German

Eiersalat (German Egg Salad)

Name: Eiersalat (German Egg Salad)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 8 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 2 tbsp plain yogurt; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; 3 tbsp fresh chives, chopped; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Birgit @birgit1978

Eiersalat (German Egg Salad) is German home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Low carb Eggetarian Pescatarian Halal Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

8 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp plain yogurt
1 tsp Dijon mustard
3 tbsp fresh chives, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Combine the chopped hard-boiled eggs with the mayonnaise, yogurt, and mustard in a bowl.
Stir gently until the eggs are evenly coated and the mixture is creamy but still chunky.
Fold in most of the chives, reserving a little for garnish.
Season with the salt and pepper to taste.
Scatter the reserved chives over the top and serve chilled or at room temperature, generously mounded as its own light plate.

Watch how to cook Eiersalat (German Egg Salad)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A German lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Eiersalat (German Egg Salad), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Blumenkohl mit Butterbroeseln (Cauliflower with Browned Butter Crumbs)
  
  25 min
What it is eaten with
- Butternudeln (Buttered Egg Noodles)
  
  15 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Eiersalat (German Egg Salad) carries dairy and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Eiersalat (German Egg Salad)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 320 kcal
Protein: 12 g
Carbs: 1 g
Fat: 30 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 600 mg
Saturated fat: 6 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Eiersalat (German Egg Salad) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.