Everybody loves eggs. We frequently meet them at breakfast table either scrambled or fried. However, these are essentially mouth watering salad staples too. Egg salad recipes are doubtless one of the easiest salads to make. Not only can it be served as is, but it could also be used as a sandwich filling.
Below you can find recipes compiled from different sources. You can wish to try 1 or two at home. Don’t worry if you do not get to close them, these salads can still make it to tomorrows sandwich. Now, enough said. Gab your things and let’s start whisking.
CHUNKY EGG SALAD
serves 4
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 Big spoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup minced onion
1/2 small spoon Worchestershire sauce or
1 small spoon of prepared mustard
1/4 spoon ground white pepper
6 hard-cooked eggs
1 cup thin sliced celery
2 Large spoons minced green pepper or red or green hamburger relish
sliced tomatoes or whole tomato
parsley for garnish
In a medium mayo and next five ingredients until well mixed. Cut eggs into chunks or dice, as you prefer. Add eggs, celery, add green pepper or relish to mayonnaise mix. Mix well. Cover and cool until well chilled.
To Serve : Spoon mixture on tomato slices or into whole tomato. If using entire tomato, either cut off top and spoon out some of the middle, set on shredded lettuce and loosely fill with egg salad, or cut tomato into eight wedges but do not cut all the way down, so the tomato wedges will stay connected.
Garden Egg Salad Bowl
Makes 4 servings
6 tbsp. mayonnaise
1 tsp. prepared mustard
1/4 tsp. Lemon pepper seasoning
1/8 tsp. Salt
1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
1/2 cup thinly sliced cauliflower
1/2 cup cut mushrooms
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup cubed celery
1/2 cup quartered and sliced zucchini
2 tsp. Dried chives
3 hard boiled eggs, coarsely chopped
Spinach leaves
Paprika
4 oz. cut julienne Swiss cheese
Tomato wedges
Pimiento-stuffed olives
In a mid sized bowl, stir together mayo, mustard, lemon-pepper seasoning and salt. Whisk in peas, cauliflower, mushrooms, celery, zucchini and chives. Gradually mix in eggs.
Line salad bowls with spinach. Spoon in egg salad. Splatter with paprika. Garnish with Swiss cheese, tomato and olives.
Note : If desired, egg salad can be spooned into a tomato cup and placed on a bed of spinach.
For more information about food and useful cooking tips, check out cooking101.org and also have a look at deviled egg recipe.
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