Today, I will make one of my favorite sandwiches: egg salad. I learned how to make this from my mother-in-law and she posted the recipe sometime ago. She said that I can add other ingredients into the egg salad. One day, I was hungry for hard boiled eggs, so I decided to experiment and make my own version. I added some cucumber and onion too. I added a little sugar to give it a hint of sweetness. Wow, it was a big success, and I really enjoyed eating it. So I want to share my recipe with you. 😉
Yield: 2 Sandwiches
Short Korean Lesson
- Gom (곰) = Bear
- SaJa (사자) = Lion
Video Instructions
Main Ingredients
- 4 Slices Bread for Sandwich
- 3 Eggs (½ tsp Vinegar and ¼ tsp Salt)
- 3 Tbsp Mayonnaise
- 3 Tbsp Cucumber
- 2 Tbsp Onion
- 2 Pinches Salt
- 2 Pinches Sugar
- 1 Pinch Black Pepper
Directions
Add 3 eggs, ½ tsp of vinegar, and ¼ tsp of salt with water in a pan to boil the eggs. The vinegar and salt will help prevent the eggs from breaking. Boil the eggs for about 12 minutes on high.
Once the eggs finished cooking, immediately put them in cold water. This will make them easier to peel.
Mince 2 Tbsp worth of onion and slice 3 Tbsp worth of cucumber thinly in a half moon shape.
Sprinkle 1 or 2 pinches of salt on the cucumber and let it set for a few minutes.
Put the chopped onion in cold water to reduce the spiciness a little.
About 3 minutes later, the salt will pull some liquid from the cucumber. Squeeze the cucumber gently in a paper towel.
Drain the water from the onion. Gently dry off the onion with a paper towel to remove any remaining liquid.
Finely dice the cooked eggs. I used an egg slicer.
Mix together the egg, cucumber, onion, 3 Tbsp of mayonnaise, 2 pinches of salt, 2 pinches of sugar, and 1 pinch of black pepper.
Put half of the egg salad on a slice of bread. Depending on your tastes, you can add some mustard. Personally, I like my egg sandwich on white bread with no mustard. 🙂 This recipe will make two sandwiches.
Stack the two sandwiches together, placing a piece of paper towel between them.
Put some things on top of the sandwiches to weight them down. This will make the sandwiches firm and give them a nice shape; so when you eat or cut them, the filling will stay in inside better.
Cut and divide the sandwich into rectangle or triangle shapes.
Try it and let me know what you think. Hehe… Thanks for reading. Enjoy! 🙂
Hi Aeri!,
I just made this recipe as i had most of the ingredients at home. It was tasty and soft, but also mild enough for my children! I will definitely make this for my kids’ lunch this week. Thanks for such a wonderful recipe. Best Wishes!
I made this tonight for dinner. It was so delicious.
Thank you!
I’m going to make this…right now! 😛
hi Suzanne Unni,
How are you? Oh, did you enjoy your egg salad sandwich? hehe.. thanks
Thanks for giving me hope to use up my mayonnaise. I thought it may get overdue without seeing your recipe here. I like your video very much, keep up!
Hi Aeri!
I enjoy watching your videos and will certainly be attempting Toju Jeon sometime soon. But in this video, I wanted to thank you for the awesome tip of weighing the sandwiches down for several minutes! That tip is such a life saver!! Will certainly share that with anyone and everyone I know from now on. Thank you and God bless!!
xx Karen
Aeri, I just made this for lunch and it was delicious! I may just have it again for a quick dinner! Thank you for sharing!
I’ve made this twice for my family now & the recipe is great! They love it ^^ Thanks for the help Aeri~
I was wondering; do you use Korean mayonnaise or Western-style mayonnaise for this sandwich?
hi Sung,
I used American brand (KRAFT) mayonnaise.. ^^ thanks
I also like a touch of sweetness in egg salad and tuna salad. One trick I learned from my grandmother was to add a spoonful or two of sweet pickle brine from a jar of sweet pickles into the mix instead of sugar. Just something to try. Thank you for the recipes!
hi Lisa R.,
Oh, your grandmother’s tip sounds great. I will try that someday. Thanks for sharing it with us. 🙂
Hi Mrs. Aeri Lee,
This is Joshua Jun. 제 이름은 전성환입니다. I’ll try to learn how to make that kind of sandwich but if I skip the cucumber, I need to put more onions. I could use 1/4 teaspoon of vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt for the boiled eggs. I hope I’ll try it someday.
Many blessings,
Joshua Jun 전성환
hi Joshua Sung Hwan Jun 전성환,
I can see you also like cooking. ^^ Yes try things and share your cooking experiences with us. Thanks