( Garlic Chives and Baked Garlic Salad with Grilled Pork)

Do you like garlic? I don’t like eating raw garlic but I love eating baked garlic. It is delicately flavoured and has a savory taste, what is more it doesn’t smell as bad as raw garlic. Some naturopaths seem to think that once the garlic is baked, it is not as beneficial. Yet, some Koreans seem to believe that when the garlic is baked what it mostly loses is the bad smell and the good enzymes still remains. What do you think about this?

While I was wondering around Internet the other day, I found this very simple dish and it turned out to be a wonderful salad, which includes some baked garlic and garlic chives. I think this salad goes well with red meat, especially with pork or as one of the side dishes with rice. It has a slightly sour taste and the flavour and smell from the baked garlic is just so nice. Later, I wished that I had added more garlic.

Benefits of the garlic are ;

• Supports the immune system
• Helps digestion
• Delays aging
• Enhances blood circulation
• Lowers cholesterol

Ingredients (for a 2 people serving)

• Garlic chives – one fistful (about 40 g)
• 8 cloves of fresh garlic
• Olive oil – 2 tsp
• Salt – 1/10 tsp

Dressing sauce (mix these in a bowl)

• Soy sauce – 2 tsp
• Apple vinegar – 2 tsp
• Olive oil – 2 tsp
• Dark brown sugar – 1 tsp
• Pepper – 2 sprinkles

Steps

1. Thin slice the garlic.
2. Put the olive oil and salt in a small bowl.
3. Add the garlic and mix it well.
4. Bake the garlic for 10 minutes at 180 ℃ (My oven is mini by the way) .
5. While you are waiting, clean the garlic chives and cut them into 6-7 cm lengths.
6. Put the baked garlic and garlic chives in a mixing bowl.
7. Add the dressing sauce and lightly mix them with chopsticks.
8. Serve them on a dish.

This post has been submitted to WHB (Weekend Herb Blogging) hosted by Kalyn’s Kitchen. I don’t know how often I am going to participate in this blog event, but I think it is good to share some health beneficial food with you from time to time.

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