A really good Southern Egg Salad. Egg salad has a myriad of additions, but most come down to a good tangy taste with the incredible edible egg. My husband said he liked mine best (I'm his second wife) because I put minced red onion in it. Truth is, I never put red onion in Egg Salad until he said that while I was making my first batch for him, and I immediately added it! Our "secret ingredient" is Old Bay Seasoning. It provides some salt and heat and then you go from there with additional salt and heat. Thanks for the post!
This is the Best. I'm not a big fan of Hot sauce so I skipped that part. I did add 1/3 Cup of chopped Green Olives patted dry, And they just set it off... Boom!!!
Fantastic! We use rye bread and a little lettuce, cut into quarters and piled high on a platter for snack or appetizer. I don't care for sweet stuff, but my son-in-law introduced me to dill pickle relish. I never knew....
This sounds delicious! Can’t wait to try it! And to the person who said this wasn’t southern, I’ve lived in the south for my entire 47 years & have never seen nor heard of egg salad with grapes & pecans in it! Chicken salad, yes, egg salad, most definitely not!
I mix the condiments and seasonings together in a separate bowl, then gently stir into the eggs, which I chop rather than grate. This gives the egg salad a more consistent flavor. I also use slightly less mayonnaise and strain the relish to prevent a runny consistency. You can always add mayonnaise to the bread. Also, if you like egg & cheese flavor combo, chop some Jarlsberg into the eggs before you stir in the condiments.
I live in Memphis and this is pretty much southern egg salad. The only difference is here they add sliced green olives.
I used dill relish instead of the sweet relish. It was yummy.
Very good egg salad! I did what I usually do and coarsely chopped the eggs, not grate them, and added some chopped celery. I used Siracha and increased the amount. It still wasn't overly spicy, just had a subtle zing. I had this on a whole wheat wrap for lunch and enjoyed it. Walter, thanks for this different take on egg salad!
5.9.20 Love egg salad and particularly liked the sweet-spicy contrast of the relish and hot sauce in this recipe. I did add a bit more hot sauce (used sriracha) just to suit my personal taste. Nice lunch today, thanks for the new recipe.
The taste was different, but, that is why I tried the recipe. I definitely won't grate it again. After mixing everything up, it was more like paste. I will try it again, but, chop the eggs next time.
