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How to Make Egg Salad: Oma's Eiersalat Rezept
by: Gerhild Fulson / Oma Gerhild shares German recipes rooted in family tradition.
Updated on March 29, 2026
Learn how to make egg salad, aka Eiersalat, quick and easy with Oma's best egg salad recipe.Learn how to make egg salad, aka eiersalat, quick and easily with this egg salad recipe. It's perfect when served on a nice whole grain bread, as shown above, or some freshly baked German Brötchen.
Great for sandwiches, buffets, appetizers, or as a late-night snack. And this recipe has a 'secret' ingredient. Mushrooms! That's right, mushrooms!
Egg salads are made everywhere, but the ones from Germany (such as in Thuringia) are just a bit different. You'll see there are also some optional ingredients.
This recipe for egg salad can easily be altered to match your tastes. Check below for more options and tips.
Tips on making Egg Salad
- Remember to keep this "Eiersalat", as well as any other foods containing mayonnaise, cold.
- An easy way to keep it cold is to put it in a small bowl that is sitting inside a larger bowl filled with ice. Looks pretty that way as well.
- Don't like mushrooms? Omit them.
- Want more spice? Add some.
- Don't like mustard? Omit it.
- There are so many different variations on the same recipe. Try it with chopped apples, celery, or olives.
- Chopped nuts make for a really different treat. Minced ham, chicken, or beef are good additions as well. REALLY! Sounds strange, but it's wunderbar!
- I'll sometimes add some extra cooked egg whites and remove a couple of egg yolks. It hardly makes any difference to the final salad.
- Make this extra special by using your own homemade mayonnaise. It's so easy to do. Check it out here.
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Oma says,
Check out how to Hard Boil Eggs to learn how to do this easily. It's the way I learned how when my first-born was a toddler.
It came from a baby book, not sure of the title anymore. It suggested that this way the egg didn't turn out "tough."
Not sure what that meant at the time, but I liked making them this easy way. It became my standard way of making them for any recipes using eggs that needed to be hard-boiled for many years.
Eggs are such a great way to add protein to your diet. They contain not only high-quality protein, but do so for few calories. Truly a diet food!
How to Make Egg Salad: Oma's Eiersalat Rezept
This quick and easy egg salad, is perfect for sandwiches, buffets, appetizers, or as a late-night snack. And, this recipe has a 'secret' ingredient that I've only seen used in Germany.
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
none
Total Time:
5 minutes
Servings:
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 6 hard-boiled eggs
- 1 small can mushrooms, drained and diced
- about ½ cup mayonnaise (purchased or homemade)
- 2 teaspoons mustard
- salt and pepper, as needed
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill, finely chopped (optional)
- 2 dill pickles, diced (see hints)
- chives to garnish
Instructions:
- Peel and finely cube the hard-boiled eggs.
- Mix eggs together with mushrooms, mayonnaise, mustard, and pickles. Season with salt and/or freshly ground pepper, if needed.
- Garnish with chopped chives.
- Serve with German bread or buns.
Hints & Tips
- Instead of the dill pickles, add 6 diced German gherkins
- Love pickles? Include a little pickle juice into the dressing.
- Add 1 teaspoon capers
- Add 1 cup diced apples
- Season with nutmeg and cayenne pepper
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Recipe updated on March 29, 2026
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