Upgrade your Tuna Salad with Hard Boiled Eggs! This egg and tuna salad is creamy and flavorful, perfect as an easy lunch or dinner idea.
What’s your favorite tuna salad? Alex and I love our classic tuna salad. But intensify? Add a hard boiled egg! Adding hard-boiled eggs to tuna salad makes it even more delicious and high in protein. Perfect for a quick and healthy lunch idea or sandwich, Tuna Egg Salad is an easy 10-minute dinner that requires no thinking. Prepare a batch of hard boiled eggs and enjoy some lunch and dinner! Here’s how.
Best Methods for Hard Boiled Eggs!
To get started with this tuna salad, you need to boil some hard-boiled eggs. It’s easier to make this ahead of time and keep the eggs in the fridge until ready to serve. The process takes about 30 minutes total, a little less with a pressure cooker. Here are our favorite ways to boil eggs:
- Cook: How to Prepare the Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs! Bring the eggs to a boil, then turn off the heat and wait 15 minutes. Place in an ice bath for 10-15 minutes and they’re ready to peel!
- Muted: These steamed hard boiled eggs are the easiest to peel! All you need is a steam basket.
- Instant casserole: Here’s how to make Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs! You pressure cook them over high heat (with 5 minutes preheat) for 9 minutes, then place them in an ice bath to cool for a few minutes.
How to make tuna salad with eggs
Once you have your hard boiled eggs, making a tuna salad with eggs is a breeze! Here’s the breakdown:
- boil eggs. See above! It’s easier to make this ahead of time and keep the eggs in the fridge until ready to serve.
- Drain and crumble the tuna. Drain a 5-ounce can of tuna and mash large chunks with a fork.
- Chop the veggies. Finely chop the celery, red onion and dill pickles.
- Add the flavors. Stir in Greek yogurt, mayonnaise and mustard, lemon juice, salt and pepper. If you have parmesan on hand, add a sprinkling: it goes up a notch!
How Long Do Hard Boiled Eggs Last?
You can Store hard-boiled eggs in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. It’s best to leave the eggs in their shells, this will keep them fresher. So resist peeling the eggs until you’re ready to eat them! Store shelled eggs in a dry, airtight container in the refrigerator.
egg nutrition
Eggs are among the most nutritious foods on earth. has an egg 75 calories, 7 grams of protein, and many nutrients. Recent research has shown that eggs can increase the good cholesterol that the body needs. They’re an affordable and easy-to-eat source of quality protein.
Got any hard boiled eggs left? Go to 10 things to do with hard boiled eggs.
Ways to serve tuna salad with an egg… Outside the sandwich
There are so many ways to eat Tuna Egg Salad besides the standard sandwich! Consider some of these creative options for lunch or quick dinner ideas. Many also work as gluten-free options for dinner.
Fancy more with tuna? Try these tuna recipes for easy meals like tuna burgers, tuna fondues and more.
This Egg and Tuna Salad recipe is…
Pescetarian and gluten free.
The description
Upgrade your tuna salad with hard boiled eggs! This egg and tuna salad is creamy and flavorful, perfect as an easy lunch or dinner idea.
- 1 Hard egg
- 1 5 ounces white tuna with meat
- ¼ cup finely chopped celery
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- ¼ cup finely chopped dill pickles
- ¼ cup greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt (plus a few black peppercorns)
- Options: 1 tablespoon grated parmesan (optional but recommended)
- Serve: Bread (not kneaded, artisanal or with sourdough), crackers, etc.
- Prepare hard boiled eggs ahead of time using Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs or Instant Hard Boiled Eggs.
- Drain the tuna. Place in a bowl and use a fork to separate the large clumps.
- Finely chop the celery, red onion and dill pickles.
- Mix the tuna and vegetables with the remaining ingredients. Eat immediately or store for up to 5 days.
- Category: main course
- Method: shakes
- Kitchen: American
- Diet: Gluten free
Keywords: Tuna salad with eggs
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