Microwave Cooking for One by Marie T Smith
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Microwave Egg Salad Sandwich
Have you heard the claim that you can't make boiled eggs in the microwave? You probably heard that an egg will explode in the microwave and you shouldn't attempt it. There are many recipes that call for one hard cooked egg in the ingredients. This recipe shows you how to cook one egg in the microwave in seconds rather than boiling water and heating up the kitchen in order to get just one hard cooked egg for a recipe.
We used our hard cooked egg to make a basic egg salad sandwich. Certainly, if you're favorite egg salad sandwich includes other ingredients like relish, olives or mustard, then experiment with the ingredients to make a sandwich suitable to your tastes. The point is that you can hard cook an egg and make a sandwich for just one person rather quickly. In addition to the recipe, you'll find a photo diary of how to prepare the sandwich at the bottom of the page.
If you're interested in learning how to cook microwave eggs in their shells, check out the Microwave Deviled Eggs recipe.
Egg Salad Sandwich
| butter 1 extra-large egg ¼ tsp. water |
Butter custard cup. Break egg into cup. Puncture egg yolk with fork, then sprinkle with water. Cover cup with Menuette glass lid. Cook 30 seconds (_____) at 100% power. Turn cup halfway around. Cook 25 seconds (_____) at 100% power until egg is hardcooked. (Autorotating oven: Eliminate turn.) Chill in refrigerator for 20 minutes (_____). |
½ tsp. mayonnaise ½ tsp. minced fresh or frozen onion 2 slices bread 1 lettuce leaf (optional) sliced tomatoes (optional) sliced pickles (optional) |
Mash egg in cup with fork. Add mayonnaise and onion. Mix well. Spread on one slice of bread. Cover with your favorite garnishes (lettuce leaf, tomato and/or pickle) and the other slice of bread. Cut sandwich in half and serve. |
Photo Diary of Recipe Preparation
 (1) Buttered cup, punctured egg and added water. |
 (2) Cover with a glass lid from another utensil. |
 (3) If you don't have a glass lid, you can use plastic wrap instead. |
 (4) Even with auto-rotating oven, you should cook in two steps. Otherwise, the egg cooks too fast and starts exploding. |
 (5) Refrigerate for 20 minutes. |
 (6) Mashed egg. Added mayonnaise and onion. |
 (7) Mixed well. Sliced tomatoes and pickles. Used the recipe from Microwave Cooking for One, but added tomatoes and pickles and eliminated lettuce. |
 (8) Spread on slice of bread. Add garnishes and cover with other slice of bread. |
 (9) Cut sandwich in half and serve. |
 (10) You can use this method to hard cook an egg to chop up when called for in other recipes. |
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Note: Cooking times are for a 700-watt oven. For best results with this and any other microwave recipe, please be sure to go to Timing of the Microwaving Tips section for a complete explanation of timing in the microwave. (We provide conversion charts to help you find the correct times for your oven!)
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