The Intensity Of Garlic's Flavor Depends On How You Chop It - Chowhound

Body Stock/Shutterstock Garlic is an essential part of so many dishes, but when a recipe calls for it, not many people know that the way garlic is chopped drastically changes its flavor. How you chop your garlic can be the difference between a pleasant garlic flavor and one that overpowers everything else. The reason behind this is a sulfur compound called allicin, the result of the amino acid alliin reacting…