egg essentials: egg salad tower on rye

How To Make egg essentials: egg salad tower on rye

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
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  Place the eggs into a pot of cool water.
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  Bring up to the boil, then remove from the heat, cover, and let stand in the hot water for 9 minutes.
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  Run the eggs under cold water, peel, and reserve.
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  Place the bacon into a skillet over medium-low heat.
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  Slowly cook the bacon until it begins to crisp, about 7 - 10 minutes.
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  Remove from the skillet, drain on paper towels, and reserve.
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  Cut the rye bread into small cubes.
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  Remove all but 1 tablespoon of bacon grease from the skillet, increase the temperature to medium, and add the bread cubes.
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  Toss in the hot skillet, until nicely browned, about 4 – 6 minutes, and reserve.
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  Add the egg, mayonnaise, relish, mustard, paprika, salt, and pepper, to a small bowl, and use a fork to mix the ingredients.
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  Do not break up the eggs too much; just enough to combine with the other ingredients.
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  Chef’s Note: Do a final testing for proper seasoning.
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  THE ASSEMBLY
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  Add enough cubed bread to cover the bottom of the ring.
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  Add a few leaves of lettuce.
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  Add about 2 – 3 tablespoons of the egg salad.
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  Cover with some chopped bacon, and press down.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Add some lettuce to a plate, remove the ring, and sprinkle with some additional bread cubes, and bacon. Enjoy.
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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