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The Best Ham Salad
I had never made my own ham salad at home until recently. I just thought it would require too much work. I don’t own a meat grinder so I figured it would just take up too much time and effort in chopping up the meat myself. Then, one of my co-workers suggested that I use a food processor. She said that back in the day, you could purchase cooked, ground ham. But it has gotten harder and harder to find over the years. So she started mincing her own cooked ham just to make ham salad. 
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So, I put it to the test with my Oster® Designed for Life 14-Cup Food Processor. It totally worked – no problem! There is no need for a meat grinder when this does the job perfectly! That ham didn’t stand a chance. 😉 
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Watch my video below to see how easy it is the make! It worked like butter!
Got leftovers?
1 1/2 pounds boneless ham (leftover or purchased thick slab), trimmed of fat and diced*
1 hard-boiled large egg, roughly chopped
1 stalk celery, roughly chopped
2 teaspoons finely chopped onion
2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
assorted crackers and/or soft rolls
Put the ham, egg, celery and onion into a blender or food processor (season with a bit of black pepper). Pulse (short, quick pulses) 20-25 times to mince. Combine remaining ingredients into a separate bowl (sweet pickle relish, mayonnaise and mustard). Then stir in minced ham mixture.
Updated to add: The original post had a giveaway. That giveaway has now ended.
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless ham leftover or purchased thick slab, trimmed of fat and diced*
- 1 hard-boiled egg
- 1 stalk celery roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- assorted crackers and/or soft rolls
- Put the ham, egg, celery and onion into a blender or food processor (season with a bit of black pepper)
- Pulse (short, quick pulses) 20-25 times to mince.
- Combine remaining ingredients into a separate bowl (sweet pickle relish, mayonnaise and mustard)
- Then stir in minced ham mixture.
Cover and chill. I chilled it for several hours, it definitely gets better as it chills for a while.
Note: Give it a taste test before serving. I didn't add any additional salt to mine because my ham was salty enough so additional salt would have been too much. But adjust it to your taste. Serve on rolls, biscuits or as a spread for crackers!
You should end up with 3 cups ground ham after it is blended in the food processor or blender.
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Don't have a food processor.Will a blender work?
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Bisquits, and more Bisquits. I don't have them very often. I'm not good at making them. But boy do I miss my Mama's bisquits.
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Fried catfish is my favorite, I think. Though black-eyed peas and okra is awfully good, too. And fried chicken. I'm going to stop now, I'm making myself hungry and I just finished dinner.
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Our newest southern favorite is your Pineapple Casserole, we love it!
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Elizabeth
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There is a corn casserole recipe that I really love, and of course, biscuits
shrimp and grits, and biscuits, of course!
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I have been wanting to make ham salad…this recipe looks great! Like the idea of using the food processor….
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Brownie P
Fried Chicken, Mashed potato and cream gravy.
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Sandy A
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Fried catfish
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Paula Deen's Chicken Pot Pie!
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Southern Fried Chicken and Pecan Pie
this tastes divine! although I did sneak in a splash of pineapple juice.
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Thanks for the chance to win these great gifts!
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Fried chicken. But so hard to choose just one.
Too hard to choose just one….shrimp and grits or BISCUITS!
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I love fried okra!
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Southern Fried Chicken with gravy
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Sue C
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! I’M JUST A COUNTRY GIRL AT HEART! PHLLTHO@MSN,COM