{"id":1342,"slug":"garlic-croutons-i","title":"Garlic Croutons I","description":"Garlic croutons can be purchased but are much better when made from old bread. They are a crucial ingredient of Caesar Salad.","ingredients_raw":["4 slices day-old French bread, cubed","2 cloves garlic, minced","4 tablespoons olive oil","Salt to taste"],"ingredients_norm":["day old french bread","garlic","olive oil","salt"],"steps":["Pour the olive oil into a shallow bowl over the garlic and let it soak. Soaking it longer will yield more garlic flavor.","Preheat the oven to 350 °F (~180 °C).","Strain the olive oil into a frying pan and fry the bread cubes in it, tossing to coat with oil.","Spread the bread cubes on a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt. Bake for 10 minutes or until crispy and dry."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Recipes using bread","Recipes using garlic","Pan fried recipes","Baking recipes","Vegan recipes","Recipes for croutons"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":20,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Garlic_Croutons_I","source_ref":"4495781","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Garlic_Croutons_I&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"35d51ced16ab1997791ed68adbe91254e18a35a289374cb876458ad44bb48a55","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/garlic-croutons-i"}