Egg salad with zucchini & wild rocket

This quick & easy egg salad is perfect for picnics, lunchboxes or served as a side for your Sunday braai!

Egg Salad with Zucchini & Wild Rocket

SERVES 4

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 350g zucchini
• 30g wild rocket
• 6-8 eggs, boiled to your preference
• 2 spring onions, sliced

SALAD DRESSING

• 100ml olive oil
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• ½ tsp dried chilli flakes

Method

1. Slice the zucchinis in quarters lengthways. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the zucchini until lightly charred; season with salt and pepper and set aside.
2. Layer the wild rocket leaves, zucchini, halved boiled eggs and sliced spring onion in a serving platter.

SALAD DRESSING

1. Place all the ingredients in a glass jar and shake until well combined. Dress the egg salad just before serving.

Tip from the team: To boil the eggs, place them in a pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. From the moment the water boils, time the eggs for 5 minutes for a soft yolk, 6-8 minutes for a jammy yolk and 10-12 minutes for a hard-boiled yolk. Transfer eggs to a bowl of ice water to cool, then peel.

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Egg Salad with Zucchini & Wild Rocket

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 350g zucchini
• 30g wild rocket
• 6-8 eggs, boiled to your preference
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• SALAD DRESSING
• 100ml olive oil
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• ½ tsp dried chilli flakes

Instructions

1

Slice the zucchinis in quarters lengthways. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the zucchini until lightly charred; season with salt and pepper and set aside.

2

Layer the wild rocket leaves, zucchini, halved boiled eggs and sliced spring onion in a serving platter.

SALAD DRESSING

3

Place all the ingredients in a glass jar and shake until well combined. Dress the egg salad just before serving.

Notes

Tip from the team: To boil the eggs, place them in a pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. From the moment the water boils, time the eggs for 5 minutes for a soft yolk, 6-8 minutes for a jammy yolk and 10-12 minutes for a hard-boiled yolk. Transfer eggs to a bowl of ice water to cool, then peel.

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Kirsty Buchanan

Kirsty is the food assistant on the Food&Home team. Usually baking up a storm, snapping pics on her camera or buried in her beloved recipe books, she also spends her time tinkering on the piano, doing contemporary dancing and enjoying the beautiful outdoors.