Name: Japanese Egg Sandwich Tamago Sando: Quick & Easy
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 8 slices of soft toast bread (large slices); 4 tbsp salted butter; 4 eggs (M); 4 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 tbsp milk; 1/2 tsp mustard; 1/2 tsp salt; a pinch of pepper; a little chives

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If you fancy a quick, tasty and simple recipe, then you’ve come to the right place! Our Japanese egg sandwich, Tamago Sando, is the perfect dish for a quick breakfast or lunch, ready in just 20 minutes. It consists of a savoury egg salad served between two slices of soft bread with a spicy mayo-mustard sauce. Sounds delicious, doesn’t it? Then let’s get started and whip up this Japanese sandwich together!

What could be better than a creamy, egg-filled sandwich between fluffy slices of white bread? The Japanese Tamago Sando is the ultimate snack that’s a must-have in every Japanese supermarket and convenience store!

The Japanese Tamago sandwich consists of simple ingredients such as mashed boiled eggs and white bread. Compared to other egg sandwiches, which are often made with cheese, ham, bacon, onions and lettuce, the Tamago Sando is much simpler.

The sandwich is very popular with the Japanese and is often enjoyed as a quick snack or a light breakfast. However, many trendy cafés and restaurants have also added the sandwich to their menus, and it has become one of Japan’s new food trends.

Although the Japanese Tamago sandwich looks simple at first glance, it offers a wide variety of flavours and textures that make it a real treat. There are also many variations of the Tamago Sando, which can be made with various ingredients such as seasoned mayonnaise, soy sauce, gherkins and even caviar. Everyone has their own version of the perfect Tamago Sando, and there are countless ways to enjoy the sandwich.

For the Japanese Tamago sandwich, we need just a few, but essential, ingredients: To make the Japanese Tamago sandwich at home, you should make sure to use high-quality eggs. You’ll also need Japanese milk bread, also known as shokupan. You can either bake this yourself or use a typical loaf of bread – but please make sure it’s American-style, i.e. with thick slices!

To make the sandwich, we also need salted butter and a few seasonings, such as salt and black pepper. Milk, mustard and Japanese mayonnaise </ a>round off the flavour and give the sandwich a creamy texture. Together, these ingredients make up the delicious and simple Tamago Sando.

In this recipe, we first boil the eggs, leave them to cool and mash them with a fork. We then add mustard, mayonnaise, chives and seasoning and mix everything together well.

Then we spread butter on a slice of toast and spoon the egg salad onto it, before placing another slice of bread on top and pressing the sandwich together gently. After weighing it down and trimming the crust, we cut it in half and finally serve Japanese egg sandwich!

I wish you every success and hope you enjoy cooking – if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to use the comments section below the recipe 😊. Let’s get started:

Tamago Sando

serves 4 | 20 minutes | 381 kcal

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If you’re in the mood for a quick, tasty and simple recipe, then you’ve come to the right place! Our Tamago Sando is the perfect dish for a quick breakfast or lunch, ready in just 20 minutes. Sounds delicious, doesn’t it? Then let’s get started and whip up this Japanese sandwich together!

Ingredients (serves 4)

8 slices of soft sandwich bread (large slices)
4 tbsp of salted butter

4 eggs (M)
4 tbsp mayonnaise (im Shop ansehen)
2 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp salt
a little pepper
a little chives

Preparation (20 minutes)

Step 1

Prepare the ingredients needed for Tamago Sando.

Passaggio 2

Fill a medium-sized saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Once boiling, add the eggs and boil for 10 minutes until hard-boiled.

Step 3

Once cooked, plunge the eggs into ice-cold water to stop the cooking process. Leave them to cool completely (this takes about 5 minutes) and then peel the shells.
Place the peeled eggs in a bowl and mash them with a fork. Try to crush everything into pieces of roughly the same size.

Step 4

Add salt and a little freshly ground pepper . Also add the milk, mustard and mayonnaise . Briefly rinse the chives , shake dry and cut into small rings directly into the egg salad using scissors. Mix everything together well.
Tip: Be sure to taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.

Step 5

Lay out half of the slices of toast on a clean work surface. Spread them with the butter. Then spoon the egg salad onto the bread, one tablespoon at a time.

Step 6

Place another slice of untoasted bread on top of each slice of bread with the spread and gently press the sandwich together. Place a weight on top (e.g. a baking dish) and leave to stand for 5 minutes.
Then remove the weight and trim the crusts off each sandwich. Tip: It’s best to always cut off the opposite sides, so it doesn’t end up crooked and lopsided ;).