Sourdough Garlic Bread
This sourdough garlic bread is a delicious twist on traditional garlic bread. It’s made with sourdough bread, butter, and plenty of garlic flavor. It makes an easy side to so many dishes!
Bread, butter, and garlic is all you really need to make garlic bread. It’s quick and easy and goes well with a variety of main dishes, and it also happens to be delicious. It’s the perfect side dish all around!
Our garlic bread recipe is made with sourdough bread. You can use homemade or store-bought bakery-style bread. It gives the garlic bread slight tanginess with bonus health benefits.
What Does it Taste Like?
This sourdough garlic bread recipe is crisp and crusty on the outside. Soft buttery middle with hints of tanginess from the sourdough makes it very tasty. It also has plenty of parmesan cheese, fresh parsley, and savory garlic flavor.
Sourdough Garlic Bread Ingredients
- Bread: I’ve made this with store-bought white sourdough bread that I found at my local supermarket. Oval-shaped bread works the best. You can use homemade sourdough as well.
- Butter: This recipe calls for unsalted butter plus some salt—if you’re using salted butter, omit the salt.
- Garlic: What makes this garlic bread so delicious is to whip not one but two kinds of garlic into the butter –fresh garlic and garlic powder. Avoid using jarred garlic or any type of pre-chopped garlic. For best taste, peel a few cloves of garlic and grate the garlic on a Microplane or use a garlic press.
- Italian Seasoning: Not every garlic bread calls for dried herbs but I found that just a little of dried herbs really elevates the taste of garlic bread. Dried oregano would be just as delicious.
- Parsley: Fresh parsley is the key to great herby taste and color!
- Cheese: For the best savory, cheesy flavor use freshly grated parmesan. Grate the cheese yourself with a hand grater or a Microplane. Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano are both great cheeses to use.
How to Make Sourdough Garlic Bread Recipe
My method for how to make garlic bread with sourdough is super simple! Here’s how it goes:
- Make garlic butter by mixing together softened butter with fresh garlic, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, parsley, and cheese.
- Slice the bread in half lengthwise and generously slather the cut sides with the butter mixture.
- Lightly wrap each bread half in aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet cut side up. Bake in a preheated 400 F oven for 10 minutes.
- Unwrap the bread, and continue to bake until the bread is crisp and golden at the edges, about 5-8 minutes. For extra-crispy top, broil the bread for 30-45 seconds. Keep an eye on it as it burns easily.
What Goes with Garlic Bread?
Garlic bread makes a delicious side dish to almost any kind of soup or stew. Some favorites are:
It also pairs well with Italian-American dishes, such as:
Lastly, you can’t go wrong with salad and bread for lunch, like our Chopped Antipasto Salad or Greek Chickpea Salad with Arugula.
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Sourdough Garlic Bread
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Side
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
This sourdough garlic bread is a delicious twist on traditional garlic bread. It’s made with sourdough bread, butter, and plenty of garlic flavor. It makes an easy side to so many dishes!
Ingredients
- 1 (16 oz.) loaf white sourdough bread
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- 2 cloves fresh garlic, grated with Microplane or pressed
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 2 Tbsp. fresh minced parsley
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- Fresh black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Cut the loaf in half lengthwise. In a small bowl, mix butter, fresh garlic, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, parsley, and Parmesan. Add fresh black pepper, to taste. Spread butter over the two bread halves.
- Lightly wrap each bread halve in aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet cut side up. Bake for 10 minutes. Unwrap the bread, and bake for an additional 5-8 minutes or until toasty and golden around the edges. The middle of the bread should be slightly dried out but soft and not wet. For extra crispy top, broil the bread for 30-45 seconds or until desired crispness. Keep an eye as it burns easily!
- Slightly cool and slice into 1-inch thick slices with a bread knife. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 slices
- Calories: 296
- Sugar: 2.1 g
- Sodium: 492.5 mg
- Fat: 13.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 35.9 g
- Protein: 8.6 g
- Cholesterol: 32.3 mg
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Hi! I'm Katya -- a former corporate paralegal turned full-time recipe developer and blogger behind Little Broken. Here you'll find family-friendly and seasonal recipes made from real ingredients.
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