Agree, gardengal. Sometimes egg salad can be bland. A good way to excite it is with a bit of curry powder.

A bit of Durkees dressing or some curry powder will zip up egg salad any old time!

Curry powder in egg salad? That sounds interesting. I'm always trying to find more ways to add eggs to my diet as I get so tired of scrambled and I can't do runny yolks!

My fave once in awhile condiment for eggs is Pepper Plant. Made up this way in Gilroy and available in stores in my area. It should be available down your way too. It's sold on Amazon. There's a bit of heat in a hot pepper sense but it has a delicious flavor. I think I'd stick to curry powder or other Indian spice (garam masala or its constituents like tumeric, cumin, etc) for egg salad but this is great on cooked eggs.

I make deviled eggs with chopped smoked salmon, capers, red onion and dill. Never thought to use it as a dip. Would be good with cucumbers and easier than making deviled eggs!!

I've been making this curried egg salad, for many years, THANKS to Alisande!

1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (half of one lime)
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
1 ½ teaspoons whole grain or Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pinch of cayenne
6 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped
1 cup diced Granny Smith apple (roughly 1 apple)
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
8 slices wheat bread
Lettuce for garnish (optional)

Mix together the mayo, lime juice, curry powder, mustard, salt and cayenne. In a separate bowl, add together the chopped eggs, apple and onion. Pour the curry dressing over top and gently stir everything together. Serve on toasted wheat bread with lettuce, or just eat it with a fork as it is.

This is Mr Food egg salad dip: mr food

Also like curry powder in egg salad.

Fresh dill is another good addition.

I dont know about a dip, but I put mayo, bacon and cayenne in my deviled eggs. Sometimes pickles (usually not). I often just chop it all up together and eat it as egg salad rather than fiddle with filling the eggs individually. A low carbers quick and easy meal....

I always add curry powder to both deviled eggs and egg salad. And a liberal helping of Dijon mustard as well!

I have also never used a recipe for either....I just eyeball it or season to taste :-) In fact, other than baking I almost never use a recipe for anything. That just adds an unnecessary layer of complication.

A deviled egg is a deviled egg. Once mashed up like that they are no longer deviled eggs. They become a dip, a spread or an ingredient for things deviled egg potato salad. For me food is very much a texture and visual thing. Once you start playing with the traditional presentation is is no longer the same. May taste just fine but it's no longer a deviled egg. Sometimes one shouldn't try to fix what ain't broke.

YUM! Great suggestions!

I detest curry but do put dijon mustard in egg salad.

Square Deviled Eggs is an interesting method especially if peeling eggs is a challenge.

https://twocupsofhealth.com/square-deviled-eggs/

I am curious as to the texture of the egg whites when the are baked vs traditional hard cooked method,

I love good egg salad but not sure that I would present it as a dip. I like it swaddled in crisp leaf lettuce instead of bread, though. And I do like it atop raw zucchini slices. Deviled eggs are another category....I tend to add toppings to my deviled eggs that I don't to chopped egg salad.

Elmer, I am going to order some of The Pepper Plant today! Looks like something I would love.

Several years ago, for a Halloween party, I added faces and devil horns made of capers and pieces of pickled red peppers. I called them Truly Deviled Eggs

Glenda, I was going to post saying I'm surprised you didn't put a chopped Granny Smith apple in it--but then I saw that you'd posted the recipe! :-)

I made Turmeric Deviled Eggs recently. They were good, but pickling the eggs in a turmeric bath was a bit of a nuisance that ended up staining my white Swanstone sink. (I got the stain out eventually.) So I don't think I'll make them again, but I might do the filling, which had curry and cumin and chives, among other things.

I make deviled eggs with a can of deviled ham mixed in with the yolks. I squirt in alittle bit of mustard . I've never heard of anyone else making it this way. It's awesome if I do say so myself :)

Oh, and speaking of hot pepper sauces, when my in-laws lived in Bermuda we always had a bottle of pepper sherry, or sherry peppers, on hand. Basically it's hot peppers in sherry. Excellent flavor. Has anyone tried it?

Just seeing this... I may have to try this. My family loves deviled eggs but, to me, they are so much work. This seems easier!

I get annoyed just trying to peel boiled eggs for egg salad much less try to keep the white in tact for deviled eggs. LOL