Easy Egg Salad Recipe
My easy egg salad recipe makes the best egg salad sandwiches. It starts with perfectly hard boiled eggs and a creamy dressing. Make a delicious sandwich or serve in lettuce wraps for a light meal.
Growing up, we would often have egg salad sandwiches for lunch. My mom’s recipe for egg salad was simple, with just eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, salt and pepper.
I’ve made a few changes to her simple egg salad but I’ve kept everything that you crave in a classic egg salad recipe.
You can make this delicious egg salad ahead and refrigerate it for three days, so it’s great for meal prep. If you cook your eggs ahead of time, this healthy egg salad recipe comes together in just minutes. It’s perfect for a quick lunch. For more easy lunch ideas, try my best chicken salad recipe or my classic tuna salad.
Why you will love this recipe
- This egg salad is simple to make with just 4 ingredients, plus salt and pepper.
- This recipe has the perfect amount of creamy dressing. Your egg salad sandwich will be creamy and flavorful, not soggy.
- Egg salad is great to meal prep for make ahead meals and snacks.
How healthy is egg salad?
Egg salad is a healthy meal option. Eggs are an inexpensive, high protein food. They are nutrient-dense and fill you up so you won’t be hungry again right away.
My egg salad recipe calls for plain Greek yogurt or mayonnaise, your choice. Greek yogurt is a healthier option and I bet you won’t taste the difference. Of course, you can use mayonnaise if you prefer.
You might also like my healthy deviled eggs. If you find yourself with extra hard boiled eggs, they’re great to make for quick snacks.
How to make egg salad
There are only a few simple steps to make the best egg salad!
- Hard boil your eggs. Below, I’ll teach you my two favorite methods for cooking eggs.
- Peel and chop the eggs. While you’re at it, chop some red onion.
- Whisk together the salad dressing. I do this right in the mixing bowl to save an extra dish.
- Stir everything together.
How to make hard boiled eggs
Since I’ve gotten an Instant Pot, I always cook my eggs in it. Here’s how to make perfect hard boiled eggs.
You can also hard boil your eggs on the stove. Fill a pot with cool water and add the eggs. Bring the water to a boil, cover, and turn off the heat. Let the eggs sit in the hot water for 14 minutes.
Then drain out the hot water and then let the eggs sit in an ice bath for 10 minutes before peeling. An ice bath is just a pot or bowl filled with ice and water. Remove the egg shells right away.
Ingredients
My egg salad recipe includes just a few ingredients: hard boiled eggs, Greek yogurt or mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, red onion, salt and pepper. If you have a favorite egg salad ingredient, add it in! This recipe is easy to customize to your tastes.
How to serve
Serve this egg salad in sandwiches or wrapped in lettuce for a light lunch. My favorite way to eat this egg salad is on a piece of toasted bread, topped with sliced avocado. Try it and let me know how you like it!
How long will egg salad last?
Egg salad will last for 3 days in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Do not let egg salad sit out at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
Tips for making this recipe
- Cook your eggs ahead of time and refrigerate. Then your egg salad will be quick and easy to make.
- Change up the mix-ins to make your best egg salad recipe. Try adding finely chopped celery, shallot or green onion in place of the red onion. Add chives or other fresh herbs.
- You can use yellow mustard in place of the Dijon mustard if you prefer.
Easy Egg Salad
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt or mayonnaise
- ¼ teaspoon each of salt and pepper or to taste
- ¼ cup finely chopped red onion or to taste
Instructions
- Cook eggs: Fill a pot with cool water and add the eggs. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover the pot with a lid, turn off the heat and let stand for 14 minutes.
- Immediately drain the hot water and fill the pot with cold water and ice. Let sit for 10 minutes and then peel the eggs.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the Dijon mustard, plain Greek yogurt (or mayonnaise), salt and pepper.
- Chop the eggs and add them to the bowl, along with the chopped red onion.
- Stir until well combined.
- Taste and season, as needed.
- Serve egg salad in a sandwich with lettuce, on toasted bread topped with sliced avocado, or in lettuce wraps.
Notes
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My family loves egg salad! I will have to try it with greek yogurt instead of mayo next time.
Thank you! It’s a great way to lighten it up, and I don’t think there’s much difference in taste.
I keep egg salad in my fridge at all times to eat at any time of the day or night! I can’t wait to try cooking the eggs in the IP…this is a time-saver for sure.
Also, to make the chopping of the eggs quick and easy, I put the peeled eggs in my large mixing bowl and use a pastry cutter to chop them. It gets the job done in a fraction of the time!
That’s a great tip about how to chop the eggs quickly! You are going to love cooking eggs in your Instant Pot! They peel so easy!
Kristine after the cold bath I like to shatter the eggs completely on sink edge most of the time the shell falls right off while doing that process in hand it’s so cool
Easy & Delicious Recipe! Thank you so much for the neat way to make Egg Salad Sandwich and also the proper way to hard boil eggs!
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful to you!
I got home very late last week and didn’t have much to choose from in the way of food, but I saw I had 3 eggs in the fridge (the use-by date was still a few days away). Anyway, i found this recipe, and simply did half of everything….quick, and it was dee-lish!!! I simply used mayo, a bit of brown deli mustard, and salt/pepper, on whole wheat toast, and I was ‘da man!!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed this! It is perfect for a quick meal!
First time in my life to STEAM eggs!! I will never do it another way! Thank you!
I’m so happy that it worked well for you! Besides the Instant Pot, that’s my favorite way to cook eggs. 🙂
how to not end up with flat end on egg when it’s hard boiled
I did a quick Google search, and apparently the flat end can be a result of an air bubble that gets larger as eggs age. You can help to prevent the flat end by using fresh eggs. Some say you can also prevent a flat end by poking a small hole in the large end of the egg before cooking, but I’m not sure I would go to the effort.
Hi Denise, I’m happy to hear that you were able to make a few modifications to make this recipe suit your tastes. 🙂 As is, it’s my basic, everyday easy egg salad for when I want a quick, healthy lunch.
Made this yummy egg salad using avocado mayo. Better than my mother’s, and hers was very good! Next time I will try half Greek yogurt and half avocado mayo. I’ve been craving egg salad and am so happy I found your recipe! Thanks for sharing it.
Cannot thank you enough for this recipe–delicious and so easy!!
I’m no cook, but since my wife says she is sick of cooking after 56 years I should learn a little something to cook for myself. So I started making my own breakfast, mostly eggs. While frying 3 scrambled eggs, I kept turning & chopping with the spatula. it began to look a lot like egg salad, so,I showed my wife and she agreed to make egg salad sandwiches for both of us (with mayo and chopped up,olives). We couln’t tell the difference, they were really good without the time & hassle of boiling and peeling eggs! My with said she never heard of anyone doing this before, could that be true? If you get a chance, please let me know what you think.
Thanks, Rick
I’ve never heard of making egg salad with scrambled eggs, but if you enjoyed it then I say do what works for you. 🙂
First off – best hard boiled egg directions and results! Love this recipe and had an awesome egg salad sandwich for lunch today! Thank you!