Sunday, May 27, 2012

Egg Salad Sandwiches



Ingredients:
6 hard boiled eggs, peeled
1/2 cup finely chopped dill pickles
2 large stalks celery, finely chopped
1/3 cup mayonnaise (Helman’s….and NOT low-fat) (I used a scant 1/3 cup of mayo and then added about 1 tablespoon or so of yellow mustard.)
salt & pepper, to taste
Directions:
Chop up hard boiled eggs.  Place into large bowl with remaining ingredients. Stir to combine. Fill a sandwich, a pita, a wrap or a tortilla, or use crackers! Makes about 4-5 sandwiches.
*How to boil an egg:
Here’s the easy way to cook the perfect hard boiled egg that it will be easy to peel! Put all of your eggs into a pot and cover completely with water. Cover and bring pot to boil. Once water has boiled, turn burner off and leave the pot alone (while still on the hot burner) for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes, the eggs are done! 
Now, here’s the important part that makes your life easy or hard when it comes to peeling those shells off. Remove lid and drain hot water while still leaving eggs in the pot. Turn your faucet on and place pot underneath in the sink to shower eggs in cold water. You want to shock your eggs as quickly as possible to shrink the membrane between the egg and the shell. Keep faucet running over top eggs for 2-3 minutes. You may even want to add a little ice to the pot too. Once eggs are cool to handle, crack them open and peel away! 
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