Old-Fashioned Ham Salad

Transform leftover holiday ham into this classic and easy-to-make ham salad, perfect for sandwiches, crackers, or a light lunch.

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword ham, salad

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 130kcal

Author Sara Garska

Cost $10

Chop ham, onions, and celery into small chunks and add to the bowl of a food processor.
Pulse until ingredients are finely chopped.
Add sweet pickle relish, mayonnaise, and mustard to the ham mixture.
Pulse a few times to combine all ingredients.
Store ham salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to five days.

Nutrition information is provided as an estimate only.

Prep Tips:

Yield - This recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled. I made four batches and it made about one quart of ham salad.
Variations - The ingredients can also be customized. I wanted my ham salad a little sweeter so I added more sweet relish and extra celery. If you don't have sweet relish on hand but have some sweet pickles, chop them up and use instead. Since ham is already salty, I did not add any extra salt.
Egg - Some recipes add a chopped hard-boiled egg to the salad but that isn't my preference, so I stuck with the simple classic recipe here.
Ham - This recipe works best with a baked ham rather than deli ham. The thicker slices of a thickly sliced baked ham provide the taste and texture we love in our ham salad.
Mustard - Mustard adds just a little something extra without adding any significant mustard taste. However, it gives this what I would call, the traditional ham salad taste. If you hate any mustard, just leave it out.
Storage - Store ham salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to five days.