How to peel garlic

Unless you need a perfectly formed piece of garlic, this is the fastest way to get the skin off a clove of garlic. Most of the time you will be pressing, squashing, dicing or chopping garlic so the intermediate form of the garlic clove won't really matter.

Put the clove on a cutting board.

Locate your chef's knife and cover the clove with the broadside of the knife.

Whack the knife with your hand. You'll get a feel for how hard to hit it. Too hard and the garlic is smushed.

Now the skin just peels off. Garlic clove is only slightly bruised.