Description
Culinary maestro Gordon Ramsay’s egg salad delivers a zesty twist on classic comfort. Fresh herbs and precise technique elevate this simple dish from ordinary to extraordinary, ensuring you’ll savor each creamy, flavorful bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 eggs (room temperature)
- ¼ cup (59 ml) red onion, finely diced
- ¼ cup (60 ml) mayonnaise
- 2 tbsps (30 ml) parsley, finely diced
- 2 tbsps (30 ml) chives, finely diced
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp (5 ml) lemon juice
- kosher salt (to taste)
- freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Egg Preparation: Gently heat water in a pot, maintaining a temperature just below simmering to create an optimal egg-cooking environment.
- Egg Cooking: Lower eggs into warm water using a slotted spoon, ensuring full submersion and cooking for 12 minutes at medium-high heat, creating perfectly cooked eggs with a consistent texture.
- Cooling Process: Transfer eggs to an ice-filled water bath, rapidly cooling them for 15 minutes to halt cooking and preserve ideal consistency.
- Ingredient Assembly: Carefully peel and chop eggs into uniform pieces, finely dice red onion, and mince chives and parsley in a mixing bowl.
- Flavor Enhancement: Incorporate mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, kosher salt, and black pepper, blending thoroughly to create a harmonious and creamy egg salad mixture.
- Serving Suggestion: Present the egg salad as a versatile dish, ideal for sandwiches, wraps, or as a standalone accompaniment garnished with additional fresh herbs.
Notes
- Precision Timing Matters: Cook eggs exactly 12 minutes for perfect soft-yet-firm texture without overcooking or creating rubbery consistency.
- Chill Immediately: Rapid ice bath stops cooking process and prevents green ring around egg yolks, maintaining bright, appetizing color.
- Uniform Chopping Technique: Cut eggs and onions into consistent sizes for balanced texture and even flavor distribution in every bite.
- Temperature and Seasoning Balance: Mix ingredients at room temperature and adjust salt and pepper gradually to enhance natural egg flavors without overwhelming.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 370 mg