
This family-favourite egg salad sandwich recipe with creamy mayo and crunchy veggies is great served as a canapé too! My late Mom’s Old Fashioned Egg Salad Sandwiches were the stuff of legend in our family. They had just enough mayonnaise and lots of crunch from finely chopped celery and red pepper.
I loved helping my Mom make egg salad sandwiches when I was a kid. She would let me help slice the eggs with her very cool egg slicer, (affiliate link) and then she would chop the eggs up finely. When my son was old enough, Mom used to let him help her too – he loved it just as much as I used to. Here’s a photo of my late Mom and Dad with my son, taken in the early 2000s, making egg salad sandwiches for lunch.
My Mom passed away in 2008, but every time I make her classic egg salad sandwich recipe I think of her – and even though everybody tells me my egg salad tastes just as good as hers, I can’t tell you how much I’d love to taste her egg salad one more time!
How Do I Hard Boil Eggs?
There are lots of different ways to hard boil eggs, but I prefer the following method. Simply put the cold eggs in a saucepan with cold water and a generous pinch of salt. Slowly heat the water up to a rolling boil. Then turn off the heat and let the eggs sit for ten minutes. If you want an expert video tutorial, just click here Rachael Ray explain this foolproof method.
There are fewer cracked eggs when I use this method as the eggs heat up slowly with the water. In addition, I almost always find the cooked eggs are easier to peel.
Where’e The Onion?
I know a lot of folks put onion in their egg salad, but my Mom was adamant that onions had no place in it (despite the fact she loved them in other things). I think my Mom was right because I really never have tasted any other egg salad as good as hers but if you want to add onion, please feel free!
What Kind of Mayonnaise Should I Use in Egg Salad Sandwiches?
I prefer to use Hellmann’s Lighter Than Light Mayonnaise, however I recommend you use your favourite brand. My Mom swore by Miracle Whip, it was her favourite dressing.
How Do I Serve Egg Salad?
We enjoy egg salad most often in sandwiches. We prefer to toast the bread, but that’s just down to personal preference. There’s also nothing like an egg salad sandwich made with really good sourdough or rye bread. Of course, if you need a gluten free option, just use gluten free bread. You can also serve egg salad sandwich filling on crispbreads for a lower carb lunch.
For non-vegetarians who want a seriously hearty sandwich, you can add a slice of really good ham. My Mom never did this, but I know it tastes good.
Teaspoonfuls of the filling on crackers or bruschetta garnished with parsley or a thin slice of olive make delicious hors d’oeuvres.
Are Egg Salad Sandwiches Gluten Free?
The egg salad itself is gluten free, provided the mayonnaise you use is gluten free as well. Of course, you need to serve the egg salad on gluten free bread or crackers.
Egg Salad Sandwiches – Printable Recipe
Egg Salad Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 8 slices of your favourite bread toasted if you like
- 6 large eggs preferably free-range and/or organic hard boiled, cooled and finely chopped
- ¼ cup finely chopped celery
- ¼ cup finely chopped red pepper
- 3 to 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ¼ teaspoon celery salt
- ½ teaspoon dried parsley
- a couple of pinches of pepper
- a couple of pinches of curry powder to taste
- lettuce for garnish
Instructions
- Mix the eggs, celery, red pepper and mayonnaise together.
- Add the celery salt, parsley, pepper and a pinch of curry powder. Stir together well.
- Taste and adjust seasoning, adding more if necessary.
- Butter bread slices and divide the egg salad filling between four slices of bread.
- Garnish with lettuce and top with the other four slices of bread. Cut in halves or quarters to serve. Alternatively, use the egg salad filling to top crackers or bruschetta.
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Comments & Reviews
Oh I love the additional crunch with the red pepper and the curry to zip it up a notch. This does sound delicious.
Thank you, Patty 🙂 I’m so glad you like it!
This egg salad sounds wonderful! I know exactly what I am going to do with all the leftover hard boiled eggs in my fridge! Thank you!
Thank you, Brandi! I hope you and your family enjoy the recipe as much as we do 🙂
April, your mom was sooooo right—onion has no place in an egg salad sandwich! It is a delicate sandwich that would be overwhelmed by the onion. Like you, I’d love to taste my mother’s egg salad one more time!
I think so too, Jean! ❤️
Hi April,
I love family recipes rich with history, in addition I love egg salad. Your Egg Salad Sandwiches are right after my heart, I can almost taste it! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, 542. Have a great week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you so much, Miz Helen! That is such a lovely compliment 🙂 I hope you are having a great week too!
Now that’s one to try! I don’t love celery but do like peppers. I love egg salad- so I will try this!
Thank you, April! I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we do 🙂
That looks great! Now I have to make some!
Thank you, Helen!
This takes me back April! Picnics as a child always included my mother’s egg sandwiches too. She included chopped tomatoes instead of the pepper and perhaps not quite as spicy but wow were they good. My children were never quite as keen as me so when we all 3 generations used to go out together I would beg my Mum to make egg sandwiches just for me!
Lovely Easter memories.
Pamela
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I’m so happy that my post brought back happy memories, Pamela! Your Mom’s egg sandwiches sound lovely too! I hope you had a wonderful Easter.
We have always loved egg salad and it is funny that you really do need a recipe to make it. A family recipe is always a treasure for the recipe and for the memories.
Great recipe nothing like a good egg salad sandwich…
Thank you, Geraldine!
How yummy! I would have never thought of adding curry = it sounds like a delicious addition! What precious memories of your mama – that photo of your parents with your son is very special! Happy Easter, April!
Thank you, Laura! My Mom always said curry was her ‘secret’ ingredient 🙂 Happy Easter to you too!