Don’t know what to do with all that leftover ham from Easter? Try this fast and easy ham salad with tangy mustard and crunchy celery. Enjoy it in a sandwich or just on its own.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 10 min |
| Active: | 10 min |
| Yield: | about 4 cups |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise, plus more if needed
- 2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
- 1 pound leftover baked ham, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 1/4 cups drained bread-and-butter pickle chips and 1 tablespoon pickle juice, plus more if needed
- 2 inner ribs celery, finely chopped, plus 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped leaves from the inner ribs
- 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
Instructions
- Whisk the mayonnaise and mustard together in a large bowl. Pulse the ham and pickles in a food processor until finely chopped but not pureed. Add the ham mixture, pickle juice, celery, onions and celery leaves to the mayonnaise mixture, and stir. Taste; if the salad seems dry (it should be spreadable), add more mayonnaise and/or pickling liquid. Serve as is or on sandwiches.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 221 |
| Total Fat | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Carbohydrates | 8 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 38 mg |
| Sodium | 712 mg |
Reviews
This recipe will be a favorite in my house!
I did make this recipe. I used Berman’s brown spicy mustard. I also used homemade pickles so I backed off and just used 1/4 cup chopped and 2 teaspoons of brine. I really wanted to add some sugar, but I’ll wait for the mixture to chill and the flavors to come together. The celery leaf is such a strong flavor I hope it doesn’t take over the salad.
Made the recipe as is. It was delicious! Will be making it again and again!
Very easy and very good. Amazing in a croissant sandwich. The only change I would make would be to double the recipe . It’s even better the next day
Had a thick piece of a thick ham steak and followed the recipe as written. Delicious! Hubby said “Like a high-end sandwich shop.”
My husband said that growing up his grandma made the best ham salad. So, I decided to make this and see what he thought. I followed the recipe exactly and he absolutely loved it! He said this version was very gourmet. I will definitely be making this again.
My mom made the best ham salad and I’ve been trying for years to duplicate it. This recipe is the closest I’ve found! I used about 1/2 a jar of sweet pickle relish, shallots instead of the red onion and added celery seed in with the actual celery. Delicious! Thanks Food Network, for recreating one of my childhood memories!
Easy and delicious- harkens back to childhood and eating “Underwood Deviled Ham”. Tasty with crackers, as a sandwich or on a bed of mixed greens. I added two small sweet gherkins. You can add hard boiled eggs too but I didn’t this time.
Very good combination! Followed it to a ‘T’ using leftover homemade honey/mustard glazed ham, my wife makes garden bread and butter pickles, we used a garden red onion and we have some German spicy whole grained yellow mustard. Nice kick!! I was going to add pepper but I’m glad I did not!
Followed recipe exactly no changes or substitutions. I used famously FamousDave’s sweet and spicy pickles. It was a hit.