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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Appetizers and Snacks » Salsa De Ajo (garlic Sauce)

    Salsa de Ajo (Garlic Sauce)

    Nov 8, 2021 · Modified: Nov 23, 2022 by Erica Dinho · 18 Comments

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    This Garlic Sauce is perfect to serve with plantain chips, yuca fries, patacones or on top of baked potatoes or grilled chicken. It's a versatile and flavorful sauce.

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    This Salsa de Ajo is a popular and simple Colombian garlic sauce made with a mixture of mayonnaise, fresh garlic, lime juice and cilantro. If you are not a cilantro fan feel free to replace it with parsley.

    You can also replace the mayonnaise with Greek yogurt for a lighter version if you want.

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    Garlic Sauce Recipe (Salsa de Ajo)

    Erica Dinho
    5 from 17 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Course Appetizer
    Cuisine Colombian
    Servings 1 cup
    Calories 1554 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 cup of mayonnaise
    • 5 fresh garlic cloves peeled
    • ¼ cup of fresh cilantro
    • ¼ teaspoon of salt or to your taste
    • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

    Instructions
     

    • Blend all the ingredients until well mixed. Scrape down the sides if necessary.
    • Taste the sauce and add more salt if necessary.

    Notes

    • If you prefer a milder garlic flavor, use roasted garlic.
    • You can store this garlic sauce in the fridge up to 2 days in an airtight container.
    • Use a good store bought mayonnaise for this recipe. If you feel more adventure make homemade mayo.
    • This sauce can be use as a dip for yuca and potato fries, plantain chips and to drizzle over grilled chicken or add it to a burgers, wraps and sandwiches.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 1554kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 3gFat: 168gSaturated Fat: 26gPolyunsaturated Fat: 100gMonounsaturated Fat: 38gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 2009mgPotassium: 161mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 432IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 1mg
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    In Colombia this garlic sauce is used as a dip for patacones (fried green plantains), plantains chips, French fries and yuca fries, and as a topping for mazorca dresgranada (a corn and cheese dish), hamburgers, hot dogs and sandwiches. If you love garlic like me this sauce is perfect for you, but if you prefer a milder garlic flavor just roast the garlic in the oven before making the sauce.

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    This garlic sauce recipe is very easy to make and very addictive. It will take your chips to another level.

    This time I made this sauce using store bought mayonnaise, but you can use homemade mayonnaise as well. I used a blender to mix the ingredients, but you can also use a food processor. This garlic sauce recipe can be double to serve a crowd. Store in a jar covered in the fridge for up to 2 days.

    Buen provecho!

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    More sauce recipes you may want to try:

    Avocado Sauce (Salsa de Aguacate)

    Pink Sauce (Salsa Rosada)

    Colombian Hot Sauce (Ají Picante)

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    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Belinda @zomppa

      February 12, 2014 at 5:51 am

      5 stars
      Fantastic! So many things this can go with...

      Reply
    2. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      February 12, 2014 at 12:07 pm

      5 stars
      We love garlic sauce too!

      Reply
    3. rebecca

      February 12, 2014 at 11:10 pm

      5 stars
      oh i love the sound of this esp with all the garlic

      Reply
    4. ela@GrayApron

      February 13, 2014 at 12:59 am

      5 stars
      Oh mine! This one looks delicious! Garlic and cilantro...loooove it! 🙂 ela

      Reply
    5. Dedy@Dentist Chef

      February 13, 2014 at 4:08 am

      5 stars
      wow, what a tasty dip!!!
      btw, my oven baked panko crushted grouper fillet would be perfect with your salsa de ajo, i just hope that i lives next to your home......

      Reply
    6. Von

      February 13, 2014 at 7:14 am

      5 stars
      Hi Erica, thanks for visiting my blog too!! I don't make dips often enough.....need to try this some time 🙂

      Reply
    7. MYT CR8TiV

      February 13, 2014 at 4:14 pm

      5 stars
      Interesting ! I <3 Garlic so I'll have to try this sometime. It's similar to my Onion dip recipe where you just grate an onion into mayo, add salt, pepper, a dash of Tapatio, Lime juice, and a dash of soy sauce. The more onion you add the more onion flavor. I love it just dipping crackers, plain potato chips, etc. So I'm gonna try this one too.

      Reply
    8. Norma-Platanos, Mangoes & Me!

      February 18, 2014 at 7:39 am

      5 stars
      It's addictive!!!!

      Reply
    9. Alejandra

      February 24, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      5 stars
      Erica, do you think (or do you know), is this sauce similar to the one they use at "El Sandwich Cubano" restaurants in Colombia?

      Reply
      • Erica Dinho

        February 25, 2014 at 7:47 am

        5 stars
        Hi Alejandra,

        It is VERY similar..but,theirs has more garlic flavor!

        Reply
    10. Mayito Castillo

      March 31, 2014 at 8:04 pm

      5 stars
      Me enanta sta salsa, teniendo la receta la hare muy seguido. Gracias por compartirla!

      Reply
    11. Kevin

      January 26, 2015 at 7:38 pm

      5 stars
      Wow awesome recipe, in colombia there was a sandwich spot that had a delicious Ajo sauce, Im def going to try this out can't wait, Thanks For Sharing !!!

      Reply
    12. MERCY

      September 28, 2016 at 2:03 pm

      5 stars
      GRACIAS QUERIDA PAISANA.TE DESEO MUCHOS EXITOS, MUY LINDO TU BLOG.VOY HACER LA SALSA DE AJO Y ME DEBE QUEDAR MUY RICA,TE AVISARE COMO ME FUE.CON UN ABRAZO MUY FRATERNAL

      Reply
    13. Captain Dave

      December 30, 2017 at 12:06 am

      5 stars
      Something I learned in Venezuela cream cheese or feta cheese garlic in the blender cilantro

      Reply
    14. B.T.

      February 08, 2020 at 1:45 pm

      5 stars
      This sauce is AWESOME!

      Reply
    15. I j

      May 11, 2020 at 9:21 pm

      5 stars
      Its runny is it supposed to be like that or thick? What can I do to get the thickness iof foljlowed the recipe to the T

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      • Erica Dinho

        May 13, 2020 at 12:46 pm

        5 stars
        This is not a thick sauce.

        Reply
    16. Albert Riley

      August 26, 2021 at 8:44 am

      This sauce was the best combination with french fries. I really loved it. Thanks.

      Reply

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