THE BEST HAM SALAD
The best ham salad recipe only requires a food processor, mayonnaise, celery, onion and perfectly combined seasonings! This is the most requested ham salad!
DO I NEED A MEAT GRINDER TO MAKE HAM SALAD?
No! 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. It works perfectly!
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WHAT CAN I MAKE WITH LEFTOVER HAM?
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
boneless cooked ham
hard-boiled egg
celery
onion
sweet pickle relish (optional)
mayonnaise
mustard
assorted crackers and/or soft rolls
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST HAM SALAD:
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. Adjust to your taste. Serve on rolls, biscuits or as a spread for crackers!
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Originally published: January 2014
Updated and Republished: May 2019
THE BEST HAM SALAD
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless cooked 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 (optional)
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- assorted crackers and/or soft rolls
Instructions
- Put the ham, egg, celery and onion into a blender or food processor (season with a bit of fresh 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!
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Too hard to choose just one….shrimp and grits or BISCUITS!
Biscuits & gravy! It was my dad's favorite too,
I love fried okra!
I would have to say cheese grits!! I love them!!
I haven't had ham salad in years, you've just inspired me to get back on that wagon!
I love hushpuppies and chicken pastry
One of my favorites is Italian Cream Cake. I think that's a southern recipes, isn't it?
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I don't make them but I order shrimp and grits whenever possible!
Pimento Cheese, especially a grilled pimento cheese sandwich! Another favorite is definitely Banana Pudding with meringue!
Southern Fried Chicken with gravy
We all loved this. I made it with the sweet pickle relish.
I always add a bit of pineapple juice to my ham salad….no measuring just enough to taste. maybe a 1/4 c. or less. This was devine!
Oh my gracious – made this and loved it. Perfect proportions of ingredients.
WHOA – this was really good! Love, love the tip about the food processor. Why didn’t I think of that before!
Thank you for this recipe. We made it with leftover ham from Easter. Everyone raved!
Gotta say this was one of the easiest and yummiest recipes for ham salad I have ever made. Thank you for the great tip about the food processor. Worked perfectly!
Doesn’t get much better than this. We love this ham salad!
DELICIOUS! I added lots of freshly ground pepper.
One of my favorite recipes. Perfect for leftover ham! Love that I don’t need a meat grinder!
Thanks for the recipe , Sounds delicious
This ham salad is delicious! Followed the recipe as written except for the hard boiled egg. I had run out of eggs making a pound cake the day before. My mom used to make ham salad with leftover Christmas or Easter ham. Tastes just like hers – brought back great memories! Thanks for the terrific recipe!
Woo hoo! Thank you so much Mona! I appreciate you taking the time to come back and leave feedback. So happy you love it as much as I do!!