What’s more fun than a good kitchen DIY? Here at A Couple Cooks, we love making things from scratch like Everything Bagel seasoning and pumpkin pie spice. When we have lots of herbs in our garden at the end of the season, we make our own herb salt. So want to learn how to make garlic salt? We’ve gotcha. This homemade garlic salt not only tastes better than store bought, it’s fun to make at home. And it makes a great gift! Keep reading for how to do it.

How to make garlic salt

So, how do you make garlic salt at home? It’s a very simple process that requires a food processor (or high quality blender), salt, and garlic cloves. You can control to texture of your garlic salt: we left ours a little chunkier than a standard salt. But you can make it into a fine salt too (even better for popcorn!). Here are the basic steps for how to make garlic salt at home (see the recipe below for specifics):

In a food processor or blender, process ½ cup kosher salt and 6 garlic cloves until the garlic is finely chopped. Spread it all onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 200 degrees for about 45 minutes until the mixture dries out. Once it’s baked, it will clump up and be very chunky. Run it back through the food processor until you get to the desired texture!

Make sure to use kosher salt in this recipe because it brings a gentler salting to foods. We would not recommend using table salt because of its sharp, very salty flavor. If you’re interested, read more about these differences here: What is Kosher Salt? A few other great salt DIYs? Try Herb Salt Recipe and Seasoned Salt Recipe.

How to serve this garlic salt recipe

Alright, so let’s say you mixed up a batch of this garlic salt recipe! (Which you will, right?) We’re guessing if you ended up here you might know what you want to do with it. But here are some of our best ideas on ways to use it: Love garlic? Try more Great Garlic Recipes!

Looking for more kitchen DIYs?

We love resourcing you with kitchen DIYs! This herb salt is a fun DIY that also works great for gifts. Here are a few more kitchen essentials:

Everything Bagel SeasoningHomemade Taco SeasoningPumpkin Pie Spice Recipe How to Grow Bean SproutsHow to Make Homemade Salad DressingHerb Seasoning Mix Instant Pot Chickpeas Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes Instant Pot Perfect Boiled Eggs Perfect Boiled EggsEasy Pizza Sauce RecipeBest Tahini Sauce

This garlic salt recipe is…

Vegetarian, gluten-free, plant-based, dairy-free, and vegan. 5 from 2 reviews

How to Make Garlic Salt  Easy DIY    A Couple Cooks - 90How to Make Garlic Salt  Easy DIY    A Couple Cooks - 46How to Make Garlic Salt  Easy DIY    A Couple Cooks - 71How to Make Garlic Salt  Easy DIY    A Couple Cooks - 36How to Make Garlic Salt  Easy DIY    A Couple Cooks - 8