List of garlic dishes

This is a list of garlic dishes, comprising dishes and foods that use garlic as a main ingredient.

Garlic is a species in the onion genus, Allium.

Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive,[1] and Chinese onion.

[2] Garlic is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran, has a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use, and has long been used as a seasoning worldwide.

[3][1] It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used both as a food flavoring and as a traditional medicine.