Southwestern Egg Salad

February 13, 2013 ·

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Ohhh, I love me some egg salad.

I could probably eat it every.day. forever and always.

But like everything else, if you have it every day for the rest of your life, you might get sick of it.

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Soooo, It’s always good to know how to mix it up your egg salad recipe a lil’ bit.

There was an avocado and a jalapeño sitting on my counter and the light bulb went off……

Mexican Egg Salad.

Then I thought I would probably get some hate mail, claiming I was racist or something ridiculous like that, so I went more politically correct and Southwestern Egg Salad was born.

Can I possibly say Egg Salad One.MORE.TIME?

Egg Salad.

Southwestern Egg Salad

Southwestern Egg Salad

Author: Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife
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Serves: 4
Egg Salad with a Southwestern kick.
Ingredients
  • 8 eggs
  • 1 jalapeño, seeds removed and finely chopped 1 green onion, finely chopped
  • 1/2 tablespoon Fresh Cilantro, finely chopped 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Chili Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon White Vinegar
  • 1/3 cup Mayonnaise
  • 1 Avocado, diced
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. In a medium pot, add cold water and eggs.
  2. Bring to a boil, Cover and remove from heat. Allow to sit covered for 13 minutes. Drain and place the eggs in a large bowl of ice water for 10 minutes.
  3. Peel and coarsely chop the eggs.
  4. Place the eggs in a medium bowl.
  5. Add the jalapeño, green onion,cilantro,mustard,cumin,chili powder,onion powder,and vinegar, stir to incorporate.
  6. Stir in the mayonnaise.
  7. Fold in the avocado.
  8. Put in a covered bowl and place in the refrigerator for several hours before serving.
Notes
Makes 3 1/2 cups egg salad.

 

Filed Under: Main Dishes, Salad, Sandwiches

Comments

  1. Heather at Kitchen Concoctions says:
    February 13, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Egg salad is one of my favorite go-to lunch options (even though I sometimes feel like an ‘old lady’ when I eat it)! Great to have more ‘modern’ versions!

  2. Bree says:
    February 13, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Yum-Love the Mexican flair here!

  3. teresa says:
    February 13, 2013 at 8:52 pm

    i want this for lunch tomorrow!

  4. Maggie says:
    February 14, 2013 at 1:59 am

    Hahah. I’ve gotten some nutty emails and comments since I started blogging, but being careful to accurately distinguish between Southwestern and Mexican never even occurred to me! Whatever it’s called, this looks excellent!

  5. Crunchy Beach Mama says:
    February 14, 2013 at 8:59 pm

    I love me some Egg Salad too. And you know what else I love? Mexican! Love this Leslie – pinning! 🙂

  6. grace says:
    February 15, 2013 at 11:17 am

    plain ol’ egg salad is boring and bland to me, but this…this, i like. very nice, leslie!

  7. Kari@Loaves n Dishes says:
    February 15, 2013 at 3:03 pm

    Call it what you like, I’ll call it yummy!

  8. Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says:
    February 17, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Haha, this looks and sounds awesome regardless of what it’s called!

  9. Susan Ashby says:
    February 19, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    Made this tonight. I used Cayenne instead of chili powder and added just a little bit of fresh diced onion instead of onion powder. It was sooooooo good! My husband liked it too. Good thing I boiled extra eggs because I’m having this for lunch tomorrow too!