This Vegan Roasted Garlic Oil-Free Aioli recipe comes together with just a few simple ingredients to give you the perfect condiment to put on sandwiches, burgers, grain bowls, and salads or can be used as a dip!

close up of garlic aioli in a small bowl.

This homemade roasted garlic aioli is simple to make and full of healthy ingredients. It’s made with silken tofu but is just as creamy and full of flavor as traditional aioli. You’re gonna love this!

What is Aioli?

What even is Aioli? Isn’t it mayo…? A lot of people have dubbed it the fancy mayo. Aioli traditionally was oil emulsified with garlic but now it truly is just flavored fancy mayo. But nevertheless, it’s a tasty dip!

My silken tofu oil-free aioli is nothing of tradition but it’s a delicious creamy garlic-y sauce or dip that is perfect with so many foods. Sandwiches, french fries, burgers, grain bowls, mixed in to slaw, dip for vegan tofu nuggets, a salad dressing… I could go on.

What You’ll Need for This Oil-Free Vegan Aioli

Kitchen Essentials:

You will need a blender for this oil-free Vegan Roasted Garlic Aioli. Our base is silken tofu which needs to be blended to create a smooth and creamy sauce.

Main Ingredients:

Roasted Garlic
Silken Tofu
Lemon Juice
Apple Cider Vinegar
Nutritional Yeast
White Miso Paste

Substitutions:

The ingredients below are what yielded the most delicious results for me but feel free to taste and adjust. Maybe you want more dijon, or more lemon, or black pepper. Maybe a little heat element so you can red pepper flakes. Treat this like a base and add from there.

How to Roasted Garlic:

Roasted garlic is a game changer in flavor. Once you add roasted, you’re not gonna want to add raw cloves in a sauce ever again! The flavor is simply magic. Luckily, roasting garlic is very simple!

Simply, cut off the top of the head of garlic to expose the cloves. Drizzle with olive oil (optional) and a pinch of salt and pepper. Then, wrap in foil and place in a baking dish then roast the garlic for 30 minutes.

How to Make Oil-Free Vegan Aioli:

This Oil-free vegan garlic aioli is so tasty and simple to whip together. Once you’re garlic is roasted, you’re basically done!

Squeeze the garlic cloves out and in to a blender along with all the remaining ingredients. Blend until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust!

Potato Wedges on serving plate with garlic aioli dipping sauce.

Recipe Variations:

Chipotle! Add in a chipotle pepper in adobo sauce and add a little bit of that sauce as well. Yum!
More lemon and lemon zest!
Blend in herbs like cilantro and replace the lemon with lime!
Blend in sun-dried tomatoes or roasted red bell peppers
Smoked paprika and cumin.
Parsley or dill would be delicious

Ways to Use Roasted Garlic Aioli:

I love to mix this garlic aioli in to slaw cabbage mixture and serve on a summer inspired grain bowl like the tempeh bbq bowl pictured below or put on a pulled jackfruit sandwiches.

Any way you would use a mayo-based sauce, just use this instead. For example, in a chickpea “tuna” salad or potato salad or even a pasta salad.

This is the BEST dip for potato wedges or fries. As well as tofu or vegan chicken nuggets. This vegan aioli can also be used as a sauce for burgers, breakfast sandwiches or wraps. I could even see this being a good salad dressing. The options are truly endless.

bbq tempeh served with grilled veggies and slaw.

Vegan Aioli FAQ:

How do I store this oil-free aioli?

Store in an airtight jar in the fridge for up to a week!

Can I make this ahead of time?

Yes!! I find it’s even better the next day.

Can I use raw garlic?

Of course but it will change the flavor a bit because raw garlic is a little pungent.

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I would greatly appreciate if you share your review in the comments below and leave a star rating. Don’t forget to add if you made any fun substitutions. Thank you!