OLD FASHIONED BOLOGNA SALAD
This Old Fashioned Bologna Salad is a classic Southern staple made with simple ingredients and full of nostalgic flavor. Just like Grandma used to make!
Why You Will Love This Bologna Salad
Old Fashioned Bologna Salad is one of those simple recipes that brings back memories with just one bite. Made with just a few ingredients and full of flavor, this classic has been showing up at family gatherings, country kitchens, and lunch tables for generations. It’s easy to make, budget-friendly, and still just as good today as it was years ago.
This is a recipe that many families relied on to make ends meet, it was cheap and was great for sandwiches, etc. This is a recipe that we love and have made for many many years. It’s great on crackers or as a spread.
Swaps or Additions
We like this recipe as it’s written, but you could easily add onions, any seasonings you like, switch the sweet relish for dill. We always use Duke’s mayonnaise but you can use whatever you prefer. Some add mustard and celery.
Do You Have To Grind It?
No, you can easily just cut the bologna up into small pieces with a knife or use a food processor to get it as small as you like. We actually used a small chopper, we cut it up into smaller pieces and then had the chopper finish the job. This salad is delicious either way.
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Old Fashioned Bologna Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound of your favorite bologna Can be a 1 lb. chunk or a package of sliced bologna
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup sweet pickle relish
- 4 boiled eggs peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup salad dressing or mayonnaise
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- salt to taste optional
Instructions
- Chop the bologna in very small pieces or you can use a grinder or a food processor. Add the pickle relish, eggs, mayonnaise or salad dressing and black pepper. Mix well with a spoon. I think this is best after being being refrigerated overnight but you don’t have to wait. Makes about 4 cups.
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I have to say I never had this growing up in West TX but as a child I loved bologna sandwiches & fried bologna with ketchup & bread & butter on the side. I’ll definitely make this & add a few extras in as well. Thank you for sharing all your family recipes. It makes my morning when they hit my email each day!♥️
A Southern raised lady living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
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I haven’t had this since I was a kid! Always loved it, but for some reason, it just wasn’t made anymore! I do make salad out of Spam- it’s really yummy too!
Thanks for the share and the nostalgia! I’ll have to make it soon!
Debbie
There’s nothing like a trip down Memory Lane. Thanks for posting this.
As a true born Southerner, this salad is always a hit but the best is either fried bologna sandwich or slap some good (Dukes) mayo on 2 slices of fresh bread with the bologna inside , put it under the broiler let it brown on both sides—–now thats heaven! Really look forward to your recipes & articles !!
Yes, we are very familiar with the fried bologna sandwich and its importance, we talked about it in our magazine and now you can read part of that on our website: https://frontporchlifemagazine.com/the-fried-bologna-sandwich/
I saw this recipe and just had to make it.
I didn’t have sweet relish on hand, so I used dill relish. I like dill relish better personally.
I used a food processor to chop/grind up the bologna and eggs.
To me its like eating ham and egg salad together. I had a sandwich out of it today. Next time I’ll try it on different crackers.
I really love Ham salad and Egg salad, so this combination really hit it out of the park for me!
Thank Y’all for a great recipe!
As a child my grandmother made this often, but called it ham salad. As I became an adult, I then realized it was really bologna. My family still makes this and they call it ham salad. Of course, we all know the difference, but continue to enjoy it. Thanks for publishing this.
I love bologna salad. When I was growing up, we had a small country store, my mother would take the left over deli ends and make bolgna salad.. She did a one to one ratio of cheese and meat and a qtr ratio of relish and mayo (no eggs) I still make it but as you said it is very versatile. My mother would throw ham ends in when she had them and I like onions in mine. Thanks for the memories
I was so happy when I came across this recipe. It brought back so many memories of when I was a kid and my mother would make this for me to take for my school lunch. Used to get a chocolate milk to wash it down with and that taste combination has stayed with me all these years, I’m 70 now. If I have a ham salad sandwich now I absolutely have to have a glass of chocolate milk too or it just doesn’t taste right.
My mom used to make a version of this when I was a kid with four siblings. Our butcher used to save the bologna ends or “heels” for her and she would grind up the bologna in a meat grinder then add the pickle relish and mayo. I know it was a cheap lunch for us kids but I still crave this 50 years later.
Now, this is good. My husband and I just love it and I still make it for us. When our kids were little and still at home, they didn’t like it, but that was OK, just meant there was more for us! LOL!
My Mama always ground the bologna up and we had it on sandwiches. Sure was filling when the pantry was getting bare.
Thanks for the memories.
Claudine in Fort Worth, TX
My dad made this when I was growing up. I haven’t thought of it in years. Going to make it soon.