If your childhood memories are vivid with the taste of boiled eggs mashed with butter, salt and pepper, slathered on slices of soft, white bread, then you’re surely going to understand the pleasure of eating an egg salad sandwich for tea or breakfast. As we’ve grown up and witnessed our tastes evolve over the years, experimenting and combining flavours which would typically taste delicious on its own, is a great creative spurt to give yourself in the kitchen. Usually eggs can bread can become quite monotonous with flavour or in terms of the number of things you can cook for breakfast. Typically, throwing a couple of eggs in boiling water and buttering slices of toast is the maximum most people manage to get through on a rushed day but considering that the weekends are slightly more relaxed and you have yourself one quiet hour to spend on your own before you run around, whip yourself up one of these flavour-packed egg salad sandwiches for a portable brunch to carry with you on your way out.
Japanese Egg Salad Sandwich
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Creamy and bursting with rich egg flavour, this Japanese-style egg salad sandwich feels like eating a delicious savoury custard between slices of milk bread. If you find yourself short of thick, freshly baked milk bread, use a loaf of regular white bread with the crusts cut off, instead.
Ingredients
- 3 large hard-boiled eggs
- 4 slices white bread
- 2 tablespoons Kewpie mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons milk
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 2-3 teaspoons butter
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Method
- Peel and chop up two boiled eggs into tiny pieces. Add the mayonnaise, milk, sugar, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Toast the slices of bread until they are lightly crunchy on the outside. Apply butter and spoon the egg salad between two toasted slices.
- Slice the third egg and place it on top of the egg salad before cutting into triangles and enjoying.
Curried Egg Salad
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Perfect for warmer days when all you want is a light but filling bite of something, this egg salad with an Indian twist and a hint of spice is here to make brunch better.
Ingredients
- 3 hard-boiled eggs
- 4 slices toasted bread
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 green onions, chopped
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Method
- Mix together the mayonnaise and dry spice powders. Add the green onion and season to taste.
- Cube the boiled eggs and toss them into the spicy mayonnaise. Spoon over toasted bread, sprinkle some cheese if needed and enjoy.
Bacon, Egg And Potato Salad Sandwich
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Unlike its other egg salad sandwich counterparts, this meaty, creamy and umami egg salad is best enjoyed when stuffed between a buttered and toasted hot dog bun. Skip the bacon and add some chicken or no meat, if you’re vegetarian.
Ingredients
- 2 hot dog buns, toasted
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
- 3 strips crispy bacon, crushed
- 2 spring onions, chopped
- 2 teaspoons chives
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 boiled potato, cubed
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Method
- Toss together the bacon, potatoes, eggs, spring onions with the paprika and garlic powder.
- Season with salt and pepper before adding the mayonnaise and sour cream to coat completely.
- Slice up a hot dog bun down the middle and fill it with the egg-potato-bacon mixture. Sprinkle some chives on top and enjoy.