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…..
Nagi, just curious: will this recipe will work with day old baguette bread?
Yes definitely Joyce! N x
Fab recipe, will NEVER buy garlic bread ready made again!
Hi Nagi! we don’t use aluminium foil in our house. Could you do this with parchment paper instead?
Simple but wonderful recipe! Absolutely delicious
Thank you SO much Dan!! N x
I LOVE this recipe. The only modification I make is to use roasted garlic (because I always have a container of home-roasted garlic in my fridge and the flavor is DELICIOUS!)
Wow! So good, everyone could not stop eating and telling me how good this was! I used Costco bread since baguettes tend to be a Lil’ hard. BTW- make this with some sort of honey garlic salmon the flavor will blow u away. 🙂 thxx for sharing this Nagi
Hi! Excited to make this tommorow, although I noticeed that the sodium is 22%! Anyway I can reduce that, since I am making this for people who like verry low salty food?
The recipe says 390° F for the oven setting and the video showed 350°….which temperature is correct?
Hi Allie, bake it at 375F for 13 mins then for the last 2 mins cook with foil off. Hope this helps!
THEE best garlic bread I have had in my entire life!!! love your recipes and can’t wait to try more!
Nagi, I gave you 10 out of 10 for this perfect garlic bread! I will keep coming back for this recipe. Can’t ask for anything else.
This looks like a recipe you can make ahead and freeze. If so, how long would you need to cook it, and at what temp if you are starting from frozen (like bought garlic bread)?
Hi David, yes 100%! I would pop it in the oven frozen and cook for 20-25 minutes 🙂 N x
OMG, Nagi!!!
I made this last night for New Year’s Eve 2021 and ate it with a skillet lasagna. Delicious and so easy to make. Great way to start the new year!
Goes beautifully with home-made smoked mackerel mousse. Add a side salad and it’s a meal in itself and all washed down with a glass (or two) of shiraz. Bliss
Amazing, 1000 times better than store bought.
Fresh soft and crunchy french stick.
I believe I may have over done the fresh garlic 😆 Ain’t no vampires visiting this house for a week!
Word correction
“For a truly epic, classic Garlic Bread experience, my one firm rule I’ll never budget on is this:”
The word is budge…not budget
Oops! Thanks Chris!!
Thanks Nagi! I made your mashed potatoes the other day but didn’t leave a msg – it was awesome!
But after making this garlic bread wonder I just had to. thanks for the recipe, absolutely love it!!!
Yum!!!
I loved it!! Just made it for my fam and we are absolutely crazy about your garlic bread recipe. So simple, super easy and extremely delicious.
Thank you 😍
Love from Dubai!
So delicious 😋