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Egg salad stuffed avocado

By Layla Pujol 2 Comments

This egg salad stuffed avocado recipe was prepared using delicious ripe avocados and stuffing them with a salad made with hard-boiled eggs, radish, red onion, celery, mayo (and/or yogurt), mustard, lime juice, cumin and jalapeños.

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Egg salad stuffed avocado

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I made the egg salad dressing with a combination of mayonnaise and yogurt, you can use only yogurt if you prefer. I also added a diced jalapeño, this is optional and you can leave it out or use a bell pepper if you don’t want the extra spice.

Avocado filled with egg salad and topped with pickled red onions

I served these stuffed avocados on lettuce leaves, and garnished them with dill and pickled red onions or salmon roe. Salmon roe are the eggs of salmon, sometimes also called caviar – though food snobs will say it isn’t caviar. You can find them in the fresh seafood section at many grocery stores and most fish specialty places usually have it as well. Salmon roe is one more affordable type of “caviar”, the price varies from one store to another.

Idea for leftover hard boiled eggs: egg salad stuffed avocados

For those in the Eastside Seattle area, at the International Deli (a Russian deli) in Bellevue you can buy 16 ounces for less than $20, while at Metropolitan Market or Uwajimaya you pay about $10 for 4 ounces. The salmon roe provides a nice briny flavor to the egg salad stuffed avocado and adds a bright color touch. If salmon roe isn’t your thing, I hated it as a kid. Or you want to prepare this as a vegetarian dish, then you can also garnish the avocados with cebollas encurtidas or lime pickled red onions. The simplest garnish is a sprig of fresh dill – or your favorite fresh herb.

Egg salad filled avocado
When it comes to using leftovers from holidays my favorite thing to do is stuff them into something, usually it’s either an empanada or an avocado. In this case, using all the hard-boiled eggs left from Easter seemed like something that would go better stuffed in an avocado. Yes, I could have used some slices of hard-boiled egg for beef empanadas, but I was craving the creamy delicious taste of egg salad stuffed in a fresh avocado.

The salad can be made ahead of time and kept refrigerated until ready to use. Cut and peel the avocados right before you are ready to serve. You can serve each person 2 stuffed avocado halves as main salad dish, or 1 avocado half each as an appetizer. If you’re out of avocados, this egg salad can also be served by itself, on lettuce leaves or as topping for crostini or toasted bread slices.

Egg salad stuffed avocado

Egg salad stuffed avocado

Egg salad stuffed avocado recipe prepared with ripe avocados and stuffing them with a salad of hard-boiled eggs, radish, red onion, celery, mayo (and/or yogurt), mustard, lime juice, cumin and jalapeños.
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Course: Appetizer, Salad, Starter
Cuisine: American, Ecuadorian inspired, Latin American, Latin fusion
Keyword: Avocado, Egg salad, Egg salad stuffed avocado, Stuffed avocados
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 -5 people as main salad (with 2 avocados each) or for 8-10 as an appetizer

Ingredients

Egg salad ingredients

  • 8 hard-boiled eggs peeled and diced
  • ½ cup finely diced radishes about 3-4 radishes
  • ½ cup finely diced red onion about ¼ of a large onion
  • ½ cup finely diced celery about 2 stalks
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise homemade or store-bought
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened plain yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons of mustard
  • 2 tablespoons of fresh lime or lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 jalapeño deveined and seeds removed, finely chopped – optional
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Avocado stuffing ingredients

  • 4-5 ripe but firm avocadoes cut in halves, seeds removed and peeled
  • 2 tbs fresh lime juice
  • Lettuce leaves
  • Salmon roe for garnishing
  • Lime pickled red onions for garnishing
  • Fresh sprigs of dill or your favorite herb

Instructions

For the egg salad

  • Combine the diced hard-boiled eggs, radish, red onion, celery, mayonnaise and/or yogurt, mustard, lime juice, and cumin powder in a large bowl. Mix well.
  • Add the diced jalapeño (if using) and salt/pepper to taste.
  • Use immediately or save the egg salad in the refrigerator until ready to stuff the avocados.

For the stuffed avocados

  • Drizzle the peeled avocado halves with the lime juice, this will slow down the darkening process.
  • Stuff the avocados with 1-2 spoonfuls of the egg salad.
  • Place the egg salad stuffed avocados on top of lettuce leaves. Garnish with your choice of fresh dill, salmon roe and/or red pickled onions.
  • Serve immediately.
Avocados for stuffing
Avocados filled with egg salad

Avocado stuffed with egg salad
Cebollas encurtidas or lime pickled red onions
Homemade mayonnaise

Step by step preparation photos for egg salad stuffed avocados

Diced hard-boiled eggs for egg salad
Add finely diced radishes, celery and red onions
Mix in mayo or yogurt, mustard, lime juice, cumin powder, salt and pepper
Egg salad made with eggs, radish, celery, red onion, mayo or yogurt, mustard, lime juice, cumin and jalapenos
Cut the avocados in half, remove the seed and peel the skin
Fill avocado centers with egg salad
Stuffed avocado with salmon roe
Egg salad avocado with salmon roe
Stuffed avocadoes with pickled red onions
Avocados filled with egg salad and pickled onions
Egg salad stuffed avocado with salmon roe
Egg salad stuffed avocados with pickled onions
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  1. Norma-Platanos, Mangoes and Me! says

    April 7, 2013 at 8:01 am

    Great combination.

    I have to tell you something that just happened. I was at my favorite store Crate & Barrel buying some platters and things when I started talking to the sales girl and she asked me what I need the platters for. I told her I was a personal chef/food blogger and she asked if I knew Laylita and of course I do. Just wanted to share this with you. I did tell her that I fpllow you and she said you were fantastic and what she has prepared from your blog is always to the point.

    Un abrazo!
    Norma

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    • Layla Pujol says

      April 7, 2013 at 9:17 am

      Hi Norma – Thanks for the story, that’s very flattering! Un abrazo!

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