Old Fashioned Ham Salad Recipe

Ham salad sandwiches with lettuce topped with a pickle.

Old Fashioned Ham Salad Sandwich Recipe. I can't imagine a better way to use left over ham than to make ham salad spread. A beautiful balance of salty ham, sweet pickle relish, enhanced with creamy mayo and crunchy onion and celery.

Course Main Course Sandwiches

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings sandwiches

Calories 346kcal

Author Lea Ann Brown

Ingredients

1 ½ Cups Ham An 8 ounce ham steak = 1 ½ cups
3 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
⅔ cup celery diced
¼ cup onion finely diced
½ cup mayonnaise
½ teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon cider vinegar

Instructions

Use a food processor to chop the ham. Just a few pulses will do.
In a large bowl, add the chopped ham and add the rest of the ingredients. Stir well.

Notes

Makes about 2 cups. Enough for 4 sandwiches.

Tips for Success - Best Texture

Over the years, I've tried every method imaginable. I've hand chopped ham. I've used a food processor. I've run it through a meat grinder attachment.(like my mom did) I've even made a batch so smooth it looked like pink mushy sandwich spread from a supermarket deli case.
The sweet spot is a medium grind. Fine enough to hold together on a sandwich but coarse enough that you can still recognize it as ham. A food processor works great, but pulse carefully. One extra spin and suddenly you've got ham mousse.
For best texture, only use the food processor to chop the ham. Trying to add the vegetables and condiments to the food processor will simply yield a mushy ham salad. You want to keep the crunch of the vegetables, so add them to a bowl with the chopped ham.

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