This quick spicy aioli (a.k.a. Sriracha mayo) blends creamy mayonnaise with bright lime and chili heat for a versatile sauce you’ll put on everything- fries, burgers, tacos, and seafood. Whisk, rest 30 minutes to marry flavors, and serve.
What is Aioli Sauce?
Aioli is a sauce popular in Mediterranean cuisine. It’s made of garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, and egg yolk, which makes it sneakily similar to a garlic mayo. It is the most popular in Spain, France and Italy.
This is also why you can make aiolis like this easy Sriracha Aioli at home. Just use a store bought mayonnaise.
You can also make homemade mayonnaise in a blender super easily. You can use any type of mayonnaise, but to be more authentic, look for one made with olive oil opposed to vegetable or other types of oil.
Why You’ll Love This Sriracha Aioli
There are plenty of reasons that people love this creamy and smooth sauce, but here are just a few of our favorites:
- Only 4 ingredients – The simple ingredients of this sauce makes it not only easy, but could save you a trip to the grocery store if you already have all of them on hand.
- Balanced flavor profile – With a balanced creamy, tangy and spicy flavor, it’s perfect for anything; and it’s ready in only 5 minutes.
- Works as a dip, spread or drizzle – You can use this sauce as a dip, a sandwich spread or pretty much anything you can think of.
Recipe Essentials
You can easily find all of the ingredients for this delicious dipping sauce at your local grocery store if you don’t already have them on hand. A full list of ingredients with measurements for this recipe is available in the printable recipe card below.
- Mayonnaise – grab your favorite store-bought mayonnaise or make your own homemade mayonnaise; trust me, it’s worth it!
- Chile sauce
- Lime juice
- Kosher salt
How To Make Spicy Aioli
This sriracha aioli recipe could not be more simple! First, gather your ingredients:
- Combine ingredients. Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until combined.
- Chill and let flavors marry. Allow to sit for 30 minutes before serving.
Chef Tip
Allowing the sauce to chill let’s the flavors marry and bloom, resulting in a more cohesive sauce. You can serve it right away, but it will be oodles better if you let it sit for at least 30 minutes.
Perfect Pairings
Aioli, in general, is a great dipping sauce or condiment to slather on sandwiches, hot dogs and burgers. You can dip olives, carrots, red peppers, onion rings, crab cakes, french fries or potato chips.
Spicy aioli can be used in the place of anything requiring hot sauce and is especially good on buffalo chicken sandwiches. I also happen to like mine on boiled corn.
It’s a great condiment for just about anything. You can also check out my whole collection of aioli recipes!
Variations
There are many ways to make this delicious sriracha aioli your own. Here are a few of our favorite suggestions:
- Spice – toss some extra cayenne pepper or crushed red pepper or even Old Bay to take the spice level up a notch.
- Pickle juice – spill a little pickle juice into this sauce to give it some tang.
- Lemon – squeeze some fresh lemon juice, or pour a little in, to give this a citrusy tang.
- Spicy garlic aioli – You could add some garlic powder or even fresh garlic cloves into the mix to give this sriracha aioli sauce recipe a garlicky flavor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check the ingredient section above for specifics, or the recipe card for exact measurements. But the simple ingredients of this spicy aioli recipe are mayonnaise, sriracha sauce, lime juice and kosher salt. That’s it!
The best way to describe the taste of spicy aioli is like a creamy, tangy hot sauce. The temperature is more mild because it’s cut with the mayonnaise, but has a slight spicy kick all the same.
While the base of an aioli is mayo, the main difference is that other ingredients are added to it to take the flavors up a notch; like the chile sauce in this sriracha mayo for example.
More Spicy Dishes
If you know me, you know I like it spicy! Here are some of my favorite spicy main dishes.
Spicy Aioli Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons chile sauce (such as Sriracha)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- pinch coarse Kosher salt
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the 1 cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons chile sauce (such as Sriracha), 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice and a pinch coarse Kosher salt until combined.
- Cover and chill for 30 minute before serving.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or star ratings.
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This recipe was great! I used it both as a veggie dip and also served it on turkey subs. It’s so easy to make and really elevated otherwise simple foods. The texture was super smooth and the flavor profile was spot on! Yum!
Such an easy dip to make and such a perfect dip for my veggie snacks.
So good! The whole family loved it and we will make it again. Served with fries and onion rings.
I loved the addition of sriracha in this recipe, so yummy!
This sounds so good. My boys love spiced food I bet they will love this. Can’t wait to give it a try.
My daughter and I love this sauce! We use it on pretty much everything! Can’t wait to make this again!
Yummy! I love a good spicy sauce. For me, it’s what i put on my steamed broccoli or steamed cauliflower. Something to help those healthy foods go down lol.
Thanks for this great recipe. I can imagine all sorts of other delicious ways it can be used.
I used this today on a veggie sandwich and it was fantastic. It is now a must have in my fridge!