Avocado Egg Salad Recipe - a protein packed egg salad recipe! (2024)

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Karly CampbellPosted:9/25/14Updated:10/12/23

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This avocado egg salad recipe is a delicious spin on traditional egg salad. We eat it with tortilla chips, but it also tastes great rolled up in a tortilla for an easy lunch or between a couple of slices of bread!

Kids, man. They’re the worst. Always expecting to be fed. It’s kind of ridiculous, am I right?

I feed them breakfast. I feed them lunch. And then they have the audacity to be hungry again at 3pm?

When we finish up school they are always starving! It doesn’t matter what time it is or when they last ate. It’s like, school is out, feed me now.

I can often be heard replying to their demands for food, attention, help, etc. by shouting “Do I look like your mother or something?!” They just roll their eyes and keep pestering me.

We’re such a loving family. Y’all should really aspire to be more like me. I win at mom-ing.

Anyway, I can’t take the whining, so I generally break down and find a good snack to hold them over until dinner time. This means something with a little protein. Egg salad is the perfect option, especially when you toss in some avocado and serve it with chips.

Everyone knows that kids always ask for chips. Chips for lunch, chips for dinner, chips for snacks. Always with the chips.

The problem with *just* chips is that they never seem to keep the kids full for long. If I give them chips for a snack at 3pm, they’re hungry again at 4. So, a protein packed dip is the perfect choice for my kiddos! And for me, too. This is some good stuff!

I took my favorite flavors and married them with my favorite food. Mexican meets egg salad. (You do remember my favorite Cheddar Bacon Egg Salad, right?) Life is good. I served this to my kiddos with tortilla chips, at their request, but this would make a great lunch rolled up in a soft tortilla too!

A single egg has 6 grams of protein and with 4 eggs and a spoonful of Greek yogurt, this dip is clocks in at 25 grams of protein! Split that between 2 kids and you have a snack that will keep those bellies full until dinner time!

Did I mention that this works great for hungry football fans? It does.

I’m a total Instant Pot convert over here and use it religiously for all of my boiled egg making needs.

I do the 5-5-5 method, which just means that I put my eggs in the pot with a cup or two of water (I don’t measure and it doesn’t seem to make a difference), set the vent to sealing, and then cook on manual pressure for 5 minutes. Once that is done, I let them naturally release for 5 more minutes and then turn the vent to venting and open the lid. I take the eggs out and immediately pop them in a bowl of ice water for another 5 minutes to cool down.

This results in perfectly hard boiled eggs without the green ring every time, but the BEST part is that they peel like a freakin’ dream. The shells just slide right off. Highly recommend!

Purchase an Instant Pot right here on Amazon. It also makes amazing rice and I even make pressure cooker carnitas and pressure cooker mac and cheese with it. Perfection.

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Recipe

Fiesta Egg Salad Chip Dip

5 from 1 vote

Ingredients

▢ 4 hard boiled eggs
▢ 2 tablespoons smashed avocado
▢ 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
▢ 1 tablespoon minced onion
▢ 1 tablespoon diced green chiles or jalapenos
▢ 1 tablespoon 0% fat Greek yogurt or sour cream
▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt
▢ 1/2 teaspoon pepper
▢ 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
▢ 1/4 teaspoon cumin
▢ Tortilla chips for dipping

Instructions

Add the avocado, cilantro, onion, chiles, Greek yogurt, salt, pepper, chili powder, and cumin to a small bowl and stir to combine.
Chop the boiled eggs into small pieces and stir into the avocado mixture to coat.
Serve immediately with tortilla chips for dipping or wrapped in a soft flour tortilla.

Nutrition Information:

Author: Karly Campbell

Course:Appetizer

Cuisine:American

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Sheryl Sampson says
Posted on 4/28/2015 at 5:57PM
Sounds delicious anxious to try.
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Lori says
Posted on 10/2/2014 at 10:53AM
What a fun and creative recipe! I love it!
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Shaina says
Posted on 10/1/2014 at 9:38PM
I am a firm believer in the idea that eggs are the perfect food, and then egg salad is definitely the perfect after-school snack.
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Cathy Pollak ~ Noble Pig says
Posted on 10/1/2014 at 10:37AM
So I’ve never done a little Mex version of egg salad. What a great idea!
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Amy {Very Culinary} says
Posted on 9/30/2014 at 12:04PM
Haha! Right? My kids are always asking for food. But, um, so am I. *snort* – they eat half their lunch (that they didn’t eat at school. Grrr.) on the way home in the car, and then immediately after getting home, they want a giant snack. We’re big lovers of eggs, every which way. Awesome take on egg salad!
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Jenny Flake says
Posted on 9/30/2014 at 7:56AM
We looooove egg salad, your fiesta version looks fantastic! Can’t wait to try it soon 🙂
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Liz says
Posted on 9/29/2014 at 1:58PM
Oh, my gosh. My hubby would go nuts for this! What a terrific idea!
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Jocelyn@Brucrewlife says
Posted on 9/28/2014 at 2:24AM
I’m loving this egg salad! Seriously, I need to make and consume this pronto! And yes, why are kids hungry all day long?! It makes me feel cross eyed sometimes!
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Jocelyn@Brucrewlife says
Posted on 9/28/2014 at 2:23AM
I’m loving this egg salad! Seriously, I need to make and consume this pronto! And yes, why are kids hungry all day long?! It makes me feel cross eyed sometimes!
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Jocelyn@Brucrewlife says
Posted on 9/28/2014 at 2:23AM
I’m loving this egg salad! Seriously, I need to make and consume this pronto! And yes, why are kids hungry all day long?! It makes me feel cross eyed sometimes!
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Karen @ The Food Charlatan says
Posted on 9/26/2014 at 8:43PM
I rarely think of egg-salad anything, but when I do my first thought is always why am I not eating egg salad RIGHT NOW. Love this Mexican-ified version! Perfect.
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Trisha @ Home Sweet Homemade says
Posted on 9/26/2014 at 8:16AM
Yeah, those kids man, I swear…
LOL!
This is an awesome combination that I never would have thought of! Awesome!
P.S. I love that one of the categories for this recipe are “dippy” things; adorable!
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Teresa says
Posted on 9/25/2014 at 10:12PM
I love the Tex-Mex flavors in this recipe. Yum.
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Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen says
Posted on 9/25/2014 at 9:39AM
My guys are going to go crazy for this! Such a fantastic idea, I love it!
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Nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps says
Posted on 9/25/2014 at 8:07AM
I would have LOVED coming home to this as a kind, and actually, I’d love to come home to this as a big kid! Now, if only I could get my Mom to be waiting for me like she did as a kid…. 🙂
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