Egg Salad with Mustard Dressing
This egg salad is a great recipe made with simple ingredients. Perfect hard-boiled eggs, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, mayonnaise, and fresh herbs are so easy to put together! The result is a creamy, bright, and tangy salad.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 10 large boiled eggs, diced
- 1 cup finely diced celery
- ¼ cup diced onions
- ⅓ cup chopped parsley
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard or yellow mustard
- ⅓ cup sweet pickle relish
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Begin by hard boiling the eggs. Place the eggs in a large saucepan of boiling water and put eggs in a single layer. Then fill the pan with enough cold water so that it covers the eggs by about 1 inch of water.
- Bring eggs to a rolling boil over high heat for 9 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat. Drain the hot water, add cold water and let the eggs sit in the water or in a bowl of ice water for about 5 minutes, then easily peel your hard-cooked eggs.
- Then, dry the eggs and once they are of room temperature, chop into 1/4-inch pieces or use an egg slicer.
- In a large bowl or a medium bowl, add the mayonnaise, mustard, sweet pickle relish, salt and black pepper and mix.
- Then, to the dressing, add the chopped eggs, diced celery, diced red onions, and chopped parsley. Mix gently. Sprinkle top of the creamy egg salad with celery seed and chopped onion. You can use chopped cubes of green or red onion.
- Serve this bright color salad of a very creamy texture on bread slices or toast in a single layer, croissant, you can also serve it with crackers or as lettuce boats.
Notes
Top Tips:
- Don't forget to check out this blog: Easy Peel No Fail Hard Boiled Eggs! You will learn a great way to have extra hard boiled eggs with hard egg whites and hard egg yolks.
- If you prefer, you can also boil eggs in an instant pot.
- Instead of chopping, you can simply use egg slicer.
- For spicy food lovers, add smoky paprika, a sprinkle of olive oil, and a pinch of celery seeds which is a secret ingredient for sourness in the creamy dressing.