PrintSack Lunch: Sardine-and-Egg Salad Sandwich
Photograph from RockyEda on Flickr
I've been working my way through everyone’s suggestions in response to last month’s post about how to eat sardines. With many methods and recipes left to try, I have already discovered one new favorite. Sardines and hard-boiled eggs didn’t sound like a natural combination to me, but since more than one person cited the pairing with some fondness, I had to try it.
It’s really good! Especially on an English muffin. Thank you, hanak and allakarasik. Obviously this is a great source of protein for people who eat fish and eggs but not meat, and sardines are full of the wonderful fish oil we could all use more of. For people like my dad (who said, “Here’s a recipe for sardines: Give the sardines to the cat and order a pizza”), this could be a good gateway sardine dish. The eggs really mellow out the oily little fish, and the texture of the salad on a soft roll is very comforting.
Sardine-and-Egg Salad Sandwich
- makes 2 sandwiches -
Ingredients
2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and sliced in half
1 3.75-ounce can oil-packed sardines, drained
Mayonnaise
Mustard
Freshly ground pepper
Salt
2 split English muffins (or other bread for making sandwiches)
Procedure
1. Scoop the hard-boiled yolks into a bowl and mash them well with a fork. Dump the drained sardines on top of them and chop the sardines up into little bits, as small as you like. Chop the hard-boiled whites very fine and put them in the bowl. Top with mayonnaise, mustard, and freshly ground pepper to taste (I just eyeball it—I think I use about 2 teaspoons each mayonnaise and mustard and 1/8 teaspoon pepper) and stir and mash everything together until evenly combined. Taste and add salt only if you think necessary.
2. Serve on an English muffin or bread of your choice. This makes enough for 2 sandwiches; if you aren’t making 2 sandwiches at once, the leftover will keep in the refrigerator for a day or two.
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5 Comments:
I think I'm with your dad on the sardines, but I might eat them if I didn't actually know I was eating them.
I had to comment because I was scrolling through your post in my feed reader, saw the picture, saw the word "eyeball" in your description, and had to do a double take to make sure the word eyeball was not proceeded by "scoop out the..." :)
darbyalycen206 at 2:31PM on 04/14/08
Sounds good to me. I'd add crispy lettuce. It would also be good with anchovies or kippersnacks.
PerkyMac at 10:30PM on 04/14/08
It sounds good to me too. I'd add capers and a finely chopped shallot.
dsquare at 9:05AM on 04/15/08
sardines + egg = love!!
i used to make deviled eggs with sardines mashed into the yolk filling. mmmmmm... fishy...
Ariel777 at 9:55AM on 04/15/08
For easy clean up, I would just throw all of the ingredients into a zip lock bag. After mixing together, cut a corner of the bag and squeeze contents out. When done, throw bag in trash.
May not be the greenist method but if you plan on making a lot, could prove to be a little cleaner for your kitchen.
victorylow at 1:37PM on 04/15/08