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Egg salad
Also known as: Egg salad, made with mayonnaise-type salad dressing
American chopped hard-boiled egg salad bound with mayonnaise and simply seasoned.
About Egg salad
Egg salad is a cold chopped-egg dish commonly bound with mayonnaise. This profile follows a deliberately simple American version of hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, table salt and white pepper.
Egg gives a mellow savoury richness and mayonnaise adds tang and creamy depth. Fine white pepper brings gentle heat without dark flecks, while salt sharpens the otherwise soft flavour.
The salad is pale yellow and off-white with visible coarse pieces of yolk and white. Mayonnaise binds those pieces into a moist, creamy mixture that remains lightly textured rather than smooth.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Egg salad
Classic American Egg Salad.
- Whole eggsChopped salad base
- WaterEgg-cooking medium
- White vinegarEgg-cooking water acid
- MayonnaiseCreamy binder
- Table saltSeasoning
- White pepperGentle peppery seasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole eggs:
- Water:
- White vinegar:
- Mayonnaise: . Conventional mayonnaise confirms egg; the source allows homemade or store-bought and does not fix the complete formula.
- Table salt:
- White pepper:
Origins & food traditions
A Family Feast supplies the complete simple American egg-salad recipe selected here, cooking whole eggs in water with vinegar before combining the chopped eggs with mayonnaise, salt and white pepper. The reference article independently defines egg salad as chopped cooked egg bound with mayonnaise and seasonings and documents its use in American sandwiches.
Countries
- United States
Cuisines & regions
- American Cuisine
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.