Lemon Aioli

Name: Lemon Aioli
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about ¾ cup (200 ml)
Cuisine: French Classic
Ingredients: ½ cup mayonnaise (120 ml) Mayo; ½ tsp finely grated lemon zest (2.5 ml) Lemon Zest; 1½ Tbsp fresh lemon juice (22.5 ml) Lemon Juice; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil (60 ml) Olive Oil; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt; about ¼ tsp (0.5 g) Pepper

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Paul Kahan recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Paul Kahan.

SPREAD · SOFT-SHELL CRAB & SEAFOOD

In the published recipe, this is the spread for soft-shell crabs.

Kahan's lemon aioli for soft-shell crab.

On the jar

AIOLI

Method: blend
Yield: about ¾ cup
Ingredients: 6

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Mayo 120 mlLemon Zest 3 mlLemon Juice 23 mlOlive Oil 60 ml

Ingredients

Mayo½ cup mayonnaise (120 ml)
Lemon Zest½ tsp finely grated lemon zest (2.5 ml)
Lemon Juice1½ Tbsp fresh lemon juice (22.5 ml)
Olive Oil¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil (60 ml)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)
Pepperabout ¼ tsp (0.5 g)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Paul Kahan works in New American / Chicago; credentials include James Beard Outstanding Chef 2013; James Beard Best Chef: Midwest 2004.

Adapted from a Paul Kahan recipe (Paul Kahan / Food & Wine (soft-shell crabs; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Paul Kahan / Food & Wine (soft-shell crabs; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Lemon Aioli”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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