Vegan Egg Salad (Made with Tofu!)

The most effective egg salad ever, sans eggs! This vegan egg salad is made with diced up tofu and crunchy veggies in a creamy base of vegan mayo, Dijon mustard and non-compulsory tahini.

Two halves of a Vegan Egg Salad sandwich stacked on a plate.

Being completely sincere right here, I used to be by no means an enormous fan of egg salad. I ate fairly a little bit of it as a child and all the time had blended emotions. On the one hand, if it was egg salad day at college, it meant I used to be avoiding worse destiny, like bologna or tuna salad. These had been the worst.

Alternatively: eggs. By no means one in all my faves.

I typically tolerated egg salad and stored my fingers crossed that tomorrow could be PB&J day.

I cherished this vegan egg salad. Egg salad made with tofu is way superior to egg salad made with precise eggs, in the event you ask me!

I completely meant to separate a sandwich with my husband after which pack up the remainder for weekday lunches, however between the 2 of us we completed your entire batch over the weekend.

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Substances You will Want

Vegan mayonnaise. Yow will discover vegan mayo in most common supermarkets today. Search for it close to the common mayo, or within the pure meals part. Simply Mayo, Hellman’s Vegan and Vegenaise are some well-liked manufacturers to look out for.
Dijon mustard. I like entire grain Dijon (Dealer Joe’s is my favourite), however the easy stuff works too.
Tahini. That is an non-compulsory ingredient, however I discover it really works nice for thickening up the dressing and mimicking the feel of arduous boiled egg yolks.
Pink wine vinegar.
Floor turmeric. That is for including some yellow shade to your vegan egg salad. Skip it in the event you do not feel such as you want that.
Tofu. Further-firm tofu works greatest for this recipe, however agency will do in a pinch.
Pink onion. Professional tip: in the event you discover uncooked onion to be a bit intense for you, merely soak your onion in some chilly water after dicing it. A ten minute soak adopted by a rinse in chilly water will wash away many of the chew.
Dill pickle relish. Finely mince up some dill pickle if relish is not one thing you usually purchase.
Recent parsley.
Celery.
Carrots.
Scallions. Often known as inexperienced onions.
Kala namak. Kala namak, additionally knowns as black salt, is a sort of salt with a excessive sulfur content material. It is nice for making issues style eggy! I take advantage of it in all of my vegan “egg” recipes like tofu scramble and vegan quiche. Yow will discover it in most Indian markets or on Amazon. It is non-compulsory on this recipe and may be changed with common desk salt if wanted.
Black pepper.

How It is Made

The next is an in depth picture tutorial on find out how to make this dish. Scroll all the way in which down if you would like to skip proper to the recipe!

These things comes collectively tremendous simply, in mere minutes!

Egg salad dressing in a bowl with wooden spoon.

Stir the dressing components collectively: vegan mayo, Dijon mustard, tahini (if utilizing), pink wine vinegar, and turmeric.

Hand with spoon stirring Vegan Egg Salad ingredients together in a bowl.

Now stir in your filling components: diced tofu, pink onion, relish, parsley, celery, carrots, and scallions.

Give the combination a taste-test and make any changes you assume are wanted. You may add extra mayo to make it creamier, extra vinegar for tang, or extra veggies for crunch. Add kala namak (or common salt) and pepper to style.

Vegan Egg Salad sandwich on a plate cut in half with a pickle spear.

Stuff your vegan egg salad right into a sandwich, scoop it onto a inexperienced salad, or devour it from a spoon!

Leftovers & Storage

Leftover vegan egg salad will hold in an hermetic container within the fridge for 3 to 4 days.

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