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One of 55 egg salad recipes we measured

The Best Egg Salad

from therecipecritic.com

It ranks #1 of 55 for sweetness perceived among the egg salad recipes we compared. 69 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 4.7β˜….

hands-on15m
waiting12 min
makes4
each$0.54
kcal244
levelbeginner

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base β€” next to the median of all 55.

this recipe typical
fat0%11%
acid18%1%
egg0%79%
aromatics0%4%

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 55 for saltiness
  • #1 of 55 for sweetness perceived
  • #2 of 55 for creaminess
  • #2 of 55 for tang

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

400 g8 large eggs
55 g1/4 cup mayonnaise
6 g1 Tablespoon fresh dill, (minced)
12 g2 tbsp chives, (minced)
26 g2 tbsp dijon mustard
3 g1/2 tsp salt
1 g1/4 tsp pepper

Method: 4 steps, published by therecipecritic.com β€” open the original β†— or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

β€œI make my egg salad with a few variations. My family loves onion so I finely mince a Vidalia sweet onion, and add a lot! No bottled Dijon mustard either. My grandma (born in 1886)who taught me all her good cooking farm recipes, canning, preserving, storage, fe” β€” a cook, 4.0β˜…
β€œI love hard boiled or deviled eggs, so thought I might like egg salad sandwiches, just not the ones I grew up with. Came across this recipe and decided to give it a go. I scaled it to only 1 egg as no one else wanted to try it and I'm eating keto friendly the” β€” a cook, 5.0β˜…
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