Vegan Garlic Mayo

Square cropped image of the top view of a round white plate topped with golden brown potato wedges and a small glass jar filled with garlic mayo that is creamy and white with flecks of green onion. Plate is garnished with a sprig of cilantro.

This vegan garlic mayo (aioli) recipe is super easy to make and packed with delicious roasted garlic. It’s full of flavor and a true crowd-pleaser that’s free from dairy, eggs, gluten, grains, nuts and added sugar.

Course Sauce

Cuisine Vegan

Keyword Vegan garlic mayo

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 45

Time for Garlic to Chill 30

Total Time 1 20

Servings Servings

Calories 89kcal

Equipment

Baking tray
Tin foil
Small mixing bowl
Measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients

Roasted Garlic

1 head garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
pinch of salt
1 pinch black pepper

Garlic Mayo

½ cup vegan mayonnaise
5 cloves garlic , roasted (about ½ head)
3 tablespoons green onion , finely chopped
1 tablespoon lemon juice
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 pinch black pepper (to taste)

Instructions

Step 1: Roast Garlic

Preheat oven to 400 °F.
Remove excess papery layers from the head of garlic, keeping the head and all the cloves intact.
1 head garlic
Take the head of garlic and slice a very thin amount off the top; the very tops of the garlic cloves should be visible.
Place the garlic into a small piece of tin foil and drizzle olive oil over the top along with a sprinkle of salt (optional to add a pinch of black pepper too).
1 tablespoon olive oil, pinch of salt, 1 pinch black pepper
Wrap your tin foil around the garlic to seal and place onto a baking tray (to catch any dripping oil).
Bake for about 30 minutes, until garlic cloves are fully soft to the center.
Once cooked, remove from oven and allow to cool (place into fridge for quick cooling).

Step 2: Mix Aioli Ingredients

Once the garlic is chilled enough to handle, remove half the cloves (about 5). You can do this using a fork or simply press from the bottom and roasted garlic cloves should pop out.
5 cloves garlic
In a small mixing bowl, stir together vegan mayo, roasted garlic, minced green onion, lemon juice and salt/ black pepper (more or less to taste).
½ cup vegan mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons green onion, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, ⅛ teaspoon salt, 1 pinch black pepper
Mash your garlic into the mayo – you can do this before adding if you like.
Stir everything together until well combined.

Step 3: Chill and Serve

If all the ingredients were cold when mixing the mayo together, you can serve right away. Otherwise, place into fridge to chill completely before serving.

Notes

Accuracy of nutrition information cannot be guaranteed (certain ingredients may not have all nutrients listed in the database); amounts may vary (and will vary depending on brands of ingredients used); all nutrition fact values rounded to the nearest whole number.

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