Switch up Your Sandwiches, Potato Salads, and More With These 10 Quick Homemade Mayonnaise Recipes

If you want to make really good sandwiches, potato salad, and deviled eggs, you have to get the key condiment—mayonnaise—right. Mayonnaise does the heavy lifting in  so many dishes, so if you’re not working with a flavorful option to begin with, don’t expect a great end result. For us, that often means making mayonnaise from scratch. 

Homemade mayonnaise is incredibly simple to put together. Mayo is made with a  few basic ingredients—such as eggs, oil, and mustard—you likely already have on hand, and you need nothing but a whisk, a bowl, and some elbow grease to emulsify those ingredients and turn them into a creamy, silky spread or dip. If you have an immersion blender, food processor, or blender, you can subtract the whisk and elbow grease from the equation.  

Once you have your base mayonnaise, you’ve got a blank canvas for all sorts of flavorful mayo options. The Caesar mayonnaise below, created for our celebration of the Caesar salad in honor of its 100th birthday in 2024, is our favorite new recipe, but we’ve got plenty of other delicious spins on mayo, including a few vegan options. With these mayonnaise recipes under your belt, you can take your sandwiches and potato salads—as well as burgers, fries, and any other foods that welcome mayonnaise’s rich, creamy flavor—up a notch. 

Two-Minute Mayonnaise

Using an immersion blender, you end up with a cup full of creamy, perfectly emulsified, real-deal, better-than-anything-you-can-buy mayonnaise.

Egg White Mayonnaise

If you're a baker, you're probably used to having a container of leftover egg whites on hand at all times—put them to good use in this yolk-free mayo.

Caesar Mayo

Thicker than a classic mayonnaise, but with the unmistakable cheesy-garlic-briny flavors of a Caesar dressing? This mayo is great on everything.

Chipotle Mayonnaise

Spicy, cool, earthy, and smoky, this mayonnaise will bring loads of flavor to anything from chips to burgers.

Spicy 'Nduja Mayonnaise

For the best spicy mayonnaise, stir in some funky, salty 'nduja.

Sun-Dried Tomato and Roasted Garlic Mayo

For this recipe, you'll want to reach for non-oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes and soften them in boiling water so they're easier to blend.

Basil and Parmesan Mayonnaise

Here, basil, parmesan, anchovies, and garlic are puréed in a food processor along with the standard mayo ingredients of egg yolk, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard; then an emulsion is formed by slowly drizzling in a combo of regular and extra-virgin olive oils.

Spicy Duckonnaise

Light and creamy, with just a hint of duck flavor, this mayonnaise is ideal for anyone wondering what to do with any leftover duck fat.

Easy Vegan Mayonnaise (With Aquafaba)

This two-minute egg-free mayonnaise is made from the liquid found inside a can of chickpea. Known as aquafaba, it provides plenty of protein and starch to help emulsify an egg-free mayonnaise.

Vegan Mayonnaise

The most neutral, natural-tasting vegan mayo is made with a bit of silken tofu replacing the egg yolks. You might just be fooled into thinking it's regular mayo...