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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.
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Ham salad is a classic dish I love making for my family using leftover ham from the holidays. I personally 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 holiday leftover 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!
Ham Salad Recipe 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
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 FAQs
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.
You can use either a food processor or blender to make ham salad. Whichever is available to you will work as long as you blend it to the correct consistency.
When stored properly in an air-tight container in the refrigerator, ham salad lasts up to 5 days.
Leftover cooked ham lasts 3-5 days when properly stored in the refrigerator, so use it for your ham salad recipe before the 5 day mark.
The ingredients used to make ham salad are all naturally gluten-free, making it a suitable choice for a gluten-free meal plan.
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. Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs are the easiest way to make the perfect hard-boiled eggs every time!
Best Ham Recipes
Try one of my best ham recipes to use for making ham salad from scratch! Here are my favorite ways to make ham. It is one of my favorite easy dinner ideas!
Check out my favorite ham glaze recipe.
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.
Leftover Ham Recipes
- Instant Pot Ham Soup
- Pink Pasta Sauce – substitute ham for sausage
- Ham and Cheese Sliders
- Ham and Potatoes Casserole
- Eggs Benedict
Try more of my best Leftover Ham Recipes and amazing side dishes for ham, including German Potato Salad!
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Delicious Ham Salad Recipe
Equipment
- Food processor or blender
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 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.
Let us know what you think or ask a question about the recipe!