Southern-Style Egg Salad

Submitted by Rich Williams (‘62)
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Ingredients:

  • 6 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons sweet India pickle relish
  • 2 teaspoons yellow mustard
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 3 dashes hot sauce (such as Tabasco®) (Optional

Cooking Instructions:

  1. Cover eggs with water in a saucepan, bring to a low boil, let boil slowly for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.
  2. Transfer eggs to ice water to chill for 5 minutes; peel. Grate eggs into a medium mixing bowl and add mayonnaise, relish, mustard, sugar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Mix well.
  3. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
    Recipe Tip
You can use 1 packet of sugar substitute instead of white sugar and white pepper instead of black pepper.