Make a Roasted Garlic Aioli to spread on sandwiches or to use as a flavorful dip for veggies, chips, fries and more. Learn how to roast whole heads of garlic in the oven and then mix into a creamy and tangy dip!
Quick
Air fryer fast
You’ll Learn: How to make creamy, restaurant-worthy roasted garlic aioli at home
Worth It: Big flavor on a budget with everyday ingredients
Bonus: Stores beautifully in the fridge to add a punch of flavor all week
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Great on everything – I love to use this aioli to spread on sandwiches or to use as a dip for French fries. It is so versatile!
- Meal prep hero – Add this roasted garlic aioli to your weekly meal prep! You’ll be thanking yourself all week long because it will make everything taste better.
- Money saver – Quality aiolis can get so expensive at the store. Use affordable ingredients to make the best version of roasted garlic aioli at home!
Serving suggestions
This roasted garlic aioli recipe goes on anything and everything! Use aioli anywhere you would use a condiment. It’s great as a dipping sauce for chicken tenders, french fries or Air Fryer Sweet Potato Wedges. Add it to a sandwich or a turkey club lettuce wrap. I also love putting it on turkey burgers! Serve it alongside surf and turf skewers and dip your beef and shrimp into it!
I would also be so good as an addition to this herb and mustard potato salad. It is just a great creamy and gentle garlic flavor that it will taste so good!
You can also serve this with vegetables. I think it would be great with artichoke or green beans.
Ingredients
- Heads of garlic – for this recipe, you will roast whole heads of garlic. No peeling or chopping!
- Olive oil – I used extra virgin olive oil, but any oil will work
- Salt and pepper – a sprinkle of salt and pepper really enhance the roasted garlic flavor
- Mayonnaise – the mayo is the base of the aioli that gives it the creamy texture
- Lemon juice – the lemon brightens up the aioli flavor
- Dijon mustard – dijon adds a gentle but delicious mustard flavor to your dip
- Smoked paprika – I love using smoked paprika but regular paprika works too
- Balsamic vinegar – balsamic adds a bit more acid and tanginess for the perfect taste
Ingredient Substitutions
You can buy mayo or your can use my homemade One Minute Mayo. Making mayo at home is easy! You blend egg and oil until the egg yolks are go through emulsion, which means they’ve thickened and fully combined. Then I just add a little lemon and some spices. If you do not have mayo on hand, try making your own.
Instead of the balsamic vinegar, you could try worcestershire sauce. It will be a little less tangy and add a bit of umami.
You can make so many variations of this aioli. To spice it up, you could add some cayenne pepper, or you could even whisk in a dash of sriracha. For an herby aioli, you could add something like rosemary or basil.
Roasted vs. Raw
Roasted garlic will give your recipes a softer, more subtle garlic flavor while raw garlic gives a strong, sharp punch of garlic flavor. Roasted garlic cloves are subtle enough to be spread directly onto toast.
You can sub roasted garlic cloves for raw garlic cloves in any of your favorite recipes like hummus. Try adding a few roasted garlic cloves to my Creamy White Bean Hummus.
How to make
Step 1: Preheat oven and prepare garlic heads to roast
To begin, preheat oven to 400F. Slice off about 1/2 inch of the top of 2 full heads of garlic.
Then, drizzle olive oil over the top of the heads of garlic and season with salt and pepper. Wrap the heads of garlic in a piece of aluminum foil and place in a baking dish.
Step 2: Roast garlic heads in the oven
Next, roast the heads of garlic in the oven at 400F for 40 minutes. Then, remove the garlic from the oven and carefully open the tinfoil.
Allow the roasted garlic heads to cool until you can hold them without them being too hot.
Step 3: Add aioli ingredients to a food processor and process
Then, add the mayonnaise, lemon juice, dijon mustard, smoked paprika, and balsamic vinegar to a food processor. Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the heads of garlic. If needed, use a towel to hold the garlic heads, and put the cloves into the food processor.
Finally, blend and process until a smooth and even mixture remains. You can also do this in a blender. Transfer to a glass storage container or bowl and store in the refrigerator.
Storage
Once prepared, transfer roasted garlic aioli to an airtight container. Store in the fridge for up to one week.
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You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Roasted Garlic Aioli
Ingredients
- 2 heads of garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Slice off about 1/2 inch of the top of 2 full heads of garlic. Drizzle olive oil over the top of the heads of garlic and season with salt and pepper. Wrap the heads of garlic in tinfoil and place in a baking dish.
- Roast the heads of garlic in the oven at 400F for 40 minutes. Remove the garlic from the oven and carefully open the tinfoil. Allow the roasted garlic heads to cool until you can hold them without them being too hot.
- Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice, dijon mustard, smoked paprika, and balsamic vinegar to a food processor. Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the heads of garlic and into the food processor.
- Turn on the food processor and process until a smooth and even mixture remains. Transfer to a glass storage container and store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
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