Easy Egg Salad Recipe • Longbourn Farm (2024)

05/25/22 | 30 Minutes or Less, Main Dish,

An egg salad sandwich is super easy to toss together and ideal for any picnic or lunch situation. Serve it in a sandwich, on some crackers, or eat it with a spoon for a quick snack or meal.

I am always ready for a delicious sandwich and this easy egg salad recipe makes the perfect, filling lunch! It starts with some hard boiled eggs and turns into a perfect meal in no time flat. Double or triple the recipe as needed to feed a large crowd or keep it as-is to just feed a few.

What I love about this recipe

• It’s customizable. You can adapt the seasonings and ingredients in this recipe to suit your own tastes, or to use up whatever you may have on hand.
• You can make it in advance. Prep this egg salad up to a few days in advance and keep stored in a well-covered container in the fridge.
• Numerous ways to serve it up. Serve your egg salad on bread, crackers, or lettuce leaves for a low-carb option. We enjoy the basic sandwich bread but just about anything works great, including sliced croissants.

Ingredients

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Minced pickles
• Minced celery
• Mayonnaise
• Purple onion
• Water
• Hot sauce
• Dijon mustard
• Seasoning salt
• Salt
• Pepper

For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.

How to make egg salad sandwich

To make the egg salad

1. In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients together except for the water.
2. Now stir in the water, a little at a time, until the mixture is creamy.
3. Taste and adjust the seasonings as needed.

To make a sandwich

4. Take your freshly made egg salad and place it between two slices of bread
5. If desired you can add a fresh bed of lettuce like iceberg or butter lettuce for a fresh healthy crunch.

How to Serve Easy Egg Salad

There are many ways to serve egg salad! Here are a few of our favorites.

• Serve egg salad on a hearty roll. I like a bakery-style roll, something that will hold up to the flavors of the salad and allow you to really pile it on the bun.
• Serve egg salad on crackers for an appetizer. Spoon a little egg salad on individual crackers and top with a sprinkle of dill. Pretty and easy!
• Serve egg salad in bib lettuce. If you are wanting to eat this sandwich style but without the bun, serve it in lettuce cups! Adorable, delicious, and healthy!
• Serve egg salad as a side dish for a BBQ, cookout, or picnic. Nothing fancy is needed!

Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe Tips

• I wanted to keep the flavors and ingredients really simple and a very “classic” egg salad recipe. Once you have a great basic recipe, it’s easy to change it up and make it your own. This is the perfect recipe to do just that.
• I like to mince the mix-ins very small. I like keeping the eggs the star of the show and letting the other ingredients take a backseat. Plus, even if you love onions, getting a giant bite of red onions is a bit too much.
• When making this egg salad sandwich recipe, you can choose to use sweet pickles or dill pickles. Both will complement the recipe well and taste incredible while adding in a new flavor profile.
• You can add in as much or as little hot sauce as you prefer. I love the added flavor and subtle kick that it adds to every bite.

How to make hard-boiled eggs

• Place some raw eggs into the bottom of a large pot and add enough water to cover the eggs by one inch.
• Bring the water to a rolling boil and then turn off the heat.
• Let the pot sit covered for 10 minutes and then move the eggs to an ice bath to stop the cooking process.
• Once cooled, tap and roll to gently peel off the shells. Use as directed.
• For more tips and tricks read How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs.
• If you have an Instant Pot, use the 5-5-5 method for perfectly boiled eggs.