEO]

Last Updated January 9, 2023. Published January 9, 2023 By Davinah Cenou Montezuma

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Make roasted garlic quickly and easily with this Air Fryer Roasted Garlic Head recipe. It takes less than 20 minutes to make. Plus, it is a wonderful addition to any recipe that requires minced or raw garlic cloves like shrimp scampi, lemon garlic butter sauce, and garlic herb butter. Enjoy these air fried garlic heads today or use my tips to store them for later.

ninja foodi air fried roasted garlic heads on a piece of parchment paper with olive oil and rosemary

Why Roast Garlic Bulbs in the Air Fryer

  • Less time compared to the traditional oven: whether you are roasting garlic or roasting broccoli, it is always quicker and easier to use an air fryer. It takes half the cook time and gives the same result.
  • Takes garlic flavor of dishes to next level: roasted garlic bulbs is more fragrant and flavorful than regular garlic. So, when you substitute it in recipes, you add so much flavor.
  • Simple ingredients: this recipe requires just three simple ingredients

Ingredients Needed

  • Heads of Garlic (Whole Garlic Bulbs): I use between one and four depending on what I need.
  • Sea Salt and Pepper: I’m using just a few dashes of each of these. However, you can omit both if you wish
  • Olive oil: I’m using extra virgin olive oil, but you could also use other cooking fats like avocado oil, ghee or coconut oil.

You can get the full list of ingredient amounts and instructions from the full recipe card at the end of the post.

whole garlic heads, tin foil, olive oil, sea salt, and pepper

How to Make Air Fryer Roasted Garlic (4 Simple Steps)

  1. Cut the garlic: use a sharp knife to cut enough off the top of the garlic bulb to expose the tops of the garlic cloves
  2. Add to tin foil & season: add your whole head of garlic to the center of a piece of aluminum foil and season them with the olive oil, salt and pepper
  3. Seal your entire bulb in the sheet of foil tightly. The goal is to make a bit of a foil packet
  4. Air Fry: add the aluminum foil packets to your Ninja Foodi air fryer basket in a single layer and air fry them for 15 – 20 minutes, or until the bulbs of garlic are golden brown.
4 images showing how to make air fryer roasted garlic in four steps

Top Cooking Tips & FAQs

  • Use extra time for more garlic bulbs: the cooking time varies based on how many garlic bulbs you use as well as the size of your garlic bulbs. I tend to use 15-16 minutes for one bulb and 18-20 for 3-4 garlic bulbs.
  • Swap roasted garlic for any recipe requiring minced garlic, fresh garlic or garlic cloves
  • Allow the packet to cool: the packet will be hot so it’s important to allow it to cool. I personally find it cool to the touch after 5 minutes, but some might want to have it come close to room temperature.
  • Add additional fresh herbs: give your roasted garlic additional flavor by adding fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary and sage to the foil packet.

Storage

If you have leftover roasted garlic cloves, you might be wondering what to do with it. There are a few different ways to store it:

  • Refrigerate it: I tend to take out the individual garlic cloves and store them in an airtight container for 3-4 days
  • Freeze it: add the in whole garlic cloves to an ice cube tray or small freezer bag, freeze them and take them out as needed for future use.
roasted garlic heads and uncooked whole garlic on a parchment paper with rosemary and olive oil

Recipes to Enjoy Roasted Garlic With:

You can use air fryer roasted garlic with just about any dish that you’d use garlic cloves with. Different recipes from the site are:

  • Pasta Sauces: use the roasted cloves in my Keto Marinara Sauce and Keto Alfredo Sauce
  • Garlic Butter: roasted garlic has a bit of a creamy texture (and is generally so soft that you can smash it with a butter knife) so you can easily whip it with butter to make a garlic butter mixture.
  • Garlic Shrimp Scampi
  • Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • Lemon Garlic Aioli
  • Lemon Garlic Shrimp

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ninja foodi air fried roasted garlic heads on a piece of parchment paper with olive oil and rosemary

Air Fryer Roasted Garlic Bulb

Make roasted garlic in less than 20 minutes with this easy Air Fryer Roasted Garlic recipe. Use these whole roasted garlic heads in just about any recipe requiring fresh, roasted, or minced garlic cloves.
Cook: 15 mins
Cooling: 5 mins
Ready in: 20 mins
Cuisine: American
Course: Side Dish
Servings: 12
Calories: 9kcal
Author: Davinah
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Ingredients

  • 3 head Garlic
  • 3 pieces Foil, enough to wrap your garlic bulb in
  • 3 tsp Olive Oil
  • 3/8 tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt, optional, this is about a dash of sea salt
  • 3/8 tsp Black Pepper, optional, this is about a dash of black pepper

Instructions

  • Use a sharp knife to cut the tops off your heads of garlic. You want to expose the tops of the garlic cloves.
  • Place each garlic bulb in the center of a piece of foil. Top the whole garlic head with olive oil, sea salt and black pepper
  • Pull up the sides of the foil and close the foil around the bulb to create a bit of a foil packet
  • Air Fry the closed packet for 15-20 minutes at 400 degrees. Please see the blog post for how the garlic turns out depending on the time chosen.
  • Turn off the air fryer and allow the packet to cool for about 5 minutes (or when it's cool to the touch)

Recipe Notes

  • Use extra time for more garlic bulbs: the cooking time varies based on how many garlic bulbs you use as well as the size of your garlic bulbs. I tend to use 15-16 minutes for one bulb and 18-20 for 3-4 garlic bulbs.
  • Swap roasted garlic for any recipe requiring minced garlic, fresh garlic or garlic cloves
  • Allow the packet to cool: the packet will be hot so it’s important to allow it to cool. I personally find it cool to the touch after 5 minutes, but some might want to have it come close to room temperature.
  • Add additional fresh herbs: give your roasted garlic additional flavor by adding fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary and sage to the foil packet.

Nutrition Details

Calories: 9kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 2mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!

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