Garlic Aioli – Homemade Garlic Mayonnaise

Garlic Aioli is so often served in many restaurants. It is a favorite of ours because it is so wonderfully pungent and creamy. We put together this garlic Aioli and used it to dip fresh vegetables in, and as a dipping sauce for freshly grilled meat.

homemade garlic aioli, red pepper flakes, and eggs


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Creamy Garlic Mayonnaise

Garlic mayonnaise is easy to make when you use an immersion blender. You can also make it by hand with a whisk. Watch the recipe video to see how it is made by whisking the ingredients together.

It tastes so much better than anything you can buy.  Consider making your own fresh garlic aioli at home.

Recipe Ingredients

Here’s a list of what you need:

  • Eggs
  • Dijon mustard
  • Lemon juice or white vinegar
  • Sunflower, vegetable, canola, or avocado oil
  • Garlic
  • Salt
  • Ground black pepper
  • Red pepper flakes for garnish if desired
garlic aioli ingredients

How to Make Garlic Aioli

With an immersion blender:

  1. Place all the ingredients except oil in a container slightly wider than the immersion blender tip and about 6 inches in height.
    garlic aioli ingredients in an immersion blender container
  2. Pulse the blender to combine the egg, yolk, mustard, and lemon juice.
  3. Slowly drizzle the oil into the container while blending.
    adding oil into garlic aioli mixture
  4. After adding some oil, lift or tilt the blender slightly to let some air inside the mixture.
    blending oil into mixture for garlic aioli
  5. Continue to add oil while blending. The mixture will thicken into mayonnaise.
    blended garlic aioli in an immersion blender cup
  6. If using aioli as a dip, you can garnish it with red pepper flakes if desired.
garlic aioli in a bowl and red pepper flakes on a small plate

By hand:

  1. Place the egg, yolk, vinegar, and mustard in a medium bowl.
  2. Whisk until combined.
  3. Add the oil, a little at a time, and whisk vigorously after each addition to emulsify the mixture into mayonnaise.
  4. Add the minced garlic and stir it into the mayonnaise.
  5. Add salt and pepper and stir it into the aioli.
  6. If using aioli as a dip, you can garnish it with red pepper flakes if desired.
homemade garlic aioli and red pepper flakes

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homemade garlic aioli, red pepper flakes, and eggs

Garlic Aioli – Homemade Garlic Mayonnaise

Make Garlic Aioli at home with this easy recipe. 
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Course: Sauces
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Garlic Aioli, Garlic Mayonnaise
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 203kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice or white vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 cup vegetable oil or sunflower, canola, or avocado oil
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional garnish if using aioli as a dip

Instructions

  • Chop or mince the garlic. Chop for immersion blender method and finely mince for hand method.

Immersion Blender Method

  • Place all the ingredients except oil in a container that is just a little wider than the immersion blender tip and about 6 inches tall.
  • Pulse the blender to beat the egg and yolk and combine them with mustard and lemon juice.
  • Slowly drizzle the oil into the container while blending to give time for the emulsion to appear.
  • After adding about a third of the oil, lift or tilt the blender slightly to let some air inside the mixture.
  • Continue to add oil while blending. The mixture will emulsify and thicken.
  • If using aioli as a dip, you can garnish it with red pepper flakes if desired.

By Hand Method

  • Place the egg, yolk, vinegar, and mustard in a medium bowl.
  • Whisk until thoroughly combined.
  • Add the oil, about ½ tablespoon at a time, and whisk vigorously after each addition to incorporate it into and emulsify the mixture. This creates mayonnaise.
  • Add the minced garlic and whisk or stir it into the mayonnaise.
  • Add salt and pepper and whisk or stir it into the aioli.
  • If using aioli as a dip, you can garnish it with red pepper flakes if desired.

Video

Notes

You can use less garlic for a milder flavor.

Nutrition

Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 142mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 81IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg

About Stephanie Manley

I recreate your favorite restaurant recipes, so you can prepare these dishes at home. I help you cook dinner, and serve up dishes you know your family will love. You can find most of the ingredients for all of the recipes in your local grocery store.

Stephanie is the author of CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home, and CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home 2.

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  1. Sheri

    How long would it last in a Airtight mason jar? Do you know?
    I can’t wait to make it.
    I too have never heard of garlic aioli. But the sound of garlic mayonnaise to be able to use it for dips sounds delicious!

    • Stephanie Manley

      I went to a French culinary school, we would use this for up to a week after making. The chefs said in France the French would make this and it could say for up to a month.

  2. Your Smiling Chef

    5 stars
    I’d never heard of Garlic Aioli before and looked to Google for a recipe that I could include on my site to accompany a Coconut Shrimp recipe. Yours sounded the yummiest so I hope that you don’t mind that I linked to it!

    Thanks!

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