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Tamago Sando (Japanese Style Egg Salad Sandwich)

Rich and creamy egg salad and sweet milk bread make this a sandwich unlike any you have tried before. Use our recipe to make this delicious snack at home!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Breakfast, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: Asian, Japanese

Ingredients
  

  • 6 eggs
  • 1 splash white vinegar for boiling water
  • 3 tbsp kewpie mayo
  • ¼ cup green onions chopped
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 splash half & half or cream or milk
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 4 slices shokupan (Japanese milk bread)
  • margarine or unsalted butter

Equipment

  • saucepan

Method
 

Boil and peel the eggs
  1. Fill a pot with water and add a splash of white vinegar. Bring to a rolling boil.
  2. Add the eggs into the boiling water. Cook for 6 minutes, then remove 2 eggs and place in an ice bath. Continue to cook the rest of the eggs for an additional 2 minutes (8 min total cooking time.) Remove the eggs from heat and place them in the ice bath. Make sure to take note of which ones are the 2 soft boiled and 4 medium boiled eggs.
  3. Once the eggs are cooled down enough to touch, gently crack the shells and place them back in the ice bath for 10 minutes.
  4. Peel the eggs.
Make egg salad
  1. In a bowl, combine 4 medium boiled eggs, kewpie, green onions, and mustard. Mash with a fork. Add salt & pepper to taste.
Sandwich assembly
  1. Spread margarine or butter on both slices of milk bread.
  2. Slice the soft boiled egg in half and place face down in the center of the sandwich. Add egg salad and close the sandwich.
  3. Cut in half to reveal the gooey egg yolk!

Video

Notes

  • the cooking times in this recipe makes for 2 soft boiled eggs (very runny yolks) and 4 medium boiled eggs (a little jammy, but not hard boiled,) It is delicious but we understand that it can make a mess. If you desire a less sticky, drippy sandwich, we recommend you boil all 6 eggs to medium.