tamago sando

Tamago Sando: the convenience store egg sandwich that's easier than your lunch order

Name: Quick & Simple Japanese Egg Sandwich Sliders
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 6 mini brioche buns (or sub with 12 slices of white bread); 6 large eggs; 1/3 cup Japanese mayo (or sub with normal mayo); 1/4 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp white granulated sugar; 1/8 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp dried parsley (optional); 1 tbsp white vinegar (add to boiling water to make peeling process easier); 1/2 tsp salt (add to boiling water to prevent leakage from potentially cracked eggs)

Soft brioche, jammy eggs, and Japanese mayo turn into the creamiest egg salad sandwich you've made at home. Minimal ingredients, maximum payoff.

Dowell CooksAugust 7, 20266 min read Print this post

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Mini brioche buns stuffed with creamy egg salad, sliced open to show the filling.

Three ingredients, one bowl, and a texture so smooth it barely needs chewing.

Welcome back to Dowell Cooks! If you've ever grabbed a triangle-shaped egg sandwich from a Japanese convenience store and wondered how something so simple could taste that good, this is your answer. Tamago sando is just eggs, mayo, and bread, but the texture is what gets you. It's velvety, almost like a cloud, and I'm showing you how to get there at home with zero fuss.

Overhead view of Mini Brioche Buns (Or Sub With 12 Slices Of White Bread), Eggs, Japanese Mayonnaise, Salt, White Granulated Sugar, Black Pepper, Dried Parsley and White Vinegar arranged on a table — Eggs, brioche buns, Japanese mayo, and seasonings laid out and ready to go.

Simmering eggs while preparing Quick & Simple Japanese Egg Sandwich Sliders — Egg yolks being pushed through a fine sieve for that signature velvety texture.

Short on time or don't own a fine sieve? Just mash everything together with a fork instead of sieving the yolks separately. You'll lose a little of that ultra-smooth texture, but it still tastes great and cuts a good five minutes off the process. Nobody's going to complain.

Smart swaps

Substitutions that still taste like the recipe.

Missing something from the ingredient list? Here's what actually works in its place.

brioche

naan
Shares pyrazine compounds with brioche
kings hawaiian rolls
Shares maillard compounds with brioche
bread
Shares pyrazine compounds with brioche

egg

paneer
Shares lactone compounds with egg
tempeh
Shares pyrazine compounds with egg
tofu
Shares pyrazine compounds with egg

mayonnaise

olives↓ fatty
Shares aldehyde compounds with mayonnaise — less fatty
kewpie mayonnaise↑ salty
Shares acid compounds with mayonnaise — more salty
hummus↓ fatty
Similar condiment — slightly less fatty

dried parsley

dried mint
Shares terpene compounds with dried parsley
stinging nettle
Shares terpene compounds with dried parsley
dried thyme
Shares terpene compounds with dried parsley

white vinegar

sukang iloko
Shares acid compounds with white vinegar
citric acid
Shares acid compounds with white vinegar
white wine vinegar↓ sour
Shares acid compounds with white vinegar — less sour

That's the tamago sando, done in about half an hour with ingredients you can find at any grocery store. Make a batch for lunch, pack a couple for a picnic, or just eat one standing at your counter like I do. Browse all recipes for more easy stuff like this.

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Quick & Simple Japanese Egg Sandwich Sliders

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