The Best Egg Salad Recipe (2024)

This easy egg salad features hard-boiled eggs in a creamy dressing flavored with horseradish and Dijon mustard. It is a simple, yet elevated egg salad recipe that leave you excited for lunch!

Whether served as an Egg Salad Sandwich or as a wrap, egg salad is an affordable, easy option for lunch. However, many egg salad recipes are lacking flavor and can be rather heavy. But this recipe for egg salad is perfection!

Egg Salad Ingredients

• Hard-Boiled Eggs: I always use my recipe for Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs to prepare hard-boiled eggs because they are PERFECT every single time and peel like a dream. However, I have included directions for how to prepare hard-boiled eggs on the stove in case you do not have an instant pot.
• Mayonnaise: I highly suggest using real mayonnaise, not Miracle Whip, for the best flavor. Low-fat or full-fat mayonnaise both work well in this recipe.
• Prepared Horseradish: Use prepared horseradish that is just grated horseradish, vinegar, and salt, not horseradish sauce. I often find horseradish in the refrigerated deli section next to the fresh eggs.
• Dijon Mustard: Use Dijon or brown mustard for the best flavor, not yellow mustard.
• Seasonings: To further add flavor to the egg salad, this recipe calls for salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.

How to Make Egg Salad

The following tips are provided to help you achieve perfect results. You will find the detailed instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

• Prepare hard-boiled eggs either using my directions for Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs or on the stovetop and let cool.
• Once the eggs have cooled, peel the eggs and be sure to rinse them really well to ensure you don't end up with shells inside your egg salad.
• Chop the hard-boiled eggs into small pieces. You can use a mini chopper, an egg slicer, a pastry cutter, or simply use a knife to dice your eggs.

• For the egg salad dressing, stir together the mayonnaise, horseradish, mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl, until well combined.
• Add the eggs to the mayonnaise mixture and fold together until the eggs are well coated in the mayonnaise-based dressing.
• At this point, cover the egg salad and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to marry together.

Serving Suggestions

Egg Salad makes an obvious choice for an egg salad sandwich. However, it is also delicious served on lettuce cups for a low-carb option, served with crackers for dipping, or on a flour tortilla for a quick Egg Salad wrap.

Keep in mind that it is best to assemble an Egg Salad sandwich or wrap immediately prior to serving, so as to keep the bread or tortilla from becoming soggy. And regardless of how you serve it, Egg Salad should never be left at room temperature for more than 1 hour.

Recipe Modifications

• Low Cholesterol Egg Salad: If you are looking to cut back on fat and/or cholesterol, but still love the taste of egg salad, replace the mayonnaise with Greek yogurt, and instead of using a full 8 hard-boiled eggs, prepare 11 hard-boiled eggs. Discard the yolks from 8 of the hard-boiled eggs, using only the whites, along with 3 full hard-boiled eggs. The egg salad will still have some cholesterol, but much lower than the classic recipe.
• Add Crunch: If you would like a little crunch in your egg salad, add up to ½ cup of finely chopped celery or minced red onion.
• Add Pickles: For a bit of a briny taste, add 1 tablespoon of either sweet or dill pickle relish or finely chopped pickles.
• Add Bacon: Topping an egg salad sandwich with slices of baked bacon adds an irresistible smokey flavor.

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• Copycat Panera Roasted Turkey Sandwich
• Avocado Chickpea Salad Sandwich
• Quinoa Spinach Salad
• Turkey Wrap

I hope you enjoy this flavorful egg salad as much as my family does. If you gave it a try, I would love for you to leave a comment and a review below.