Egg Salad

Egg Salad Recipe

Egg Salad is not only extremely tasty but also very filling. You can eat this salad on its own or use it as a spread for toast or a sandwich. The Cookestro special recipe makes this egg salad easy and fast. Read this recipe and learn how to make egg salad from scratch. We recommend you try it, the taste is sure to impress! 

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Egg salad recipe

How to make egg salad

Place four eggs in a small saucepan and cover them with water so that the water completely covers them. Place the pot on a hotplate over medium heat. Cook the eggs for about 12 minutes until they are hard.

eggs in a cooking pot

Peel and wash ½ red onion. Place the red onion on a chopping board and cut into small cubes. Place the chopped red onion in a salad bowl.

red onions cut on a chopping board

Take a sprig of parsley and wash it well. Place the parsley sprig on a chopping board and finely chop it. Add the chopped parsley to the salad bowl.

chopped parsley on a chopping board

Take a medium-sized dill sprig, wash it well, place it on a chopping board and finely chop it. Add the chopped dill to the salad bowl.

Chopped dill on a chopping board

Remove the boiled eggs from the hob and place them in cold water to cool. When the boiled eggs have cooled, peel them and rinse them under cold water. Place the peeled eggs on a chopping board and finely chop them. Place the chopped eggs in a salad bowl.

Chopped boiled eggs are poured into the salad bowl

Add ½ teaspoon salt and a little black pepper to the salad bowl.

sprinkle the black pepper over the salad

Also add one teaspoon of mustard to the salad bowl.

add the mustard to the saladAdd 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise to the salad bowl

Mayonnaise is placed in the salad bowl

Squeeze a little lemon juice over the salad.

squeeze the lemon juice over the salad

Toss the salad well.

tossed egg salad in salad bowl

Here we have made a very tasty and hearty egg salad. It was easy, wasn't it?
Present the salad in a nice salad plate and enjoy!

egg salad on a salad plate

You can also watch the video recipe for this egg salad:

 

Egg salad shortcut

1. Boil 4 eggs (12 min)
2. Slice ½ red onion
3. Chop a sprig of parsley
4. Chop a sprig of dill
5. Chop the boiled eggs and put them in the salad bowl
6. Add salt and black pepper to the salad
7. Add 1 teaspoon mustard to the salad
8. Add 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise to the salad
9. Squeeze a little lemon juice into the salad
10. Toss the salad and enjoy!

Ingredients for this egg salad (2 servings):

4 eggs
1/2 red onion
a sprig of parsley
a sprig of dill
½ tsp salt
black pepper
2 tbsp of mayonnaise
1 tsp mustard
lemon juice

You may have the following questions when making egg salad:

Can I spread this salad on bread and eat it as a sandwich?

Yes, you can spread this egg salad on bread and toast.

Is egg salad sandwich healthy?

If you want to make a particularly healthy egg salad sandwich, add Greek yoghurt instead of mayonnaise and whole-grain bread, which is high in fibre.

Is egg salad sandwich good for weight loss?

Egg salad is high in fat, which is found in mayonnaise and egg yolk. Therefore, if you want to make an egg salad that you can eat for weight loss, you should not add egg yolk and mayonnaise to the salad. Instead of mayonnaise, choose Greek yoghurt for the salad dressing.

Can you make egg salad with just eggs and mayo?

Yes, you can make egg salad with just eggs and mayonnaise, but this egg salad will be much tastier if you use all the ingredients in our recipe.

Where is egg salad sandwich from?

The egg salad recipe was invented in America at the time when mayonnaise was developed. This was in the 18th century, when Americans started experimenting with mayonnaise in various dishes. As we can see, this egg salad recipe became very popular and is one of the most popular recipes to date.

What can i put egg salad on?

We recommend putting this egg salad on any type of bread. If you want a tasty egg salad sandwich, choose white sandwich bread. The bread can be lightly toasted and spread with garlic before eating with the salad. Alternatively, you can wrap this salad in a lettuce leaf, which will give the dish a crunch and extra flavour.

What's the best egg salad recipe?

We've tried many egg salad recipes, but we think that this egg salad recipe, which we're sharing here at Cookestro, is the tastiest and really easy to prepare. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed!

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