# Perfect Egg Salad Sandwich

This recipe shows you how to make the perfect hard-boiled eggs and a quick and easy egg salad sandwich.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 12 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 eggs
- sweet relish
- Dijon mustard
- mayonnaise
- salt
- white bread

## Instructions

1. Place two eggs into a pot.
2. Fill the pot with cold water until the eggs are just covered.
3. Heat the pot on high on the stove until the water comes to a rolling boil.
4. Once boiling, cut the heat and cover the pot. Let it sit on the hot burner for 12 minutes.
5. Strain all the hot water out of the pot.
6. Run cold water onto the eggs for a few minutes until they no longer feel warm to the touch. Alternatively, you can put ice in the water.
7. Peel the hard-boiled eggs. The shells should come off perfectly.
8. Break up the peeled eggs in a bowl with a fork until they are nice and small.
9. Add a spoonful of sweet relish to the eggs.
10. Add a tiny squeeze of Dijon mustard for tang.
11. Add a generous amount of mayonnaise, as it is the main star of egg salad.
12. Add a regular pinch of salt.
13. Mix everything thoroughly until you have a perfect, wet egg salad.
14. Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on two slices of white bread to prevent dryness.
15. Top one slice of bread with the egg salad, finding two eggs to be the perfect amount for one sandwich.
16. Place the other slice of bread on top to complete the sandwich.
17. Cut the sandwich in half diagonally.
18. Serve the egg salad sandwich with a side of potato chips.
19. Use any fallen egg salad as a dip for chips.

## Equipment

- pot
- stove
- fork
- bowl
- knife
- plate

## Tips

- To peel, hit the bottom of the egg until it cracks and then remove the shell under cold water.
- Add pepper to your egg salad if you like it, but the creator prefers without it.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMSAJRnH/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/962af82f-fc5c-4cb9-be2c-06df6582a9d1
- Extracted: 2025-10-09

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