Description
This recipe for Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Bread offers a delightful blend of soft bread, tangy cream cheese filling, and a rich, buttery garlic coating. It’s an easy-to-make, crowd-pleasing dish inspired by popular Korean street food.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 soft white bread loaf
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp minced garlic (additional)
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Cut the bread loaf into wedges or a criss-cross pattern, ensuring not to cut all the way through the bottom crust.
- Prepare the creamy cream cheese filling by mixing softened cream cheese with chopped green onions and fresh parsley.
- Make the garlicky butter mixture by combining melted butter with minced garlic, salt, pepper, and optional red pepper flakes.
- Generously brush or dip the bread pieces with the garlic butter mixture.
- Pipe or spread the cream cheese filling into the cuts made in the bread.
- Bake until the bread is golden brown and the filling is bubbly and warm.
Notes
- Soften the cream cheese at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before mixing for easier handling.
- Use fresh garlic and fresh herbs for the best flavor and appearance.
- Do not be shy with the garlic butter mixture; coat the bread generously.
- Ensure you cut the bread carefully, without slicing through the bottom, to hold the filling.
- The cream cheese filling and garlic butter can be prepared a day in advance and stored in the refrigerator.
- Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days and reheated in the oven or air fryer.
- If using dried herbs instead of fresh, use approximately one-third of the amount.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Korean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 40mg