Old Fashioned Ham Salad Recipe

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My recipe for Ham Salad uses simple ingredients, including leftover ham and honey, and is ready to enjoy in minutes! Perfect for serving with crackers or on sandwiches. It is filled with fresh, tangy flavors; there is a lot to love about this old-fashioned ham salad recipe.

Honey Baked Ham Salad

Ham salad is a classic dish I love making for my family using leftover ham from the holidays. I love it on toasted bagel open-faced sandwiches, but it's delicious with crackers, too.

The flavors in my ham salad recipe are so delicious. It is tangy and bright, with just the right amount of kick and the perfect level of creaminess. Because it takes on the flavors of whatever leftover ham you use to make it, you will get the most amazing results using your own home-cooked ham.

Try this dish using your leftover Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas ham, and I promise you will be so pleased with the results. A good ham salad recipe like this one is the perfect way to use leftover ham!

This was the perfect use for my leftover holiday ham. Super easy and so good. Thank you for the inspiration.

Alice

Recipe for Ham Salad Ingredients

• Diced ham
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Sweet relish
• Mayonnaise
• Celery
• Green onions (plus more for garnish)
• Dijon mustard
• Honey
• Salt and pepper (to taste)

Bacon is another great topping choice for ham salad. If you have any leftover bacon, break it up into bits on top for a nice crunch and an even more amazing flavor. I love using quick and easy air fryer bacon.

How to Make Ham Salad

1. Add diced ham and sliced hard-boiled eggs to a food processor or blender. Pulse for several seconds until it reaches a smoothly chopped consistency (similar to chicken or tuna salad).
   
2. Place the ham and egg mixture in a bowl and add mayonnaise, dijon mustard, sweet relish, diced celery, green onions, and honey. Mix together until fully incorporated, smooth, and creamy.
   
3. Finally, add salt and pepper. Serve with crackers or on sandwiches with extra green onions for garnish and lemon wedges to squeeze over top, and enjoy!

Ham Salad Recipes Tips

• If you don't have any leftover ham, your favorite deli ham is a great substitute.
• You can use a food processor or blender to chop the ham salad. The consistency should be similar to chicken or tuna salad.
• For extra flavor, top with some crispy bacon bits. I love using spicy-sweet Candied Bacon to top my ham salad recipe.

What is Ham Salad?

Ham salad is a blend of diced ham, eggs, relish, mayo, and other savory ingredients blended together in a food processor to create a consistency similar to chicken or tuna salad. You can use leftover ham or deli ham to make it.

Try my Apple Tuna Salad next!

Ham Salad Recipe FAQs

How to Hard Boil Eggs for Ham Salad

Making hard-boiled eggs is easy to do, and they make the perfect addition to a ham salad recipe. Here are the three ways I make my hard-boiled eggs.

• Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs
• Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
• Stovetop Hard Boiled Eggs

Ham Recipes

• Smoked Ham
• Air Fryer Ham
• Honey Glazed Ham
• Pineapple Ham
• Ham and Cheese Croissant Recipe

Check out my favorite ham glaze recipe.

Recipes with Ham

• Instant Pot Ham Soup
• Ham Stock
• Fried Rice with Ham
• Ham and Potato Casserole
• Ham Bone Soup

Try more of my best Leftover Ham Recipes and amazing Side Dishes for Ham!

Ham Salad Recipe

Recipe Author: Isabel Laessig

My classic Ham Salad Recipe uses simple ingredients, including leftover ham, and is ready to enjoy in minutes!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Servings 4

Calories 243 kcal

Equipment

• Food processor or blender
• Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 cups diced ham
• ▢ 3 hard-boiled eggs
• ▢ ¼ cup sweet relish
• ▢ ¼ cup mayonnaise
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons celery - diced
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons green onion - plus more for garnish, sliced
• ▢ 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• ▢ 1 teaspoon honey
• ▢ salt & pepper - to taste

Instructions

 

• Add diced ham and sliced hard-boiled eggs to a food processor or blender. Pulse for several seconds until it reaches a smoothly chopped consistency (similar to chicken or tuna salad).
  2 cups diced ham,3 hard-boiled eggs
  
• Place the ham and egg mixture in a bowl and add mayonnaise, dijon mustard, sweet relish, diced celery, green onions, and honey. Mix together until fully incorporated, smooth, and creamy.
  ¼ cup sweet relish,¼ cup mayonnaise,2 Tablespoons celery,2 Tablespoons green onion,2 teaspoons dijon mustard,1 teaspoon honey,salt & pepper
  
• Finally, add salt and pepper. Serve with crackers or on sandwiches with extra green onions for garnish and lemon wedges to squeeze over top, and enjoy!
  2 Tablespoons green onion
  

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Notes

• If you don't have any leftover ham, your favorite deli ham is a great substitute.
• You can use a food processor or blender to chop the ham salad. The consistency should be similar to chicken or tuna salad.
• For extra flavor, top with some crispy bacon bits. I love using spicy-sweet Candied Bacon to top my ham salad recipe.

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Nutrition

Calories: 243kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 15gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 176mgSodium: 1035mgPotassium: 77mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 440IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg