On the coronary heart of a terrific egg sandwich is a creamy egg filling and important to this are gentle boiled, not onerous boiled eggs! The creamy yolks virtually makes its personal mayonnaise sauce and the soft-set egg whites nearly soften in your mouth.
Egg sandwich ideas
You wouldn’t assume that somebody would have so many opinions a couple of easy egg sandwich, however as I sat down to put in writing this recipe, it seems I do! Right here’s my egg sandwich thought-dump, roughly in care-factor order:
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No rubbery bits of whites – I don’t like little agency little bits of egg whites in what ought to be a creamy egg filling. So I take advantage of gentle boiled eggs with gentle just-set egg whites, reasonably than onerous boiled eggs which is extra widespread in normal egg sandwiches.
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Semi do-it-yourself mayo – Comfortable boiled eggs = creamy yolk = virtually makes its personal semi-homemade mayonnaise. It’s so good! Higher flavour and extra luxurious with much less mayonnaise required.
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No celery. I do know that may be an unpopular opinion however crunchy bits in a creamy egg filling, irrespective of how small or finely sliced, simply don’t enchantment to me. Goes in the identical bucket as #1.
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Comfortable bread is finest. An excessive amount of filling oozes out once you chunk the sandwich when you use chew artisan bread like sourdough.
So, if all that sounds good to you, then let me introduce to the egg sandwich of your desires!
Creamy egg sandwich filling
And right here’s an up-close-and-personal have a look at the filling. The left photograph is simply gentle boiled eggs mashed up. You may see that it’s already fairly creamy, even earlier than including the mayonnaise! Then the photograph on the correct is the completed filling after including the mayonnaise and mustard.
What you want for my egg sandwich
As already emphasised quite a few instances, the important thing ingredient right here is gentle boiled reasonably than onerous boiled eggs! With creamy yolks, you solely want a mere dab of mayonnaise and smidge of mustard for a creamy, luxurious filling.
Should you don’t have chives, substitute with finely minced inexperienced onion.
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Comfortable boiled eggs – The creamy yolk offers you a head begin on the creamy sauce so we solely want 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise for six eggs (4 sandwiches). So we’re sorting of creating a semi-homemade mayonnaise right here!
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Mayonnaise – Complete egg mayo is creamier and fewer tangy than regular mayo. My advisable is S&W (Australia), adopted by Hellman’s and Kewpie (equal second).
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Dijon mustard – For flavour and a contact of tang.
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Chives – For freshness and good inexperienced bits in our filling.
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Salt – Simply 1/8 teaspoon! Belief me on this. Egg is weirdly salt hostile. The other of potatoes which may take a great deal of salt!
Finest bread for egg sandwiches
As for the bread, you’ll be able to actually use something you need although for conventional tea-type sandwiches (like pictured), gentle white sandwich bread is the go. My solely tip is to keep away from crusty, chewy artisan bread (like sourdough). Filling ooze points. Keep on with gentle bread!
The way to make egg sandwiches
And the making half:
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Prepare dinner gentle boiled eggs and peel (8 minutes in boiling water). For full instructions see my boiled eggs recipe, however I’ve included abbreviated instructions within the recipe card under.
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Mash the eggs utilizing a fork to get it began, then a potato masher. The finer you mash, the creamier your filling! As soon as effectively mashed, you’ll see your filling is already semi-creamy.
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Filling – Stir within the mayo, mustard, chives, salt and pepper.
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Unfold butter on the bread.
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Unfold filling on bread, from edge to edge!
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Crusts – Should you’re going for quaint English tea sandwiches, trim the crusts off then minimize to your required form. The sandwiches pictured in submit have been minimize into 3 rectangles (4 sandwiches minimize into a complete of 12 finger sandwiches).
TIP: For additional neat edges, refrigerate the sandwiches for 1 hour earlier than chopping. This can set the filling so you’ll be able to minimize extra neatly. However make sure you serve at room temperature!
And there you may have it! My egg sandwich. I do know there are recipes on the market with extra bells and whistles, utilizing fancier components like creme fraiche, maybe a smidge of curry powder, and different add-ins.
However to me, all that’s mandatory when you use gentle boiled eggs. That is a kind of recipes the place the top result’s a lot greater than the sum of its components. I hope you give it a go! Let me know what you assume when you do. And in addition, you already know I at all times love listening to your ideas on my ideas on issues of meals. Do you disagree with my place on gentle boiled eggs? Do you assume celery is obligatory? Fancier bread? Convey on the egg sandwich debate! 😂 – Nagi x
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Egg sandwich
Prep: 10 minutes
Prepare dinner: 8 minutes
Egg cooling time: 10 minutes
Lunch, Sandwich
Common, Western
Servings4 full sandwiches
Faucet or hover to scale
Directions
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Mash egg: Place the eggs in a bowl and crush with a fork, as soon as principally damaged up mash them up rather well with a potato masher. Smaller egg white bits = creamier filling.
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Filling: Add remaining submitting components and gently stir to mix. Style and add extra salt if desired, however add with warning as a result of it is weird how little salt eggs want!
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Make sandwich: Butter the bread. Divide filling between 4 items of bread, unfold evenly edge to edge. Trim crusts (non-obligatory), then minimize as you would like. (Notice 4 suggestions)
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Serve: At all times serve at room temperature, for finest flavour!
Recipe Notes:
2. Mayonnaise – Complete egg mayo is creamier and fewer tangy than regular mayo. My advisable is S&W (Australia), adopted by Hellman’s and Kewpie (equal second).
3. Bread – My most well-liked is Baker’s Delight normal white sandwich bread (minimize common thickness) however any sandwich bread with work. (Australian chain bakery model). Although when you use very chewy artisan bread with thick crusts, chances are you’ll expertise filling ooze points when consuming. The filling is creamy!!
4.Slicing – For additional neat cuts, refrigerate for 1 hour earlier than chopping (this corporations the filling). Pictured in submit – every sandwich minimize into 3 rectangle fingers. Different choices diagonal (2 or 4 per sandwich) or squares.
5. Storage – 2 days within the fridge, however please eat at room temperature! You may’t style the filling as a lot when fridge chilly.
Diet per sandwich assuming 1 tbsp desk butter unfold per sandwich.
Diet Data:
Energy: 376cal (19%)Carbohydrates: 27g (9%)Protein: 15g (30%)Fats: 23g (35%)Saturated Fats: 10g (63%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 4gMonounsaturated Fats: 6gTrans Fats: 1gLdl cholesterol: 278mg (93%)Sodium: 572mg (25%)Potassium: 181mg (5%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 4g (4%)Vitamin A: 718IU (14%)Vitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 113mg (11%)Iron: 3mg (17%)
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