How To Make Egg Salad – Quick Egg Salad Recipe for One

This simple recipe for egg salad recipe for one is easy to follow and can be made in no time. Perfect for a quick lunch or snack, learn how to make this delicious dish here.

Quick Egg Salad Recipe for One

I love this easy egg salad recipe when I need a quick lunch for myself during the week. I typically eat in as an open face egg salad sandwich but served on a toasted whole wheat English muffin. It’s my comfort food.

Don’t get me wrong, I love making a classic egg salad recipe like this one, but sometimes, I only want to make it for myself since my kids aren’t super excited about egg salad like I am.

This recipe is beyond basic with only three ingredients – hard boiled eggs, relish and mayo. You have the opportunity to embellish or garnish as you see fit. See the list of recipe variations further down in this post.

• Large Eggs, hard-boiled
• Sweet pickle relish
• Mayonnaise
• Salt and black pepper (optional)

Deviled Egg Spread

The original recipe name in the green McCall’s Cook Book is Deviled-Egg Spread. Their intention was to use this as a filling for a canape spread. A canape is a small appetizer or hors d’oeuvre or in other words, little small bites.

I took the recipe and modified it as a portion of egg salad for one person. I’ve been trying to eat more protein at each meal, and eggs are a great source of protein. It’s quick to throw together at lunch time, and spread on a toasted English muffin.

Plus, deviled egg spread (aka egg salad spread) is the perfect way to use up leftover dyed Easter eggs. Just be sure they’ve been refrigerated properly and that the dye was safe to consume.

How to make egg salad for one person?

Step by Step Instructions

1. Peel eggs, and dispose of the shells.
2. Grate hard boiled eggs using a boxed grater. Or, press the eggs through a coarse sieve, if desired.
3. In a large bowl, combine grated eggs, pickle relish, and mayo. Stir gently.
4. Taste, and add salt and pepper, if needed.
5. Serve the egg salad on a toasted English muffin, bagel or slice of toast or with your favorite crackers. This also tastes great in a lettuce wrap.

Storage Instructions

Technically, there shouldn’t be any leftover! But if you do have some deviled egg spread leftover, store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

For the full ingredient amounts and recipe steps for egg salad spread for one, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Recipe FAQs

• If three hard boiled eggs is too much, start with two instead.
• Grating the eggs is optional, but I love how fast and easy it is as opposed to chopping, and I like the texture of the smaller pieces in the egg salad.
• Start with 3/4 teaspoon of sweet pickle relish, and add more if desired, up to 1.5 Tablespoons.
• Do the same with the mayo. Start with 2 Tablespoons, and add more up to 3 Tablespoons total.

Recipe Variations

• Use Miracle Whip instead of regular mayo, if desired.
• Dill pickle relish can be used instead of sweet pickle relish.
• Add fresh herbs such as fresh parsley or fresh dill.
• Season your egg salad with some onion powder or garlic powder.
• Add sliced green onion or fresh chives.
• For crunch, add some diced celery.
• If desired, add a squirt of yellow mustard or Dijon mustard.

Quick Lunch Recipes

While we love a good egg salad recipe (we have multiple ones on our site), we really love an quick lunch ideas.

• Bacon Ranch Egg Salad
• Grated Egg Salad
• 4-ingredient Egg Salad without Mayo

Here are some of our favorite quick lunch recipes.

Pizza Buns

Cold Seafood Salad

Ham Salad

Kitchen Utensils to Make Egg Salad Recipe for One

Check out my Amazon store to find the pantry staples and kitchen utensils that will make this recipe quick and easy. Use a box grater like this to grate the hard boiled eggs into the perfect texture.