Classic Egg Salad is the perfect recipe to use for leftover Easter eggs. Let's gather up those leftover hard boiled eggs and make a delicious recipe to serve to your family today.
What do you do with the leftover colored Easter eggs? Do you enjoy them for breakfast all week long? Make deviled eggs? Or do you toss them away?
After almost 13 years of blogging, I thought this week would be the perfect time to share my favorite recipe for classic egg salad.
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This recipe is fast and easy to make...which was just what I needed when I was first married. My husband and I were both working long hours. I would boil the eggs early in the week and then on a very busy night, I could quickly make this recipe to serve on soft rolls or toasted sandwich bread.
How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs
But first before we can make the egg salad, we need to discuss how to make hard boiled eggs. Just in case you don't have any leftover hard boiled eggs, okay?
It's not that hard to do, but for some reason, some people can have a difficult time getting the perfect hard boiled egg.When I was first married I didn't know too much about cooking but I knew how to boil an egg.
Easy Tips for Boiling Eggs:
- Place the eggs in a pot and cover them with COLD water.
- Heat over high heat until the water begins to boil.
- Allow the eggs to boil for two minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat and cover with the pot’s lid.
- Let the eggs sit in the hot water for another 10 minutes.
- Drain the eggs and serve them warm OR add cold water to the pot along with a handful of ice cubes to allow them to cool.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
If you’re looking for an easy way to make hard boiled eggs, check out my post on Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs.
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Ingredients
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- Hard boiled eggs
- Mayonnaise
- Dijon mustard
- Chopped green onions or chopped celery
- ¼ cup sweet relish
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Peel the hard boiled eggs and place in a large bowl.
- Using the back of a fork or a potato masher, chop up the hard boiled eggs.
- Stir in the mayonnaise, mustard, green onions and sweet relish.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Serve your egg salad over a bed of fresh lettuce or spinach. Or you can make sandwiches using soft rolls or flaky croissants.
What to put in Egg Salad
I actually asked this question on my Facebook page the other day and thought I would share the results with you:
- Mayonnaise
- Dijon mustard
- Dill pickles
- Sweet relish
- Red onion
- Hot sauce
- Jalapeno peppers
- Avocado slices
- Celery
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Leftover Easter Egg Salad
Ingredients
- 8 hard boiled eggs
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup chopped green onions
- ¼ cup sweet relish
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Peel the hard boiled eggs and place in a large bowl.
- Using the back of a fork or a potato masher, chop up the hard boiled eggs.
- Stir in the mayonnaise, mustard, green onions and sweet relish.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve over a bed of lettuce or on top of croissants.
This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2018 with new photos and a new printable recipe card that includes nutritional information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them!
Marilyn says
Looks so yummy Lois, I'll have to try this recipe ☺️
Lois says
Thank you for visiting!
Kim @ Berly's Kitchen says
Egg salad is one of my son's favorite foods! Using leftover Easter eggs is a great idea. Wish I would've done that when he was little. 🙂
Lois says
Egg salad is a favorite here too! Thanks for visiting today Kim!