Name: Avocado Egg Salad Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 8 large eggs; 2 large avocados; 1 tbsp lemon juice or white wine vinegar; 1 tiny garlic clove (grated); 1/2 tsp salt; Ground black pepper (to taste); 3 tbsp red onion (minced); 2 tbsp dill, parsley or green onion (finely chopped (optional))

Avocado Egg Salad Recipe is incredibly light, delicious and creamy without mayo. Simple to make in only 20 minutes, this healthy salad recipe is perfect for a nutritious lunch or picnic!

Avocado corn salad, avocado spinach salad and shrimp and avocado salad are just a few other must try salads with avocado!

Avocado egg salad in a bowl with black pepper garnish.

Ingredients You Will Need
How to Make Avocado Egg Salad
Variations
Serving Suggestions
Can I Make It Ahead?
How Long Does It Last?
More Avocado and Egg Recipes to Try
Avocado Egg Salad Recipe Recipe

Avocado egg salad and avocado deviled eggs really grew on me. I have been making my healthy egg salad for lunches for years but I have been craving something lighter.

It is creamy, chunky, and with a hint of garlic. The Ukrainian in me just couldn’t resist including garlic! I always add some to guacamole too and it’s so good.

For texture and flavor, there is crunchy red onion, chopped fresh dill or parsley, and fresh lemon juice. Which not only gives this salad with eggs and avocado some tang, but prevents the avocado from browning too quickly.

Ingredients You Will Need

Avocado, eggs, red onion, garlic, green onion, lemon, salt and pepper.

Avocado egg salad recipe gets its creaminess from the avocado and avocado only! So hold the mayo and even the Greek yogurt, grab a bowl and let’s do this.

Ripe avocados: Good avocados to mash for egg salad are avocados that are dark green and a bit soft to the touch. Soft avocados with brown skin are over ripen.
Eggs: 8 large eggs or 10 medium hard boiled eggs. See my favorite methods below!
Red onion and garlic: Red onion adds a nice zest to sweet and creamy avocado. And I always add fresh garlic to almost everything. It’s so good and all you need is a tiny clove!
Lemon juice or vinegar: My preference is fresh lemon juice but any light colored vinegar like white or red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar or white vinegar works.
Fresh herbs: If you don’t have any, it is fine. But a little bit of finely chopped dill, parsley, chives or even cilantro adds another layer of flavor.

How to Make Avocado Egg Salad

Once you hard boiled the eggs, this avocado egg salad comes together very quickly in only 10 minutes. Perfect for when lunchtime rolls arounds!

Hand holding half peeled hard boiled egg and a bowl with boiled eggs nearby.

Hard boil the eggs: There are three methods I use to hard boil eggs for salad. While the stove top method is most often used, Instant Pot hard boiled eggs or hard boiled eggs in air fryer are my other two favorite ways. After your hard boiled eggs are cooled, peel them and set aside.

Two avocados on a cutting board with one cut in half.

Prep avocados: Cut avocado in half, remove the pit with a knife and “cut” and scoop avocado from its shell with a tablespoon into a large bowl.

This makes mashing so much easier. Follow our step by step how to cut an avocado for detailed directions.

Sliced avocado in a bowl with lemon juice, salt and pepper in a bowl with a fork.

Season and mash avocados: Add lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper and then mash with a fork but leave it chunky.

This is your “salad dressing”.

Chopped hard boiled eggs, dill, red onion and mashed avocado in a bowl.

Chop eggs: Cut eggs into whatever size you like. I like my egg avocado salad more chunky, so each egg half is cut in the middle lengthwise and then 4 more cuts to make 8 pieces.

Add to the bowl with mashed avocado.

Mashed avocado with chopped egg in a bowl being mixed together with fork.

Combine everything: To the bowl, add red onion and fresh herbs. Stir gently until well mixed and voila.

Avocado egg salad garnished with sesame seeds in a bowl.

Variations

Just like with my easy avocado salad, I love this salad for its simplicity. But I understand that everyone may love their healthy avocado egg salad with additional texture and seasonings:

Feel free to add pickles or celery for crunch.
Use Dijon mustard or yellow mustard for more bite.
Add hot sauce for a little kick of heat, yum!
Miss mayo? I thought I would too but I didn’t. But feel free to add 1-2 tablespoons of mayonnaise or plain yogurt.
For acid any light vinegar or even lime juice works.
Additional protein like tuna or Instant Pot shredded chicken are nice lean choices.

Serving Suggestions

Serving egg salad with avocado is fun! Easiest is to serve on a bed of zesty arugula for a low carb option, like I do in the photo below.

A popular midday option is to make an avocado egg salad sandwich with whole grain toast or pair with some whole grain crackers.

I also love serving this side dish during grill season with grilled chicken breast for a light and easy dinner.

Can I Make It Ahead?

Yes. To save time, meal prep your hard boiled eggs and store until ready to use in the refrigerator. You could also mince red onion and chop fresh herbs up to a day in advance.

How Long Does It Last?

How long does avocado egg salad recipe last is a very good question. Because we all know avocado turns brown once it comes into close contact with oxygen.

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge. Because there is lemon juice, salad should be good for 24 hours. After that it might start browning but it is still delicious and safe to eat.

After 2 days, I will leave that up to your discretion!

And of course, please do not freeze. Enjoy!

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