--- title: This Garlic-Peeling Hack Is Taking Over the Internet description: This is a life-changing hack for garlic lovers. canonical: https://time.com/5608450/garlic-hack/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-17T17:53:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:14.054Z og:title: Bold Garlic Peeling Method Has Captivated the Internet and It Will Only Intensify From Here og:description: This is a life-changing hack for garlic lovers og:url: https://time.com/5608450/garlic-hack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6adde6858e689b6b/69894b4f7cdbac52f0d5faa2/garlicpeelhack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2336 og:image:height: 1314 og:image:alt: Garlic cloves and bulb on white background og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bold Garlic Peeling Method Has Captivated the Internet and It Will Only Intensify From Here twitter:description: This is a life-changing hack for garlic lovers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6adde6858e689b6b/69894b4f7cdbac52f0d5faa2/garlicpeelhack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Intense Garlic Hack Has Captivated the Internet and People Have Never Been More Pumped to Peel > Sponsored content. 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Open garlic bulb with two loose garlic cloves, isolated on a white background. Shows roots and dry skin layers. jonathan\_steven—Getty Images/iStockphoto by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 17, 2019 5:53 PM UTC Peeling [garlic](https://time.com/5584027/how-to-get-rid-of-aftertaste/) is one of those cooking chores that chefs tolerate, painstakingly peeling off the paper-thin covering while dreaming up new ways to get the job done. While some chefs are content to smashing cloves with a knife and peel individual cloves, others opt for the [shaking method](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc7w%5FPGSt9Y) or invest in a [garlic](https://time.com/5566916/are-garlic-and-onions-healthy/) press that doesn’t require peeling. Now, there’s a new addition to the garlic-peeling bag of tricks, one that some home cooks were not yet privy to. On Sunday, Twitter user Twitter user @VPestilenZ posted their own rapid-fire method for peeling cloves off from a head of garlic. “As someone who makes a lot of Korean food, this is the best method for getting garlic peeled!” the person who posted the video wrote. In the [video posted online](https://twitter.com/VPestilenZ/status/1140437217619390465) someone held a head of garlic in one hand and a knife in the other. Using the pointed blade, they would stab an individual clove and pull, peeling the clove while freeing it from the head. It was easy, painless, and fast. > [](https://twitter.com/VPestilenZ/status/1140437217619390465) The internet was instantly smitten with the new—or at least previously unknown— garlic-peeling technique. Cookbook author and model [Chrissy Teigen](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567708/chrissy-teigen/) shared the tweet, commenting, “WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT” which mirrored many of the other comments online. Reactions varied from stunned amazement to something verging on anger that they never heard about this technique before. The technique has since gone viral so we shouldn’t be surprised if cooks experiment with it at home the next time they are cooking [roast chicken](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819754%5F1819753%5F1819810,00.html), japchae, pesto, garlic fried rice, Lebanese toum, or any recipe that requires a lot of garlic. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1140617013020246018) > [](https://twitter.com/Squinn171/status/1140618223836127233) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FTasha13/status/1140636797002801152) > [](https://twitter.com/gudetamo/status/1140658254357262336) > [](https://twitter.com/KeirnThomas/status/1140618567626326016) > [](https://twitter.com/kirbilicious50/status/1140661317025615874) > [](https://twitter.com/NellDriscoll/status/1140662933128564737) > [](https://twitter.com/theclintonray/status/1140664611013832710) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5608450/garlic-hack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5608450/garlic-hack/"},"headline":"Intense Garlic Hack Has Captivated the Internet and People Have Never Been More Pumped to Peel","datePublished":"2019-06-17T17:53:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:14.054Z","description":"This is a life-changing hack for garlic lovers","url":"https://time.com/5608450/garlic-hack/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food","viral","Cooking","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6adde6858e689b6b/69894b4f7cdbac52f0d5faa2/garlicpeelhack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6adde6858e689b6b/69894b4f7cdbac52f0d5faa2/garlicpeelhack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Garlic cloves and bulb on white background","caption":"Garlic cloves and bulb on white background","creditText":"jonathan_steven—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5608450/garlic-hack/","name":"Intense Garlic Hack Has Captivated the Internet and People Have Never Been More Pumped to Peel"}}]}] ```