How to Make Egg Salad Sandwiches and Deviled Eggs

Basic Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe

Learn how to make egg salad with this basic recipe. Serve it on toast, croissants, crackers, lettuce leaves, or your favorite bread.

Ingredients

• 4 boiled eggs, peeled
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise, or less if desired
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon pickle juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped pickles, optional
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese, optional
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Mash the boiled eggs in a small bowl.
2. Stir in mayonnaise and mustard.
3. Add pickle juice, chopped pickles, and cheddar cheese if using.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Serve on toast, croissants, crackers, wrapped in lettuce, or on your favorite bread.

Sabrina's Easy Egg Salad

By Sabrina Goldson from Florida

Ingredients

• 2 boiled eggs
• 1/4 piece white onion, chopped
• 1/4 piece celery, chopped
• 1/4 piece tomato, chopped
• 2 spoonfuls mayonnaise
• 1 spoonful relish with a little relish juice
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Chop the boiled eggs and mash them in a bowl.
2. Add onion, celery, and tomato.
3. Stir in mayonnaise and relish.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Serve and enjoy.

Basic Deviled Eggs

Before you make deviled eggs, boil the eggs and allow them to cool. Count on 1 whole egg per person. This gives each person two deviled egg halves.

How to Boil the Eggs

1. Add eggs to a pot of water.
2. Bring the water to a full boil.
3. Place the lid on the pan and turn off the heat.
4. Let the eggs sit for about 15 minutes.
5. Cool, peel, and rinse the eggs.

How to Fill Deviled Eggs

1. Cut eggs in half with a table knife.
2. Place yolks in a bowl and egg whites on a serving platter.
3. Mash yolks with mayonnaise, mustard, pickle juice, and seasonings.
4. Spoon the mixture back into the egg white halves.
5. Or place the filling in a zip-top bag, cut off one corner, and pipe it into the egg whites.
6. Sprinkle with paprika and refrigerate until ready to serve.