How to make simple black garlic at home with a rice cooker

Process
45 minutes Prepare
30 Minutes For
4 persons

Black garlic does not have a pungent, pungent taste but is fragrant and sweet like a fruit, rich in health benefits. But to spend millions for 1kg of black garlic used, not everyone can afford to pay. Today I will show you how to make your own black garlic with a simple, economical rice cooker and beer at home.

Ingredients for making black garlic with a rice cooker

• 1kg Ly Son garlic or lonely garlic
• 1 can of beer
• Silver paper
• Electric cooker
• Food wrap

Good tip:
Black garlic is most important in the root part, so it is necessary to choose garlic with large, even cloves. Should choose tamarind (Ly Son garlic, Lonely garlic, Hai Duong garlic) for aroma and essential oils , not Chinese garlic.

How to make black garlic with rice cooker

Step 1Process materials

After buying, you remove the thinnest outer shell to remove dirt, cut the stalk to make the garlic tube neat and easier in the incubation process.

Process materials

Step 2Garlic incubation

Put the garlic in a clean bowl, sprinkle beer all over the garlic and soak for 30 minutes to let the garlic infuse the probiotics.
During the garlic soaking time, stir the garlic once every 5 minutes to quickly absorb the garlic. After 30 minutes of soaking in beer water, remove the garlic and drain.

Wrap the foil around the garlic, leaving it open for the garlic to infuse and ferment successfully, making the garlic black and fragrant when finished.

Soak the garlic with beer and cover the garlic with foil

Then put it in the rice cooker, close the lid and then use food wrap to cover the lid to create a more airtight environment, if using an electronic rice cooker, it is not necessary.

Press the button to turn on the cooking mode (Cook) , when the pot switches to the keep warm mode (Warm) , let it brew continuously for 12-14 days .

Put in the rice cooker, cover the lid and cover the lid with cling film

Step 3Wait for brewing

Day 2: Touching the outside of the pot feels hot, open to check and see that the garlic smells like boiled corn.

Day 4: Garlic has a mild aroma, remains white and ripens from the inside.

Day 6: The garlic has turned dark gray, the aroma is softer.

Day 7: Garlic is much blacker, some turns completely dark, the peel is a bit wet.

Image of garlic in the brewing process

Day 9: Garlic peel is brown, wet, inside is gray black.

Day 12: Peel off the skin to see the black garlic cloves, sweet and sour taste, soft and flexible to eat.

Day 14: At the end of the incubation process, the outer garlic skin is dry and light gray, the inner garlic clove is black and flexible, sweet like a fruit. This sweetness is due to the increased carbohydrate content from 28.7% (in fresh garlic) to 47.9% (in black garlic).

Completion stage

Step 4Finished product

It is not difficult to have a dish that is quite delicious and rich in health benefits like black garlic. After the black garlic has been brewed, take it out, let it cool, and then store it in a sealed container to preserve it for use.

Nourishing Black Garlic

Enjoy

Use black garlic in the morning and evening 30 minutes before eating. Chew the black garlic for a long time and thoroughly for better absorption of nutrients, and finally drink a glass of water immediately.

Enjoy

With just a few simple steps, you will have nutritious black garlic bulbs without spending millions. What are you waiting for, let’s start making these nutritious black garlic bulbs right away. Good luck!

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