Maangchi — Three Color Sandwich
Original creator demonstration of this exact sandwich recipe.
Official cooking video · Maangchi · YOUTUBEKorean-Style Tri-Color Picnic Sandwiches (6 Halves)
A Korean picnic and lunchbox adaptation of a Western sandwich: egg-yolk, drained cucumber and fully cooked ham layers between four bread slices. This is a Korean-style adaptation, not an ancient traditional dish.
Ingredients
servings: 3 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Boil 4 eggs until the yolks and whites are fully set; cool, peel and separate. Use the yolks for this sandwich and save whites for another dish.
- 02
Wash and finely chop the cucumber. Toss with 1/2 tsp salt, rest 10–15 minutes, squeeze very dry in clean cloth, then mix with 2 tbsp mayonnaise and 1/4 tsp pepper.
- 03
Mash the 4 hard-boiled yolks with 2 tbsp mayonnaise and 1 tbsp yellow mustard to make the yellow filling.
- 04
Pat the fully cooked ham dry, chop and mix with 2 tbsp mayonnaise for the pink ham filling.
- 05
Divide egg filling over 3 bread slices and top each with another slice; spread cucumber filling over each stack and add a third slice. Add ham filling and a fourth slice, making three four-slice stacks.
- 06
Press stacks gently, trim crusts and cut each stack in half for 6 pieces. Serve promptly or keep refrigerated until eating.
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Before you cook
Hard-boil eggs; use fully cooked ham. Check bread, mayonnaise, mustard and ham labels for wheat, egg, milk, soy and mustard allergens. Keep lunchboxes cold; refrigerate within 2 hours, or 1 hour above 32°C.
Allergens: wheat, egg, mustard, possible milk or soy in bread/ham/mayonnaise depending on labels
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