Egg Salad with Celery, Chives, and Hot Peppers

Serves X-XX

Ingredients:

  • 6 eggs, hard boiled 
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 large or 5 thin stalks of celery with leaves
  • 1.5 oz. chives
  • 2-4 hot peppers
  • 1/3 cup mayo
  • 1.5 tablespoons honey or dijon mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt 
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • olive oil for sautéing

Directions:

  1. Thinly slice the celery ribs. If using one large rib, make sure to cut the pieces small. Ribbon cut the leaves of the celery (including the stems) and then finely chop the ribbons. 
  2. Remove the rib and seeds from the hot peppers. Mince. 
  3. Finely chop onion and sauté for 5 minutes. 
  4. Add hot peppers, the celery leaves, and the celery rib together in olive oil until soft. Set aside.
  5. Mince the chives.
  6. Mix the sautéed celery and pepper mixture with the chives. 
  7. Mash the eggs. Mix in the mayo, mustard, salt and pepper. Add the sautéed veggie mix.

Adapted from www.kitchendivas.com