Simple Chunky Egg Salad

This easy and simple chunky egg salad recipe has mayonnaise, diced eggs, pickles, celery, onion, and mustard. Garnish chunky egg salad with fresh parsley or dill if you like.

This chunky egg salad is a standard in our home and has been at family reunions and potlucks since as long as I can remember.

Serve chunky egg salad on its own, over fresh salad, or on crackers or toast.

Egg salad makes a great sandwich too. I like to add a touch more mayonnaise to the eggs and a couple slices of quick pickled red onions as a garnish for extra tang.

Making eggs salad sandwiches? The general rule of thumb is to use two eggs for every sandwich.

Chunky Egg Salad is Versatile

This is a great simple egg salad recipe because it's versatile.

Add a potato or cooked macaroni to egg salad for more bulk and texture.

Try some new spices: add a dash of ground paprika, cumin, or curry.

Herb up this simple egg salad with fresh rosemary, thyme, sage, or parsley.

The Low Down on Peeling Eggs

Plenty of great cooks/chefs have their preferred way to make a hard boiled egg.  This boiled egg recipe works for me nearly all the time, although there have been outliers.  

Peeling eggs is a mystery even to a food service professional.  I've tried adding baking soda to the pot of water or vinegar or poking the eggs with a tack on the fat end before placing in the pot to boil.  In my experience, none of that works, eggs peel the best when you talk dirty them and/or start praying....  🙂

But seriously, it's a bummer when eggs aren't peeling and playing nice. Take a breathe and do the best you can.  

The best advice for the most consistency I can give is to plunge the cooked eggs in ice water and let sit at least 20 minutes.  This will pull the egg shell and membrane a little bit away from the egg and SHOULD make it easier to peel.

Gently try to crack the entire egg lovingly under running cool water with a lot of gentle pushes on the shell (and patience!).  When it’s all cracked, find your opening and peel away. Peeling eggs is easiest to do under a gentle flow of water from the faucet.

Mayonnaise vs. Miracle Whip in Egg Salad

Mayonnaise all the way. Having said that, either of them can be used, so if you're used to Miracle Whip then use that instead.

Mayonnaise is richer, fattier, and basic. It uses real ingredients. Miracle whip is watered down, has some different spices, and has sugar. It's more like a dressing in my opinion, and it tastes pretty sweet.

You’ll need mayonnaise for this chunky egg salad recipe. Buy it at the store or look at my recipe online or watch Eat Simple Food’s video on how to make it at home.

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