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Creamy Egg Salad

It’s an easy recipe, yes, but it’s also easy to make less-than-perfect egg salad. The secret? Divide (the eggs) and conquer.

International80 minhard4 servings
Creamy Egg Salad

Ingredients

  • 10 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon slemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 celery rib , chopped fine
  • 2 tablespoon sfinely chopped fresh chives
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Combine 4 cups water and 4 cups ice cubes in large bowl; set aside. Place eggs in large saucepan, cover with 1 inch water, and bring to boil over high heat. Remove pan from heat, cover, and let stand 8 minutes. Pour off water from saucepan and gently shake pan back and forth to crack egg shells. Transfer eggs to ice water and cool 5 minutes.
  2. Peel eggs and halve lengthwise. Transfer yolks to large bowl. Using potato masher, mash yolks with mayonnaise, lemon juice, mustard, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Whisk mixture until smooth; set aside.
  3. Chop whites into ¼ inch pieces. Fold whites, celery, chives, and parsley into yolk mixture and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve. (Salad can be refrigerated in airtight container for 2 days.)
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