Unfamiliar with this Southern favorite?

It most certainly tastes like bologna and has the texture of potted meat, if you’re familiar.

In many ways, its similar toham saladbut much softer since bologna is very soft to begin with.

Southern Living Bologna Salad in a bowl ready to serve with saltine crackers

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The onion and celery offer some welcome textural contrast.

Thats why you should pulse just until finely chopped, and then stir everything else together by hand.

(Be careful not to over-process, as the bologna will become a paste.)

Southern Living Bologna Salad ingredients

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Add the onion, pickles (if desired), celery, and bologna; stir until well combined.

Serve with crackers or as a sandwich spread.

Southern Living Bologna Salad grinding up the bologna in a food processor

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Southern Living Bologna Salad whisking together the dressing

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Southern Living Bologna Salad stirring the rest of the ingredients into the dressing

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