Hot, humid July or any summer day just about screams for a no-cook meal. Even better if it’s a meal that’s served chilled! What could be better than the Best Egg Salad Sandwich paired with Marinated Asparagus?
The Best Egg Salad Sandwich
The only bummer? It’s much too hot to enjoy this meal on the deck! Now, I have a disclaimer. Some say a sandwich can’t be dinner or supper (just think an evening meal) but I say there are times to throw those notions out the window and when it’s so hot it’s up in the 90’s is one of those times.
About the Best Egg Salad Sandwich:
I grew up old school – no one ever “taught” me how to make egg salad or tuna salad or so many simple recipes. I just learned by seeing it done and riffing. This is what leads me to say it seems a bit strange to me to have a “recipe” for an Egg Salad Sandwich. This specific combination of flavors and textures is so perfect, though, I just have to pass it on.
The best thing about a recipe for the Best Egg Salad Sandwich is that it eliminates all the guesswork. Don’t you just hate trying to fix up Egg Salad after it’s made? Adding a bit more of this or a bit more of that until it’s just right? And there’s no going back from too much mayo once mixed, so you’d best get that right the first time!
I think this was originally a recipe from Cook’s Illustrated or America’s Test Kitchen. After all, who else would have the chutzpah to publish a recipe for egg salad of all things? 🙂
Well, maybe me, lol! By the way, I’ve checked their sites and found some similar recipes so chances are I put my own spin on the basic outline.
Marinated Asparagus
Making the Best Egg Salad Sandwich:
First of all, you are going to need hard-boiled eggs for this recipe, and the recipe demands that they be cooked perfectly (or close enough) for the sandwich to taste great.
I have three recipes for hard-boiled eggs on my site:
- The first is for Best Basic Hard Boiled Eggs, and the eggs are simply brought to a simmer on the stovetop, then the heat is turned off, and the eggs gently cook.
- This is a more recent addition to my site, and the method is on the newer side for me. Eggs, Easy Peel Steamed.
- Last is this recipe for Instant Pot Eggs, A Dozen Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs. This is the recipe I use the most often. I love my IP, especially for hard-boiled eggs!!
Of course, if you have your fave way of cooking eggs, feel free to use it. For this recipe, you’ll need six eggs, and for best results, use large eggs.
Options:
If you don’t have dry mustard, sub in (to taste) a little Dijon, a teaspoon or two. If you’d like, use some garlic or onion powder; those are common additions to egg salad. Choose from either sweet pickle relish or dill pickle relish.
This can easily be changed into a deviled egg salad or a curried egg salad. For deviled egg salad, simply add elements of your favorite deviled egg recipe. Maybe it’s a teaspoon of hot sauce or a little cayenne. For curried egg salad, add a teaspoon, or to taste, plain old grocery store curry powder.
Storing:
Egg salad, while at its best eaten on the same day, stores ok in a tightly covered container for two or three days. It will, like many items containing mayo, become watery and need to be drained a little or stirred back together.
Do not freeze. The outcome will not be good!
Saving Money on Groceries:
What you pay for groceries depends not only on WHERE you shop, but WHEN. Be strategic and stock up at rock-bottom prices.
- The best sales are before holidays; check out Win at the Grocers. Use these sales not just for your holiday, but to stock up at a low for the coming weeks to months.
- Take advantage of discount stores like Aldi or Lidl. The pricing at Buyer’s clubs is not always the lowest, but can trump in quality; be selective.
Eggs:
- Both Aldi & Lidl, as well as buyer’s clubs (you will need to buy larger amounts at the buyer’s club), have great everyday prices, but usually do not approach a great pre-holiday grocery store sales price.
- If you have room, stock up at a low.
- Eggs, according to the National Egg Board, keep well for 4 to 5 days after the pack date, or about 3 weeks after buying. Hard-boiled eggs, can be safely used up to a week in the shell but only a day if peeled.
- Don’t store in the door; keep in the original package on a bottom shelf in the fridge.
Mayonnaise:
- Buy your condiments, like mayo, during the summer holiday sales when they drop to a low. Stock up for the year. If you miss those sales, the sales before the Super Bowl are pretty good.
- The discount stores have good pricing all year round, and some have brand names.
Bread:
- Bread has so many variables that you’re on your own! Do what you think is best. I do feel that egg salad is best eaten with plain old white sandwich-type bread, but maybe that’s just because that’s what I grew up on back in the ’60s.
This recipe was first published by me in 2012 and updated over 10 years later, in 2023 – it still stands the test of time! I hope y’all enjoy this classic Best Egg Salad Sandwich! I’ll see you next time! Happy Cooking!
Mollie
The Best Egg Salad Sandwich
The Best Egg Salad Sandwich
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs, hard-boiled
- Scant 1/4 cup mayonnaise; I start with about 3 tablespoons and add more if needed
- 2 tablespoons minced onion
- ½ stalk celery, minced finely
- 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard, to taste
- 2 teaspoons of lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt, optional
- 6 grinds black pepper
Instructions
Dice hard-boiled eggs and add to a medium sized bowl.
Mix all other ingredients together in a small bowl and then fold into eggs. Mix gently.
Notes
- Serve on plain or toasted bread with thin slices of red onion, if desired.
To easily cut eggs the perfect size for Egg Salad, Potato Salad, or another use? Push them right through a baking rack! Use your hands or the bottom of a pan.
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