Vegan “Egg” Salad With Secret Ingredient

A few weeks back I went to have breakfast at a vegan Cafe and ordered their egg salad sandwich. When I tried it, I could not believe that there weren’t any eggs in the salad. I was 100% sure that it contained eggs, because of the consistency. I needed to ask the owner/chef, what the salad was made of, because I think I wouldn’t have slept that night if I didn’t find out what ingredient made this salad taste like real eggs. He then assured me that the egg salad was completely vegan and that the secret ingredient, which has the exact consistency of boiled eggs, is… can you guess?

 

 

It’s noodles!! When he said it, I was quite surprised but it totally made sense! Right?

So since that day I’ve been wanting to make my own vegan egg salad. In the internet I found a lot of variations of a recipe of the german, vegan Chef Björn Moschinski. So the recipe I’m sharing today is my adapted version of his recipe.

 

 

Björn, or who ever had the idea of making vegan egg salad with noodles, thank you! It’s genius!

 

 

Vegan Egg Salad With Noodles

Makes about 4 sandwiches:

For the mayonnaise:

• 1/4 cup soy milk
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup grapeseed oil
• 1/4 tsp mustard
• salt to taste

For the salad:

• 100g dry pasta (like Fusilli) or 280g cooked pasta
• 240g canned chickpeas
• 5 small pickled gherkins
• 2  1/2 tsp pickled gherkins liquid
• 2 tbsp chopped chives
• 1 small ripe tomato
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp curry powder
• 1/4 tsp paprika powder
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1/4 tsp mustard

Cook pasta in salt water and let cool down.

Make mayonnaise by blending soy milk and apple cider vinegar in a tall measuring cup, slowly adding the oil until the consistency changes. Add mustard and a little bit of salt. Don’t worry if the mayonnaise doesn’t taste that great by itself. It will get the right flavor when it is mixed in the salad.

Blend chickpeas in a blender until it’s almost a mash. Then chop noodles, gherkins, tomatoes and chives in small pieces and mix together with the mayonnaise and chickpea mash. Add 2  1/2 tsp  pickled gherkins liquid, turmeric, curry and paprika and mix well. Add salt & pepper to your liking et voila, party time! : )

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