Loaded Egg Salad Recipe

Name: Loaded Egg Salad Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 8 eggs; ¼ red onion (minced); 2 ribs of celery (finely diced); ¼ cup sliced bread and butter pickles (chopped); ¼ cup roasted bell peppers (chopped); ⅓ cup shredded cheddar cheese; ¼ cup mayonnaise; 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard; salt and pepper, to taste

Loaded Egg Salad is a delicious way to use up all of those boiled eggs after coloring fun with your kids. With red onions, celery, pickles, and more you will have the best egg salad sandwiches marked out of your leftover hard boiled eggs.

Close up view of Loaded Egg Salad in a serving bowl

If you want to speed up the process or a more hands-off approach to making the boiled eggs you can always make the hard boiled eggs in the instant pot too!

I promise even with the list of ingredients, this is an easy egg salad recipe that can be made ahead of time like a classic egg salad. It is a perfect Easter recipe for lunch to keep it simple and not have lots of hard-boiled eggs go to waste.

Ingredients used to make Loaded Egg Salad:

Egg, chopped eggs
Red onion, minced
Ribs celery, finely diced
Bread and butter pickles, chopped
Roasted bell peppers, chopped
Shredded cheddar cheese
Mayonnaise
Dijon
Salt
Black pepper

How to make Loaded Egg Salad:

Hard-boil the eggs. Place the eggs in a saucepan and cover them with water. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 12 minutes. Transfer the eggs to an ice bath to cool in the cold water.
Peel the eggs. Once the eggs have cooked, peel them, discard the shells, and chop them into small pieces.
Put it all together. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, onion, celery, pickles, bell peppers, shredded cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, and Dijon mustard. Mix gently until everything is well coated in the dressing.
Season. Taste the egg salad and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Chill and serve. Refrigerate the egg salad for at least 30 minutes in an airtight container and serve cold on its own, in a sandwich, or as a cold salad with your favorite crackers.

Loaded Egg Salad served on a piece of bread with a bowl of Loaded Egg Salad in the background

Notes for your new favorite egg salad recipe:

If you don’t plan on making this recipe into deviled eggs, you can always skip the egg shells and crack them into a small bowl, make them in a pressure cooker instead of the stove top, and then just chop them up.
Make the egg salad up ahead of time to let the flavors develop and have the best egg salad recipe ever.
Serve the egg salad on a lettuce wrap to make a great low carb recipe.

Can this be served at room temperature?

Since this easy recipe is made with eggs and mayo, you will want to make sure that you keep this recipe cold until you are ready to eat it.

Ways to serve egg salad

You can serve this easy egg salad either on a delicious croissant, low carb tortillas, lettuce wrap, or a bed of greens, and you will be able to enjoy your favorite egg salad recipes in more ways than one!

What to serve along with egg salad:

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Serves: 6 (4-6) Servings