Tamago Sando (Japanese Egg Sandwich)

24g protein · 5 min · 510 kcal

Tamago Sando (Japanese Egg Sandwich)

My tamago sando recipe brings Japan’s iconic convenience-store egg sandwich to your kitchen, featuring creamy, savory-sweet egg salad and tender egg chunks nestled between fluffy Japanese milk bread—perfect comfort food that tastes as good as it looks.

5 min1 serving510 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 slices Japanese sandwich bread
  • 3 medium-boiled eggs (peeled)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise (such as Kewpie)
  • 1/4 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 pinch salt (to taste)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Slice one egg in half: Slice one boiled egg in half.

  2. 2

    Make egg salad: Roughly chop the remaining two eggs and add them to a bowl, along with 1 1/2 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise, 1/4 teaspoon dijon mustard, 1/8 teaspoon white pepper, 1/8 teaspoon onion powder, and 1 pinch salt. Mix well to combine.

  3. 3

    Top bread with halved eggs: Place 2 slices Japanese sandwich bread on a flat surface and add the halved eggs to one slice of bread with the tapered end of each egg pointing towards opposite corners.

  4. 4

    Cover with egg salad: Cover the halved egg with the egg salad mixture.

  5. 5

    Make sandwich: Place the second slice of bread over the first, and gently press the edges down to mold the bread to the shape of the eggs.

  6. 6

    Cut off crusts: Cut the crusts off if you like and then slice the sandwich diagonally to reveal the halved eggs in the center.

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