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The Best Egg Salad Sandwich
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Ingredient prep checklist
- Hard-Cooked Eggs: 6 hard steamed eggs , chilled and peeled
- Fresh Parsley: 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
Combine eggs, mayonnaise, lemon juice, celery, scallions, and parsley in a medium bowl. Using your hands, squeeze eggs through your fingers, mixing contents of bowl until reduced to desired consistency; alternatively, smash and mix with a firm whisk. Season generously with salt and pepper. Serve as sandwiches with sliced radishes, lettuce, and bread, or as desired.
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until reduced to desired consistency
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until reduced to desired consistency
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Combine eggs, mayonnaise, lemon juice, celery, scallions, and parsley in a medium bowl. Using your hands, squeeze eggs through your fingers, mixing contents of bowl until reduced to desired consistency; alternatively, smash and mix with a firm whisk. Season generously with salt and pepper. Serve as sandwiches with sliced radishes, lettuce, and bread, or as desired.
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The Best Egg Salad Sandwich
References
This step uses
- Bread, lettuce, and thinly sliced radishes, for serving
- 1/3 cup finely diced celery (about 1 small stalk)
- 1/2 teaspoon zest and 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh juice from 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup homemade or store-bought mayonnaise
- 6 hard steamed eggs , chilled and peeled
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
- 1/4 cup finely sliced scallions, white and pale green parts only (about 2 scallions)
Equipment reference
- Whisk, required
Techniques
- Whisk, Primary
- Season, Supporting
- Serve, Supporting
Full ingredient reference
- 6 hard steamed eggs , chilled and peeled
chilled and peeled
- 1/4 cup homemade or store-bought mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon zest and 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh juice from 1 lemon
- 1/3 cup finely diced celery (about 1 small stalk)
- 1/4 cup finely sliced scallions, white and pale green parts only (about 2 scallions)
white and pale green parts only (about 2 scallions)
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Bread, lettuce, and thinly sliced radishes, for serving
lettuce, and thinly sliced radishes, for serving