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Better-Than-Dominos Garlic Bread

By:Nagi
Published:7 Apr '19Updated:13 Nov '20
157 Comments
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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!

Better than Pizza Hut! For a truly religious Garlic Bread experience, skip the artisan bread and use a basic French stick. And no skimping on butter! www.recipetineats.com

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!

Better than Pizza Hut! For a truly religious Garlic Bread experience, skip the artisan bread and use a basic French stick. And no skimping on butter! www.recipetineats.com

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? 😍

Better than Pizza Hut! For a truly religious Garlic Bread experience, skip the artisan bread and use a basic French stick. And no skimping on butter! www.recipetineats.com

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!!

Better than Pizza Hut! For a truly religious Garlic Bread experience, skip the artisan bread and use a basic French stick. And no skimping on butter! www.recipetineats.com

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

  • Spaghetti Bolognese, a slow cooked Shredded Beef Ragu or any other pasta

  • Dunk in soup! Try Pumpkin Soup, Lentil Soup, Cauliflower Soup or Broccoli Cheese Soup

  • A quick homemade pizza

  • Schnitzel, marinated pork chops or sticky baked pork chops

  • On the side of a big salad – make a meal of it!

  • A quick chicken main like juicy Baked Chicken Breast, Honey Garlic Chicken, Sticky Baked Thighs or Honey Mustard Baked Drumsticks

Better than Pizza Hut! For a truly religious Garlic Bread experience, skip the artisan bread and use a basic French stick. And no skimping on butter! www.recipetineats.com

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Better-Than-Dominos Garlic Bread

Author: Nagi
Prep: 10 minutes mins
Cook: 15 minutes mins
Total: 25 minutes mins
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4.99 from 52 votes
Servings6
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Recipe video above. Nothing beats homemade garlic bread!! Takeout will never taste as good because the garlic is not fresh so the preservatives give it a sour flavour. For the ultimate Garlic Bread experience, skip the fancy artisan bread and use an economical French stick / baguette with a softish thin crust instead. 

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:

1. Bread - You can make Garlic Bread with any bread you choose. But for a Dominos/Pizza Hut copycat (my favourite!), use a basic bakery French stick / baguette.
French Sticks (baguettes) in Australia is usually around 60 cm / 2 ft long with a diameter of 7 - 9 cm / 2.7 - 3.5".
2. Garlic flavour will reduce slightly once cooked, it's harsh when raw
3. Nutrition per serving.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 287cal (14%)Carbohydrates: 25g (8%)Protein: 4g (8%)Fat: 18g (28%)Saturated Fat: 11g (69%)Cholesterol: 44mg (15%)Sodium: 502mg (22%)Potassium: 61mg (2%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Vitamin A: 520IU (10%)Vitamin C: 0.5mg (1%)Calcium: 47mg (5%)Iron: 1.5mg (8%)
Keywords: Garlic Bread
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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.

The World Famous Cheese and Garlic Crack Bread


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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…..

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157 Comments

  1. Joyce says

    July 23, 2021 at 12:07 am

    Nagi, just curious: will this recipe will work with day old baguette bread?

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      July 23, 2021 at 2:19 pm

      Yes definitely Joyce! N x

      Reply
  2. Pam Godding says

    July 14, 2021 at 3:48 am

    5 stars
    Fab recipe, will NEVER buy garlic bread ready made again!

    Reply
  3. Elena says

    July 8, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    Hi Nagi! we don’t use aluminium foil in our house. Could you do this with parchment paper instead?

    Reply
  4. Dan says

    April 21, 2021 at 2:51 am

    Simple but wonderful recipe! Absolutely delicious

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      April 21, 2021 at 12:06 pm

      Thank you SO much Dan!! N x

      Reply
  5. Julie says

    April 14, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    5 stars
    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!)

    Reply
  6. Ava says

    March 1, 2021 at 12:02 pm

    5 stars
    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

    Reply
  7. Ellie says

    February 28, 2021 at 3:24 am

    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?

    Reply
  8. Allie says

    February 27, 2021 at 10:20 am

    The recipe says 390° F for the oven setting and the video showed 350°….which temperature is correct?

    Reply
    • Ava says

      March 1, 2021 at 12:03 pm

      Hi Allie, bake it at 375F for 13 mins then for the last 2 mins cook with foil off. Hope this helps!

      Reply
  9. louise says

    February 25, 2021 at 8:40 am

    5 stars
    THEE best garlic bread I have had in my entire life!!! love your recipes and can’t wait to try more!

    Reply
  10. Rose says

    February 13, 2021 at 10:38 pm

    5 stars
    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.

    Reply
  11. David Hill says

    January 29, 2021 at 8:24 am

    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)?

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 29, 2021 at 9:35 am

      Hi David, yes 100%! I would pop it in the oven frozen and cook for 20-25 minutes 🙂 N x

      Reply
  12. berna monteagudo says

    January 19, 2021 at 12:25 am

    5 stars
    OMG, Nagi!!!

    Reply
  13. Wanjiku says

    January 2, 2021 at 4:10 am

    5 stars
    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!

    Reply
  14. Beverley says

    November 15, 2020 at 2:08 am

    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

    Reply
  15. Jody says

    November 5, 2020 at 8:38 pm

    5 stars
    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!

    Reply
  16. Chris Hegemeister says

    October 12, 2020 at 9:47 am

    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

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      October 12, 2020 at 6:09 pm

      Oops! Thanks Chris!!

      Reply
  17. Wei says

    September 17, 2020 at 8:31 pm

    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!!!

    Reply
  18. Kirsty says

    August 24, 2020 at 4:40 pm

    Yum!!!

    Reply
  19. Meg says

    August 17, 2020 at 9:32 pm

    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!

    Reply
  20. Kathy says

    July 17, 2020 at 7:06 pm

    So delicious 😋

    Reply
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