Old bay egg salad!

This egg salad gets a makeover with chopped pickles, dijon mustard, and old bay seasoning. #meandthemoose #lunch #eggsalad #oldbay #lunchrecipes

This isn’t regular egg salad, it’s cool egg salad. This sometimes-boring deli staple gets a makeover with pickles, dijon mustard, and old bay seasoning.

Take me to the eggs!

This egg salad gets a makeover with chopped pickles, dijon mustard, and old bay seasoning. #meandthemoose #lunch #eggsalad #oldbay #lunchrecipes

I used to HATE egg salad, which doesn’t really make sense. I like hard boiled eggs. I’m not anti-mayo. I love tuna and other salad-y spreads. So why did I hate egg salad? It’s boring. It sometimes smells sulfur-y. It can have a weird texture with the cooked egg whites and the chalky yolks.

So we solved some of those problems. Adding in lots of flavorful ingredients like pickles and Dijon and Old Bay are the way to get around both the smelliness, the boringness, and the weird texture. Eureka!

This egg salad gets a makeover with chopped pickles, dijon mustard, and old bay seasoning. #meandthemoose #lunch #eggsalad #oldbay #lunchrecipes

Old Bay Egg Salad

Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 2 sandwiches

4 hard boiled eggs, peeled
2 dill pickle spears, chopped
2 Tbsp mayo
1/2-1 tsp old bay seasoning, depending on taste
1-2 tsp Dijon mustard, depending on taste
1/4 tsp kosher salt, plus more to taste

Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Gently add the eggs to the water and bring back to a boil. Turn the flame to low and let the eggs boil gently (we want some little bubbles right around the eggs; if the boiling stops completely, turn the flame back up slightly). Cook for 10 minutes and then place the eggs in an ice bath. Let cool for 10 minutes and peel under cold water.

Chop the eggs and the pickles and place in a large bowl. Add the mayo, 1/2 tsp of old bay, 1 tsp of mustard, and salt. Taste for seasoning and add more old bay, salt, and/or mustard to taste.