Egg Mayo Sandwich
Updated: May 20, 2024, By Swasthi
This Egg Mayo Sandwich is simple, fast and delicious that everyone will love. Hard boiled eggs are tossed with good old mayonnaise, spices and herbs for a protein and flavor-packed filling. These are great for a quick breakfast, snack or a picnic. Mayo veggie sandwich is always a hit with my family and friends.
This recipe is roughly adapted from that but here fresh veggies are substituted with hard boiled eggs. If you ever felt the classic Egg Mayo Sandwich is bland, you need to try this recipe. The filling is delicately spiced with chili flakes, garlic and mustard and the fresh & dried herbs impart refreshing flavors.
It is so good that you can actually eat it on its own like a salad or wrap it in your tortillas or rotis. To make these sandwiches, I used loaf bread but you may use dinner rolls, French baguette, brioche or any other of choice. The recipe is easily adaptable and you may add some fresh salad veggies like lettuce, spinach, corn kernels or grated carrots.
I like to toast my bread before assembling the sandwiches. You can toast them on a pan, toaster, air fryer or in the oven. If you love fresh untoasted bread, simply leave out that step.
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How to make Egg Mayo Sandwich (Stepwise Photos)
1. Boil eggs in pot or pressure cooker. Cool them and peel. I boil them in my instant pot for 7 minutes. Then let the pressure release naturally. I keep them in cold water for a while. Then peel them.
2. Chop the eggs to small bites without messing up the yolks much.
3. Add finely chopped onion, garlic, pepper, mustard powder or sauce, coriander or parsley and dried herbs if using. If you want to make your own mustard powder, just run a spoon full of seeds in a blender and make a fine powder.
Use about 1/8 tsp i.e 2 generous pinches. You can skip onions and garlic. You can also soak them in lemon juice for 20 mins and use. That helps to remove the pungent taste and flavor.
4. Add mayo as desired. You can use as much as you like. If you do not eat mayo then add cream cheese or Greek yogurt.
5. Mix everything well. Add red chilli flakes. You can add very little salt if needed since mayo is already salted. Taste this and add lemon juice if desired.
6. I prefer to toast the bread in preheated oven for 3 to 4 mins at 180 C. You can also toast on a griddle/ tawa or in a toaster. Spread the prepared egg mayo mixture on the bread.
Serve egg mayo sandwich within 2 hours or chill in refrigerator until used.
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Egg Mayo Sandwich
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Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )
- 4 slices Bread
- 1 tablespoon butter (optional, mayo is high in fats, so you can skip)
- 3 Boiled eggs
- 3 to 4 tablespoon mayonnaise (or greek yogurt or cream cheese)
- ¾ to 1 tablespoon mustard or ⅛ tsp ground mustard (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper (ground pepper)
- Salt as needed (mayo already has salt, so use very less)
- 2 tablespoons onion or scallions finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice (mayo has lemon or vinegar, so use less) (optional)
- ½ to ¾ teaspoon Red chill flakes (adjust to taste)
- 1 garlic clove minced finely (optional)
- 1 teaspoon dried herbs (oregano or mixed herbs)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons parsley or coriander leaves chopped finely
Instructions
How to make Egg Mayo Sandwich
- Gently chop boiled eggs to small cubes and add them to a mixing bowl.
- Add mayonnaise, red chilli flakes, dried herbs, parsley, black pepper, mustard, garlic and onion.
- Mix well and taste it. If needed add salt and vinegar or lemon juice to your preference.
- Optionally butter the bread slices and toast them on a griddle or in a toaster. Or you can also toast them in a preheated oven at 350 F or 180 C for 3 to 4 minutes. Adjust the grill time as desired. Over toasting will make it hard.
- Cool them slightly, then spread the prepared egg salad on a bread slice. Cover with another slice. Cut the sandwich with a serrated knife.
- Serve egg mayo sandwich within 2 hours of preparing or chill in refrigerator.
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Comments
I am gonna try this for my road trip.. can this mixture be made a day before?
Hi Mini,
Yes you can. But don’t leave it at room temperature for longer than 2 hours.
Honestly I have to explain that this recipe was very easy to make and had very few ingredients that came with the recipe and it was also a very elegant meal just extremely good ?
Thank you so much Jacob for trying
Great breakfast snack Swasthi.
Instead of the chilli flakes I went for a pinch or two of marsela curry power.
Boy did that tick all my boxes.
Thank you Swasthi.
Glad to know Peter
Thank you so much!
This is an insanely good recipe, eating it right now! The only change that I made is that I cooked the onions separately in a tablespoon of olive oil and omitted the butter.
Thank you Reed
Glad to know you liked it.
Thanks for such a great job.its very helpful for every one.i really thank full to u.good luck all the best.happy new year
Hi Anusha,
You are most welcome!
Wish you too a very happy and prosperous new year.
Thank you so much for the wishes.
🙂
I have made egg salads in the past, and wasn’t expecting much from this simple recipe. Still, I made it as I was short on time and wanted something filling.
But it turned out so so amazing!!! Thank you so much for the wonderful and easy recipe. Everyone in my family loved it.
This recipe was brilliant! Such a flavourful take on what’s usually quite a bland egg and mayo. I added in two more eggs and it turned out delicious. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe, hubby loved it 🙂
Hi Ilham,
Glad it turned out good. Thank you so much!
🙂
? you made my day. Egg mayo sandwich turned out awesome