Better than Dominos! For a truly religious Garlic Bread experience, skip the fancy bread and use a basic French baguette. And don’t even think about skimping on butter!
Garlic Bread
You can’t order pizza without a side of garlic bread. It would be like ordering a burger at Maccers with no fries. (Oh the sacrilege, talking about so much fast food in one post! 🙈)
And while some people dive straight for the biggest slice of pizza, I always – ALWAYS – go for the garlic bread first.
Who’s with me here??? 🙋🏻♀️
How to make garlic bread
There are many ways to make garlic bread. But for me, the Dominos way will always be the best way: a baguette sliced almost all the way through, then each piece slathered with garlic butter, wrapped in foil and baked until toasty.
My garlic butter is made with 2 tsp freshly minced garlic, 1/2 tsp salt and 125g / 1 stick butter. The perfect garlic-salty balance!
Best bread for garlic bread
For a truly epic, classic Garlic Bread experience, my one firm rule I’ll never budge on is this:
NO FANCY BREAD ALLOWED
In my world, classic Garlic Bread should always be made with stock standard supermarket or basic bakery French stick / baguette. The crust isn’t that thick, and it’s usually pretty soft rather than crispy. Once slathered with butter and baked in foil, I find it yields the perfect ratio of crust crunch to soft, warm, garlic butter soaked bread.
On the other hand, a thick crust like you get with fancy artisan baguettes is no good – too much crispy crust compared to soft bread inside. Too hard to swallow!
Basic French stick is perfect. See? 😍
Fresh garlic is essential!
Bread aside, I only have one other rule: please use real garlic. As much as I will rip into Dominos and Pizza Hut garlic bread with enthusiasm, there’s no denying that it has an element of sourness to it which is probably due to using jarred garlic because that’s the main difference I notice between fresh and jarred garlic. From the preservatives, I expect.
Hence why homemade will always be so much better than Dominos. 🙂 Because the garlic is real and fresh!!
Homemade Garlic Bread.
Completely, utterly, ridiculously, insanely, can’t-stop-eating-it delicious.
Put a juicy, perfectly cooked steak and Garlic Bread in front of me, and I’d choose the Garlic Bread every time, any day and twice on Sunday.
These photos are killing me. Gotta stop looking at them! – Nagi x
What to serve with Garlic Bread
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Spaghetti Bolognese, a slow cooked Shredded Beef Ragu or any other pasta
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Dunk in soup! Try Pumpkin Soup, Lentil Soup, Cauliflower Soup or Broccoli Cheese Soup
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A quick homemade pizza
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On the side of a big salad – make a meal of it!
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A quick chicken main like juicy Baked Chicken Breast, Honey Garlic Chicken, Sticky Baked Thighs or Honey Mustard Baked Drumsticks
Better-than-Dominos Garlic Bread
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
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Better-Than-Dominos Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 1 French stick / baguette , ~ 60cm / 2ft long (Note 1)
- 125 g / 1 US stick unsalted butter , softened
- 2 tsp fresh garlic , minced (~3 - 4 cloves, pack the teaspoon)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp finely chopped parsley (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/390F.
- Cut the French stick in half. Then cut the bread almost all the way through into 2cm / 4/5" thick slices.
- Mix together the butter, garlic, salt and parsley. Taste to see if it's salty / garlicky enough for your taste (Note 2).
- Smear garlic butter over cut side of bread (Note 2).
- Smear remaining butter on the top and sides of the bread.
- Wrap each bread in foil.
- Bake for 15 minutes until the crust is crispy (check through foil).
- Unwrap and serve!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
Originally published March 2018. Updated with housekeeping matters April 2019 – no change to recipe.
THE “OTHER” GARLIC BREAD
Just in case you missed it, here’s my “other” garlic bread – Cheese & Garlic Crack Bread. Aptly named as such because of how it’s cut and also because it’s said to be garlic bread…. on crack! A bit of fun, great for sharing and ridiculously addictive.
LIFE OF DOZER
Little souvenir from Tokyo. He’s not a fan. I think he prefers cotton to polyester. Yeah, that’s the problem. For sure. 🤣
PS I had a vision of making him wear this for every “Life of Dozer” photo for Asian recipes. That’s how I justified this “business cost”….. Poor, poor Dozer…..
I used to use garlic butter from supermarket and I realised there are many conservatives in it. Now it is possible to eat more healthy and even more delicious garlic bread with this amazing recipe ! Saltiness was perfect 🙂 Thank you Nagi !! From Belgium
But how do you make the soft garlic bread that dominos makes? My kid doesn’t like the crunchy one. I can’t work out how to make it soft 🤷♀️ even leaving it encased in the foil it still comes out crunchy.
What a super recipe and soooo easy. Never fails, thank you Nagi and Dozer.
Hands-down the BEST garlic bread recipe! Nagi doesn’t lie – it IS better than Dominos! Everyone gave it props and there was none left 😜.
My go-to site for most recipes I made at home. Thank you, Nagi! I’ve done the Cheese & Garlic crack bread last week and I want to make this one this week. Just a question though, I’m here in Germany and there’s a lot of “pre baked” bread that you can just throw in the oven/air fryer for 8-11 min @ 200°C. Can I use that for this recipe? Or does it have to be brought from the bakery?
Hi Lola, let me know how your bread turned out. I am in Germany as well.
Hello Rose, yeah it was okay? Not as fantastic as the crack bread since I used fresh bread from the bakery. I’m not sure if it’s the quality of par baked bread. But I followed the 200°C, covered the baguette for 8 min then continue to bake uncovered for another 8 min. Hope it helps! Perhaps I’ll try again 🙂
Excellent! Fast and easy! All just loved it! 👍😊
This garlic bread is so amazing. My kids couldn’t get enough of it and keep on asking to have it again. So simple and delicious, Thanks Nagi!
Best garlic bread!! Tastes delicious and easy to follow instructions!! Thank you 🥰
Yep! Beat garlic bread ever. The crust is amazing and taste delish
Nagi this is the only way we love garlic bread!!! Yum!!!
Sooooo yummy. Second timer I’ve made it. My go to now. Thanks
Lol where I come from that kind of bread IS fancy bread. 😂😂
😂🤣🤣 !!!! N x
Beautiful! Made your lasagna, Greek salad, potato salad and garlic bread!
Can already cooked garlic bread be kept with the leftovers somehow?
I had a pregnancy craving for Domino’s garlic bread and my husband suggested to make some at home. I found your recipe and tried it and yes – it is better than Domino’s! Thank you for sharing.
another really lovely recipe from Alicia.so simple yet so delicious . thank you
Considering making this for a party, but I have to make it a day early to save time, will it still be fresh when served?
Yes – just pop it in the fridge wrapped in foil then plastic wrap. Remove the plastic and bake. N x
Always a hit!
Hi Nagi,
Can I subs parsley with dill? That’s what i have in the fridge at the moment… Lol….
Yes sure…it’s a slightly different flavour than Dominos but will be tasty! N x
There were harsh words exchanged regarding the not sharing of the last piece… I was grilling dinner so just tossed the wrapped loaf on the grill!
Nagi, just curious: will this recipe will work with day old baguette bread?
Yes definitely Joyce! N x