Egg Salad Tea Sandwich For Afternoon Tea

These classic egg Salad tea sandwich is perfect to serve for luncheon or afternoon tea as well as to pack for lunch box. I am sharing egg salad sandwich recipe that is a classic tea sandwich to serve for high tea.

5 from 2 votes

Course: Breakfast, brunch, Snack

Cuisine: continental, english

Keyword: breda snack, sandwich, snack recipe, teatime snack

Prep Time: 2

Cook Time: 13

Servings: people

Calories: 316kcal

Author: Rekha Kakkar

Ingredients

4 Bread or 2 jumbo sandwich bread slices
2 Eggs
2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Mustard
⅕ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Black Pepper
1 Jalapeno

Instructions

In a bowl combine mayonnaise, mustard, salt and black pepper.
Hard boil eggs and chop them. Here's how to make perfectly boil eggs.
Mix chopped eggs with prepared mayo mix and combine well.
Now spread the eggs salad mixture evenly on one slice of bread.
Cover this with another slice of bread press it gently to seal the filling.
Cut it into smaller triangles or finger size sandwiches.
Serve with a cup of tea.

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Notes

Which bread to use for making Tea Sandwich?

Use soft white sandwich bread or brown sandwich bread for making tea sandwich. Make sure to remove the crust of bread.
How to Prevent Sandwich from Drying out?

After assembling and preparing the tea sandwich cover your sandwiches in sandwich wrap or parchment paper to prevent the sandwich from drying out.

How to Prevent Sandwich from getting soggy?

If you want to make the sandwiches ahead of time make sure to apply a thin layer of butter inside the sandwich before placing the filling.

How to store sandwiches?

To store them line a glass container with parchment paper or paper wrap and place the sandwiches in the box. Cover with a another paper wrap and close with a lid.

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