Simple Egg Salad

Simple egg salad sandwich

Spring is around the corner and it’s the perfect time for cold sandwiches like egg or chicken salad. Egg salad is such a simple weeknight sandwich to whip up, especially if you have a batch of hardboiled eggs ready to go. Most egg salad recipes contain mayonnaise, but I love this one because it uses Greek yogurt in lieu of traditional mayonnaise.

This recipe is pretty basic, so feel free to add to it what you wish like, red onions, green onions, pickles, kalamata olives or capers.  Really, feel free to doctor it up anyway you want. I like things simple, so this version works for me.

Simple egg salad sandwich

simple egg salad:

Recipe from 101 cookbooks
makes enough for 4 sandwiches

  • 6 large eggs
  • 4 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt or mayonnaise – you can add more or less here depending on how moist you like your salad
  • sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
  • 2 celery stalks, washed and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
  • optional – squeeze of fresh lemon juice

Ingredients for simple egg salad sandwich
To make this an easy week-night meal, I hard-boil my eggs the day before, so all I have to do when it comes to dinner is peel the eggs and assemble the salad.

For those of you that are not familiar with how to hard-boil an egg, I will show you the method I use. I follow the Cooks Illustrated  foolproof method, as I truly trust those guys when it comes to cooking, and I get great eggs every time.

Gently place 6 large eggs in a single layer in a medium sized saucepan.  Note: You want to make sure that you have a pan large enough to hold the eggs in a single layer, covered by an inch of water. Cover with 1-inch of cold water and bring to a boil over high heat.

Hardboiled eggs in a pot
When the water comes to a boil, remove pan from the heat, cover, and let the eggs sit for 10 minutes I always set my timer here. While the eggs are sitting, get out a medium bowl and fill it with cold water and ice.

When the eggs are finished cooking, remove them with a slotted spoon or mesh strainer, place them in the ice bath and let them sit there for 5 minutes to cool and to stop their cooking.

Eggs in a pot with ice
While your eggs are sitting in their ice bath, wash and chop up your celery and chives.

Chopped celery and chives
When the eggs have cooled, crack and peel each egg and place them in a medium bowl.  Add in 3-4 tablespoons of the Greek yogurt, (or mayonnaise) a few pinches of salt and pepper.  I wanted to show you the photo of the eggs before they got mashed up. See how pretty and yellow the yolk is?

Hardboiled eggs with mayo in a bowl
Mash up the eggs with a fork and mix to blend in the yogurt.

Mashing eggs with a fork
Stir in the chopped celery and chives. Give the salad a taste and adjust the seasonings; adding more salt, pepper or more yogurt if you want your salad moister. Feel free to add a splash of fresh lemon juice if desired.

Mixed eggs with celery and chives
Toast your bread slices (or not). Put a layer of lettuce, arugula or spinach on one slice of toasted bread, spread the egg salad mixture on top of the lettuce, put another slice of toasted bread on top.  Easy peasy.  You could also skip the bread and throw this salad on top of some mixed greens.  I’m a carb girl, so I prefer eating mine as a sandwich.

See how simple this sandwich was to prepare? The only part that took some time was cooking up the eggs, but as I said earlier, I always cook them up ahead of time.

Assembling egg salad sandwiches
We love pairing this sandwich with my kid friendly caesar salad or heirloom tomato soup, when its heirloom season.

Simple egg salad sandwich

With love Jackie

Simple Egg Salad

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Recipe by Jackie
Servings

4

sandwiches

    Ingredients

    • 6 large eggs

    • 4 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt or mayonnaise - you can add more or less here depending on how moist you like your salad

    • sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

    • 2 celery stalks, washed and chopped

    • 2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped

    • optional - squeeze of fresh lemon juice

    Directions

    • To make this an easy week-night meal, I hard boil my eggs the day before, so all I have to do when it comes to dinner is peel the eggs and assemble the salad.

    • For those of you that are not familiar with how to hard-boil an egg, I will show you the method I use. I follow the Cooks Illustrated foolproof method, as I truly trust those guys when it comes to cooking, and I get great eggs every time.

    • Gently place 6 large eggs in a single layer in a medium sized saucepan. Note: You want to make sure that you have a pan large enough to hold the eggs in a single layer, covered by an inch of water.

    • Cover with 1-inch of cold water and bring to a boil over high heat.

    • When the water comes to a boil, remove pan from the heat, cover, and let the eggs sit for 10 minutes. I always set my timer here.

    • While the eggs are sitting, get out a medium bowl and fill it with cold water and ice.

    • When the eggs are finished cooking, remove them with a slotted spoon or mesh strainer, place them in the ice bath and let them sit there for 5 minutes to cool and to stop their cooking.

    • While your eggs are sitting in their ice bath, wash and chop up your celery and chives.

    • When the eggs have cooled, crack and peel each egg and place them in a medium bowl.

    • Add in 3-4 tablespoons of the Greek yogurt, (or mayonnaise) a few pinches of salt and pepper.

    • Mash up the eggs with a fork and mix to blend in the yogurt.

    • Stir in the chopped celery and chives.

    • Give the salad a taste and adjust the seasonings; adding more salt, pepper or more yogurt if you want your salad moister. Feel free to add a splash of fresh lemon juice if desired.

    • Toast your bread slices. Put a layer of lettuce, arugula or spinach on one slice of toasted bread, spread the egg salad mixture on top of the lettuce, put another slice of toasted bread on top. Easy peasy.

    • See how simple this sandwich was to prepare? The only part that took some time was cooking up the eggs, but as I said earlier, I always cook them up ahead of time.

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      15 thoughts on “Simple Egg Salad”

        1. Thanks Amanda. Greek yogurt is the new mayo! Just kidding 🙂 I still love my cilantro-lime mayo and don’t think I would ever substitute yogurt there.

      1. Looks SO delicious! Ive been having a really hard week at work – dealing with lots of depressing social worky type issues – and reading your blog post and looking at your pretty pictures has been like a little ray of sunshine :). I also saw your picture on instagram earlier and went and got me some eggs. Im going to have them scrambled and with smoked salmon (since its a dinner thing) but I also got some multigrain bread and I am STOKED. Dinner in bed me thinks. Xoxox

        1. Oh Em! I’m sorry about the work stuff that you’re dealing with. I know that you are a ray of sunshine to all of those homeless people you are helping. Your bright and positive energy and your sweet nurturing nature are two amazing qualities that make you the perfect fit for your job. I’m sure you brighten each and everyone’s day by just being there. Dinner in bed sounds like a perfect plan and I love the scrambled eggs and salmon thing! xoxo, Jackie

        1. Hi Annie! That is seriously the reason I was never into egg salad either, all that mayo. I’m also not a fan of the traditional potato salad either. I hope you enjoy it when you make it 🙂

      2. Yum, I love egg salad! I make it a lot at home but only use 1 T. of light mayo, I don’t like a gooey mayonnaise-y egg salad either. I’ll have to try the yogurt next time! I usually put a little curry powder in mine too. Looks delish!
        Just got home – took my parents to my dad’s cardiology appointment and other errands in Tacoma which is about 1 1/2 hours from here. It was nice spending the day with them but I’m tired now! Funny how I get so tired just driving all day. Truckers must be exhausted! 🙂 Okay, talk soon. xoxo, Sharon

        1. I so get it girl! I get the same way when I’m in the car running around all day. It’s draining! I like the idea of adding curry powder. How much do you add, a teaspoon?

          1. I’m terrible at measuring! It’s probably about 1/4 – 1/20 tsp – just a few sprinkles, but I usually only make egg salad with 2 eggs so with this recipe I’d probably add 1 tsp and then taste to see if you need more.

      3. Thanks for such an easy and delicious recipe for egg salad. I always stayed away from egg salad because of all the mayo involved, but this one had none! It’s a keeper and my eggs were cooked to perfection, so that was helpful as well! You have a wonderful blog! Carrie 🙂

        1. Hi Carrie! I’m so glad you made the egg salad and loved it. Yaay! It’s always nice to hear what other people think of a recipe, so thanks for stopping by and letting me know. xoxo, Jackie

      4. Hi there! What do you guys usually have as a side with this? College girl trying to eat healthy…not always the most fun thing 🙂

        1. Hi Cheyenne! Oh my gosh, you can pair just about anything with this. I usually pair my lacinato kale salad, as that’s my FAVE and is so easy to make and lasts 3 days! http://www.marinmamacooks.com/2012/03/lacinato-kale-salad/ I make it at least 3x a week, I’m so addicted! 🙂 You could also roast up some broccoli or Brussels sprouts. http://www.marinmamacooks.com/2014/08/roasted-broccoli/, http://www.marinmamacooks.com/2014/10/5-minute-roasted-brussels-sprouts/
          Any one of my salads also work! http://www.marinmamacooks.com/category/salads/
          Anyway, I hope one of those look good to you! xoxo, Jacquelyn

        1. Hi Yvette! Oh gosh! I wish I could tell you! I don’t actually know how many calories there is per serving. I think I need to figure out how to use that tool. All I know is that making egg salad with Green Yogurt is better than mayo right? If I can figure out how to use a calorie counter, I will let you know 🙂 Sorry! xoxo, Jacquelyn

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