French

Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise)

Name: Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 6 eggs; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 1 tsp dijon mustard; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp fresh chives, chopped; 4 lettuce leaves; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Colette @colette_lyon

Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the fresh side. 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 Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 eggs
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp fresh chives, chopped
4 lettuce leaves
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Put the eggs in a saucepan, cover with cold water, bring to a boil, then remove from the heat, cover, and let them sit for 10 minutes.
Drain and cool the eggs under cold running water, then peel and halve them lengthwise.
Stir the dijon mustard and lemon juice into the mayonnaise until smooth.
Arrange the lettuce leaves on a plate, set the egg halves on top, and spoon the mayonnaise generously over each one.
Scatter the chopped chives on top, season with the salt and pepper, and bring it to the table right away as a simple starter.

Watch how to cook Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise)

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

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
  
  25 min
The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 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. Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
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: 310 kcal
Protein: 9 g
Carbs: 2 g
Fat: 29 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 0 g
Sodium: 440 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

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

When to cook it

Oeufs Durs Mayonnaise (Hard-Boiled Eggs with Mayonnaise) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.