Open Face Egg Salad Sandwich

Bored of the typical egg salad sandwich?  Give this a try!

First of all, a big thank you goes out to mr. for this recipe.  He is an amazing researcher, an avid forum reader and puts his trust on complete stranger's recommendations on pretty much .....anything!  Had he not been so dedicated in finding the best restaurants to go to in LA last year in October, we would not have stumble upon this gem: Euro Pane Bakery, Pasadena, CA.

Amongst all the reviews for this small sit in bakery, their open face egg salad sandwich seemed to be everyone's favorite.

Just look at that! The egg! It's not overboiled! It's yolky to perfection, layered on artisan crusty bread, bedded on fresh arugula & lettuce, dusted with chives, sea salt & pepper!  See that orange spread on the bread? That, my foodies, was what made the sandwich stand out!  We couldn't figure out what the flavour of the orange spread was.  It was that complex!  When this yummy sandwich came to our table, mr. lunged for a bite.  "Not yet!" I said.  "I must take a picture of this!" Can you see that bite he took on the right side? :D  

Of course we decided this must be duplicated in our own kitchen!  How hard can it be? :D

So few months back, I made this for dinner.  Boy, was it yummmmmy!  

Ingredients:

4 large eggs room temp. 

2 artisan buns/bread of YOUR choice!

salt & pepper

1 &1/2 tbsp of mayo 

paprika pepper

chili pepper (optional)

arugula

chives

a sprinkle of finely diced red onion 

1/2 a lemon

Directions:

1.  Boil a small pot of water, once it is to boiling point, add the eggs in carefully

2.  Leave the eggs at boiling point for NO MORE THAN 1 MINUTE!!

3.  Turn off the heat entirely, cover the pot and let the eggs sit in for 8-9mins

4.  De-shell eggs and place in a clean bowl

5.  Add your mayo, a sprinkle of each: paprika, sea salt, freshly grind pepper, red onion, the zest of 1/2 a lemon, lemon juice of 1/2 a lemon & chili pepper (optional) 

6. Mix it up and taste test! add more salt IF you wish

7.  Toast your choice of bread/bun, add a spread if you wish (we only had garlic butter spread :P)  add the arugula leaves, egg salad then top with a gentle grind of fresh cracked pepper, sea salt and chives.

The typical egg salad sandwich can't stand a chance now!