Egg Salad

Serve this creamy egg salad on a bed of lettuce or on whole wheat bread for a quick lunch.

Egg Salad
Yield
4 servings
Serving size
1/4 of recipe
Rating
3.78 of 5 (64 ratings)

Food groups

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash hands with soap and water.
  2. Put the eggs in a pan of cold water.
  3. Simmer for 20 minutes.
  4. Cool promptly in cold water, then in refrigerator, so the eggs will be easy to shell.
  5. Remove the shells from eggs, and chop the eggs finely.
  6. Mix all the ingredients together.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientAmount
Total Calories168.79
Total Fat15.32 g
Saturated Fat3.21 g
Monounsaturated Fat4 g
Polyunsaturated Fat7 g
Linoleic Acid6 g
α-Linolenic Acid0.8 g
Omega 3 - EPA0 g
Omega 3 - DHA0 g
Cholesterol211.28 mg
Carbohydrates1.41 g
Dietary Fiber0.08 g
Total Sugars0.85 g
Added Sugars included1 g
Protein6.39 g
Calcium26 mg
Potassium71 mg
Sodium478.9 mg
Copper0 mg
Iron1 mg
Magnesium6 mg
Phosphorus97 mg
Selenium16 mg
Zinc1 mg
Vitamin A94 mcg
Vitamin B60 mg
Vitamin B120.5 mcg
Vitamin C0 mg
Vitamin D1 mcg
Vitamin E1 mg
Vitamin K24 mcg
Folate36 mcg
Thiamin0 mg
Riboflavin0.2 mg
Niacin0 mg
Choline173 mg

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Source

Recipe by: Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network

Published by: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion / SNAP-Ed) on MyPlate Kitchen at https://www.myplate.gov/recipes/egg-salad. Federal works are public domain in the United States.

This edition: preserved and enhanced by MyPlate.food — cleaned and completed data, structured nutrition and food-group amounts, images remastered from the USDA originals, and translations into Spanish, French, Korean, and German. The original USDA recipe is public domain; this enhanced edition is free to cite and reuse with credit to MyPlate.food. Custom licensing: myplate.food/partners.

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