Kittencal's Deli-Style Egg and Olive Salad

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"This is a deli-quality egg salad and one I have made many times in the past to serve a luncheons and buffets and always receive rave reviews! --- for a change of pace this is great stuffed between pita bread with a leaf of lettuce, plan ahead the egg mixture *must* be chilled for several hours or even overnight to blend the flavors, the amounts listed should give you 4 to 5 sandwiches, please add in the olives they are what really makes this recipe! :)"

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, very soft
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄3 cup mayonnaise (not salad dressing)
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1 pinch dill (optional)
• 8 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 1 celery rib, finely diced
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1⁄3 - 1⁄2 cup green pimento stuffed olive (do not chop and hand-squeeze out excess moisture)
• seasoning salt & freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• Tabasco sauce (optional and to taste)

directions

1. In a bowl, combine first 4 ingredients until smooth and well combined.
2. Add eggs, celery, green onion and olives; mix well and season with salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce if using.
3. Cover, and chill for at least 2 hours (or more, the more time chilled the better!).
4. If desired serve on pita bread, using 1/3 to 1/2 cup for each sandwich.

Reviews

[JuneDawg]

My DH is a truck driver, so I look for recipes he can take in his little fridge with him & quickly make sammies out of. He LOVED this recipe Kitten! & he agreed that the olive really make it. "You're just eating along and it's another Egg salad sandwich, then you bite into an olive and WHAM! It's something special!" Thanx for another great one!

 

[stanley g.]

I've been eating egg and olive sandwiches for years the lettice and tomato really tops it off

 

[tarab5]

Our family has always made egg and olive salad, but it consisted of eyeballing a combo of eggs, olives, mayo and mustard. I was excited to try a formal recipe. I loved the addition of cream cheese to firm things up and the squeezing of the olives to further keep the salad firm. The celery and onions were nice, but I think the salad would be fine without them if you don't have any on hand. I kept the olives whole as suggested, but decided I prefer them sliced so they can be more equally distributed. Personal preferenece... I will be increasing the mustard.

 

[Alayane]

As usual your recipes arE WONDERFUL. Can't go wrong with any of your recipes. Wonderful flavor Thanks for the recipes

 

[jjjjjoy]

Absolutely LOVE this egg salad.