Easy Aioli Recipe From Scratch

4.66 from 23 votes

Aioli is a Mediterranean sauce with delicious garlic flavor. This foolproof aioli recipe is so simple and will make you feel like a kitchen pro!

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Basic, condiments

Cuisine: French, Mediterranean, Spanish

Servings:

Calories: 194kcal

Add the egg, garlic, lemon juice, mustard and salt to the bowl of a food processor and blend until fully combined. You can also crush the garlic in advance.
With the food processor still running, very slowly, add in first the canola oil then the olive oil in a very thin stream. The aioli will come together and will be creamy. It should take you about 2 to 3 minutes to add all the oil to the mixture while the food processor is running.
Transfer to a container and refrigerate for up to one week.

Instead of canola oil, you can use vegetable oil, avocado oil or other neutral flavor oils.
The garlic you're using should be young and shouldn't have the green germ in the middle since the germ would make the sauce bitter.
Make sure you're using fresh garlic cloves and not garlic powder or packaged minced garlic for this recipe. That fresh garlic flavor is what this garlic aioli is all about.
this classic Spanish sauce usually keeps for up to one week in the fridge. To store alioli, transfer it to a container and refrigerate. I don't recommend freezing this condiment.
Other variations of this sauce are:
- Chipotle spicy: Add 1 teaspoon chipotle powder.
- Cilantro lime: Use lime instead of lemon and add some chopped cilantro once aioli is ready.
- Saffron aioli: Add a pinch of powdered saffron to the sauce.
- Paprika: Add ½ teaspoon smoked paprika to the mixture before adding the oils.