Loaded Egg Salad Recipes

LOADED EGG SALAD

Steps:

• Chop eggs and place in a large mixing bowl along with the rest of the ingredients.
• Using a spatula, mix well. Taste and adjust ingredients as needed.
• Place in a serving bowl.
• Carefully remove the leaves from head of lettuce. Place a generous scoop of egg salad into the lettuce and devour. You can top with a sprinkle of paprika, slices of scallion, and avocado!

LOADED EGG SALAD

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until crispy, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels and crumble once cooled.
• Mix bacon, celery, mayonnaise, onion, relish, mustard, chile-garlic sauce, dill, Worcestershire, black pepper, paprika, and salt together in a large bowl; add eggs. Break egg whites and yolks with a potato masher into the bacon mixture. Stir broken egg pieces into the salad.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

SANDWICH ESSENTIALS: LOADED TUNA & EGG SALAD

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. The best egg salad begins with the best hard-boiled eggs. I will not recommend any specific way to hard-boil eggs, simply because I am convinced that there is no single way that will work for everyone. With that said, the finished product should have firm whites with a bright-yellow yolk, and no green ring.
• 3. I make this recipe two ways: with eggs that are firmly cooked, and with eggs where the yolks are a bit runny. For this recipe, we will use firm "hard" boiled eggs.
• 4. Another important ingredient is the tuna, and for me the choice would be albacore. Albacore is a larger fish with a lighter colored flesh, a firmer texture, and a milder flavor than other brands. My absolute favorite brand is: Wild Planet. They are 100% sustainably pole and line caught, and they are not packed in oil or water... just nothing but pure tuna, and a bit of sea salt. http://www.wildplanetfoods.com/our-products/tuna/ I can pick up a can of Albacore tuna from another brand for $2.30 a can. Wild Planet costs around $3.80. If you cannot get Wild Planet tuna, no worries, just get tuna packed in water, not oil.
• 5. Lastly, let us talk about ratio. I tried using more eggs than tuna, and vise/versa. I finally settled on a 50/50 ratio. So, since I am using 5 ounces of tuna, I will use 5 ounces of eggs. Two large eggs come out to almost exactly 5 ounces.
• 6. Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
• 7. In a large bowl, combine the bacon, walnuts, celery, relish, dill, Dijon, horseradish, Parmesan cheese and mayonnaise.
• 8. Mix together, then add some salt and pepper, to taste.
• 9. Add the chopped eggs and tuna, then gently fold into the sauce.
• 10. Cover and place in the fridge for 1 hour. This will give the ingredients a chance to know one another.
• 11. Toast the bread, and add a light layer of lettuce to two of the bread slices (toasting is optional).
• 12. Add half of the egg/tuna salad to each half.
• 13. Add a few thinly-sliced tomatoes.
• 14. Add some micro-greens.
• 15. Cover with the other bread slices.
• 16. PLATE/PRESENT
• 17. Serve with some chips, fries, or whatever you choose. Enjoy.
• 18. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.