Egg Salad with Sour Cream Recipe

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This egg salad with sour cream recipe is a quick and easy lunch idea, that’s ready in less than 30 minutes. It’s savory, full of flavor, and has a creamy texture with a wonderful crunch from fresh chopped celery.

This mayo-free egg salad makes a wonderful sandwich on white or whole wheat bread, is perfect for lettuce wraps, or makes a great dip or spread on crackers. Follow our step-by-step guide below and make this easy egg salad recipe today.

Want more quick and easy lunch ideas? Try our Mediterranean pasta salad recipe, tuna salad with Greek yogurt, and our favorite pizza bagel air fryer recipe!

This mayo-free egg salad with sour cream is a fun twist on a classic dish!  This easy egg salad has loads of flavor, creaminess, and is perfect for a light dinner or lunch – all without added mayonnaise. 

This sour cream egg sandwich makes an easy lunch recipe, ready in just about 5 minutes if you already have hardboiled eggs. It’s great anytime of year, and the simple ingredients make this recipe shine.

Why This Recipe Works

• It’s bright, creamy, and flavorful!
• A great mayo-free egg salad recipe
• This quick and easy meal is ready in under 30 minutes, and even faster if you already have hard-boiled eggs.
• Our easy step-by-step instructions below (with photos) are easy to follow – cooks of any skill level can make this egg salad.
• A great meatless and vegetarian lunch idea.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Hard boiled eggs – I use my easy peel hard boiled egg recipe… works like a charm every time – no chipped shells or hard-to-peel eggs.

Sour cream makes a great substitution for mayonnaise which is classic in egg salad. The sour cream is tangy, light, and the perfect addition. You can use regular or lite sour cream, depending on your preferences.

Sweet Relish gives this dish a little extra sweetness. I love a classic sweet relish which has a nice crunch and a sweet and tangy flavor.

Pantry ingredients like prepared yellow mustard, white vinegar, sea salt, and black pepper.

Onion Powder: adds a delicious and savory flavor to this dish as well, and the onion powder is great to add a little onion flavor to this dish… without actual onion.

Be sure to visit the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!

Additions and Substitutions

You could use fresh chopped onion for this egg salad, instead of the onion powder. 1 tablespoon of finely chopped sweet yellow onion, red onion, or sliced green onions would be great substitutes.

You can try different types of mustard to give this egg salad a different flavor profile. Use stone ground mustard, whole grain mustard, or Dijon instead of regular yellow mustard.

Add extra vegetables for more flavor – a tablespoon of capers, chopped roasted red pepper, or sliced olives would all be great add-ins.

How To Make This Recipe

Step 1: If you are making the hardboiled eggs – bring a pot of water to a boil and add the eggs in. Cook for 11 minutes, and run the eggs under cook water. When cool enough to handle, peel eggs and mash with with a fork.

Step 2: To the eggs, add the vinegar, sweet relish, sour cream, onion powder, mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix well to combine.

Step 3: Add the chopped salary, and fold it into the egg salad. Taste, and adjust seasoning as needed – adding more salt or pepper if desired.

Step 4: Enjoy egg salad on a sandwich, as a wrap, or on a bed of fresh greens.

Recipe FAQs

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If you made this recipe, please leave a star rating and let me know how it went in the comments below. I’d love to hear from you!

Egg Salad with Sour Cream

By: Kelly Jensen

This egg salad with sour cream recipe is a quick and easy lunch idea, that’s ready in less than 30 minutes. It’s savory, full of flavor, and has a creamy texture with a wonderful crunch from fresh chopped celery.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Lunch, Salad, Sandwich

Cuisine American

Servings 4 1/4-cup servings

Calories 150 kcal

Equipment

• Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

  

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• 6 hardboiled eggs shells removed and rinsed
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
• 2 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1/2 cup celery chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 tablespoon sweet relish
• Sea Salt and Black Pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• If you are making the hardboiled eggs – bring a pot of water to a boil and add the eggs in. Cook for 11 minutes, and run the eggs under cook water. When cool enough to handle, peel eggs and mash with with a fork.
• To the eggs, add the vinegar, sweet relish, sour cream, onion powder, mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix well to combine.
• Add the chopped salary, and fold it into the egg salad. Taste, and adjust seasoning as needed – adding more salt or pepper if desired.
• Enjoy egg salad on a sandwich, as a wrap, or on a bed of fresh greens.

Notes

Additions and Substitutions

You could use fresh chopped onion for this egg salad, instead of the onion powder. 1 tablespoon of finely chopped sweet yellow onion, red onion, or sliced green onions would be great substitutes.

You can try different types of mustard to give this egg salad a different flavor profile. Use stone ground mustard, whole grain mustard, or Dijon instead of regular yellow mustard.

Add extra vegetables for more flavor – a tablespoon of capers, chopped roasted red pepper, or sliced olives would all be great add-ins.

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 10gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 285mgSodium: 208mgPotassium: 149mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 597IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 1mg

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