Simple Ham Salad Recipe

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Simple Ham Salad Recipe

A simple ham salad recipe elevated to incredible with the addition of a few unique ingredients. And is utterly delicious. Ready in 10 minutes, it's a salad you'll make all season!

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Servings: servings

Calories: 144kcal

Author: Stephanie Wilson

Ingredients

1 ½ pound cooked ham leftover or deli, minced or cubed
2 hard-boiled eggs
1 stalk celery roughly chopped
2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
3 teaspoons stone-ground mustard
½ teaspoon creole or Cajun seasoning
1 tablespoon fresh dill fronds minced (½ teaspoon dried)
1 /2 cup mayonnaise

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Instructions

Food Processor Method

To use a food processor or blender (which makes this process exceedingly quick and easy), add the ham, eggs, and celery. Season with a sprinkling of salt and pepper if needed. Taste the ham for saltiness before adding additional salt.
Pulse the ingredients until they're minced. For me, this is about 5 to 7 medium pulses. I look for pea-size chunks of ingredients. Scrape the bowl or blender as needed to combine ingredients evenly. This mixture should result in about 3 cups of minced ham.
In a small bowl, combine the relish, mustard, creole seasoning, fresh dill, and mayonnaise. Fold it into the minced ham.

Mixing by Hand

Be sure to finely mince the ham, eggs, and celery. In a small bowl, combine the relish, mustard, creole seasoning, fresh dill, and mayonnaise before folding it into the minced ham.
Cover and refrigerate the ham salad until ready to use.

Notes

Ham

Leftover ham is perfect in this recipe. But ham steaks also work great. You can even use deli ham, but be sure to get the thickest slices you can. Otherwise, the mixture and resemble pate instead of salad.
Before adding additional salt to the Ham Salad, be sure to taste for saltiness. Most often, I add no additional salt to the recipe.

Ways to Serve Ham Salad

Ham Salad is so versatile, that it's delicious served as a dip, or on sandwich bread, buns, or slider buns. They also make incredibly delicious tea sandwiches

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