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Creamy Avocado Egg Salad with Crispy Bacon – Easy, nutritious, and SO delicious! This chunky avocado egg salad recipe is made with simple ingredients from your pantry and requires hardly any time or effort. Avocado adds flavor to this creamy classic while the bacon adds perfect savory crispiness. Enjoy this avocado egg salad as an easy go-to lunch or served as an appetizer, a side dish or as a filling for delicious sandwiches and wraps.
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Ingredients list for the Avocado Egg Salad
- 2 small avocado, pitted, peeled, and diced
- 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and diced
- 4 strips cooked bacon, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt (or heavy cream)
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, optional
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- Salt and fresh pepper, to taste
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Photo credit: © Eatwell101.com
Photo credit: © Eatwell101.com
Photo credit: © Eatwell101.com
Photo credit: © Eatwell101.com
Directions
1. To make the avocado egg salad: In a medium bowl, add diced eggs, avocado, bacon, cream, mayonnaise, cilantro, and lemon juice and combine with a spoon until creamy.
2. Garnish with additional bacon, eggs and cilantro. Serve with whole-grain toasts, as a filling for sandwiches, or enjoy as a salad. Enjoy!
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Tips for the avocado egg salad
This Avocado egg salad with bacon takes your classic egg salad recipe and adds good-for-you avocado for a creamy, nutritious recipe. Here are a few tips for making this delicious salad:
- For a lighter avocado egg salad, omit mayonnaise or replace it with softened cream cheese or light mayo.
- You can use apple cider vinegar instead of lemon juice for similar acidity.
- If you’re on a Paleo, low-carb, or Keto diet, enjoy the avocado egg salad mayo-free in lettuce wraps or on top of low-carb bread.
- Don’t overly mash the avocado. When you stir everything together, try to keep things a little chunky. It’s always nice to have a salad that is a little more chunky, rather than the texture of guacamole!
Can we make this avocado egg salad ahead of time?
Because avocado will turn brown quickly, you can add them at the last minute. You can prepare the other ingredients in advance. Cook bacon and hard boil your eggs ahead of time. The key is to not overcook your hard-boiled eggs. You don’t want that thin green layer around your yolk.
How long can we store the avocado egg salad?
This egg avocado salad recipe is best made fresh, but you can keep it in the fridge for up to two days in an air-tight container. After two days the avocados will start turning brown. However, we highly doubt that you’ll ever have any leftovers!
More avocado salad recipes
- Healthy Avocado Chicken Salad
- Healthy Chicken Pasta Salad with Avocado, Tomato, and Basil
- Easy Shrimp Avocado Salad with Tomatoes
- Healthy Lettuce Shrimp Avocado Salad
- Avocado Feta Corn Salad Recipe
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Jenny H
2022-08-01 22:32:18
I made this for dinner tonight and served on tostadas. It was fantastic. I used the greek yogurt and light mayo version and added a little chives to it as well...oh..and an extra slice of bacon because ..um..well...bacon! I will be meal prepping my work lunches using this recipe. It is a great summer meal.
