Lemon Garlic Aioli

Lemon Garlic Aioli is the creamy, savory, bright, and tangy dip that you’ll want to eat with everything from french fries to veggie burgers. It’s super simple to make with just 4 ingredients, plus some salt and pepper.

Why This Lemon Garlic Aioli Recipe is So Good

• This semi-homemade recipe doesn’t require you to make a mayo from scratch! You just choose your favorite already prepared mayonnaise and add in fresh flavor from garlic and lemons.
• Because this recipe is so simple, you can have lemon garlic aioli mixed up in less than 10 minutes. You can eat it right away, but it’s really best if you wait an hour to let the yummy flavors meld and develop.
• Lemon Garlic Aioli is the perfect dipping sauce or topping for so many things! I love dipping carrot sticks and french fries into this creamy sauce, or using it to top a veggie burger.

Tips and Tricks for Making Homemade Lemon Garlic Aioli

• Make sure that the garlic is very finely minced or ground. The best tool for this job is a microplane grater. You can also make do with a garlic press or a mortar and pestle. The key is to make sure that there aren’t large chunks of garlic in the dip.
• Use fresh ingredients to make homemade aioli. Since there are only a few ingredients in this recipe, it’s important that they are all delicious. Fresh lemon and fresh garlic will give you amazing flavor, so don’t take any shortcuts here.
• Use the microplane to zest the lemon too! Make sure that you remove the zest from the lemon before you juice it, since it’s quite difficult to zest a lemon that you’ve already cut in half.
• Use your air fryer to make french fries or sweet potato fries to go with this sauce! Tater tots are also tasty dipped in lemon garlic aioli.

What to Serve With Lemon Garlic Aioli

• Fried Pickles
• Crispy Asparagus in the Air Fryer

More Tasty Dips and Sauces to Make

• Copycat Bitchin Sauce Recipe
• Blove Sauce
• Nut Free Pesto
• Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip
• BBQ Ranch

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Lemon Garlic Aioli

Cindy

Lemon Garlic Aioli is the creamy, savory, bright, and tangy dip that you'll want to eat with everything from french fries to veggie burgers.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Chilling Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course Syrups and Sauces

Cuisine American

Servings 4 Servings

Calories 379 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Use a microplane to grate the garlic very finely. You can also use a garlic press or a mortar and pestle to grind the garlic to a paste.
  
• Add the garlic to a bowl with the mayonnaise, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and ground black pepper.
  
• Whisk until combined and the garlic is evenly distributed. Refrigerate for at least an hour to let the flavors meld. Serve with fries or on your favorite sandwich or veggie burger!
  

Notes

Use fresh ingredients. The flavor of the garlic and lemon are the stars of this recipe, so be sure to choose real, fresh versions of both. 

Use your favorite vegan mayo if you like. Any type of prepared mayonnaise can be used here. 

It's important that the garlic is ground very finely for aioli. The easiest way is to use a fine rasp grater, like a Microplane. You'll need this tool to grate the lemon zest as well.

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