Description
This quick 10-minute egg salad sandwich is a creamy, satisfying, and easy recipe that makes a perfect quick breakfast, easy lunch, healthy snack, and one of those go-to food ideas you can make with simple ingredients. Packed with chopped eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, fresh herbs, and crisp lettuce between soft slices of bread, it is one of the best easy recipe options for busy mornings, simple lunch prep, and fast breakfast ideas or dinner ideas when you need something filling in minutes.
Ingredients
6 large hard-boiled eggs
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
4 slices sandwich bread
2 lettuce leaves
Instructions
1. Peel the hard-boiled eggs and chop them into small pieces.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, mustard, salt, black pepper, and chopped parsley.
3. Add the chopped eggs and gently mix until everything is evenly coated.
4. Taste the egg salad and adjust seasoning if needed.
5. Lay lettuce leaves over 2 slices of bread.
6. Spoon the egg salad evenly over the lettuce.
7. Top with the remaining bread slices and press gently.
8. Cut in half and serve immediately.
Notes
Use fully cooled hard-boiled eggs for the best creamy texture.
Toast the bread lightly if you want extra structure and a little crunch.
For the freshest sandwich, store the egg salad separately and assemble just before serving.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Sandwich
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 520mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 17g
- Cholesterol: 570mg
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