Fresh Spinach Salad With Spicy Tuna

Submitted by Larawithoutau

"This was my own creation for lunch. Low carb and suited my craving for salty and spicy."

 

• Ready In: 4mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 bowl
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 141.74 g can light chunk tuna in water, drained
• 7.39 ml mayonnaise
• 14.79 ml hot pepper relish
• 9.85 ml monterey jack pepper cheese, shredded
• 473.18 ml baby spinach leaves, washed & torn
• 7.39 ml red onion, diced
• 1 slice crisp bacon, crumbled

directions

1. Drain tuna. Combine mayonnaise & pepper relish, stir into tuna. Place spinach & diced onion in the bowl and top with tuna, shredded cheese & crumbled bacon.

Reviews

[sheepdoc]

This was great although I couldn't find any hot pepper relish in this small town in middle America. I subbed chopped hot pickled vegetables. Also used real bacon crumbles which I should have microwaved to make crispier.

 

[teresas]

This is real different from the normal tuna salad...I wish I had added more of the hot pepper relish like LifeIsGood did...because I found it a bit on the dry side...the whole salad was a nice change...I love fresh spinach...the red onion added a different heat component...but the saltiness and the crunch of the bacon was spot on...I used fresh canned tuna...next time I will either add more of the relish or more mayo to add for the lack of moisture...made for Best of 2014 tag game...=)

 

[LifeIsGood]

I am so glad I tried this recipe!! I put this together for a to-go lunch. The flavors are excellent and very different from the ordinary tuna salad recipe. I didn't miss the bread at all. I have never tried hot pepper relish and was a little nervous that I wouldn't be able to find it in the grocery store. It was available and I'm so happy because it's flavor is outstanding! In fact, I ended up pouring a bit more of it over my salad as a dressing. Yummy! Made for the Spring Pick-A-Chef event in the Contest and Events forum.