Good News–bad News Tuna Salad “salad” Sandwich

Submitted by twissis

"I know it’s a long name, but it’s descriptive. The Good News - my DH loves tuna salad. The Bad News - he devours it faster than I can make a batch of std tuna salad. So I found this way to extend the “refrigerator life” of our tuna salad & he likes it better! Despite the expanded bulk, you don’t lose the tuna flavor. This makes a good tuna melt too, but he’s always impatient & slathers it on wheat bread. *Enjoy* ! *Edited to Add* DH prefers fresh tomato to sun-dried, but I esp like Redsie's sub of sun-dried tomato -- so consider it an opt chg you can make w/my blessing. :-)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 3 cups
• Serves: 9

ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) can tuna in vegetable oil or (6 ounce) can tuna in water, drained
• 2⁄3 cup mayonnaise
• 2 eggs (hard-boiled & diced)
• 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
• 1⁄4 cup onion (diced, but I often use leek)
• 1⁄4 cup cucumber (seeded & diced)
• 1⁄4 cup fresh tomato (seeds removed & diced)
• 1⁄4 cup cheddar cheese (grated or shredded)
• 1⁄2 cup iceberg lettuce (thinly sliced, see prep note)

directions

1. Combine the 1st 8 ingredients, mix well & chill in refrigerator.
2. NOTE: When ready to serve -- If you expect to use the entire mixture, add the full amt of lettuce & serve. However, if you expect to have leftovers, add half the lettuce & then add the rest of the lettuce when you serve any leftovers.

Reviews

[SB61287]

I let Dh pick my tag for your Football Pool win & this is the one he chose. So happy he did! It was just a wonderful tuna salad. Had with a nice cup of soup. Delightful!

 

[French Tart]

A fabulous tuna salad recipe with the emphasis on salad, just the way I like it! I made one slight change, I used mache for the salad leaves and served the tomato on the side. I piled this into a crispy ciabatta bread roll with extra salad on the side, perfect! Made for PAC Spring 2010 and Soups,Salads and Sandwiches photo event in the Photo's Forum. Thanks again Twizzle! FT:-)

 

[cbasser]

Yummy!! I was very surprised at how good this was. All the extra veggies adds so much to an otherwise ho-hum meal. Thanks for sharing!

 

[morgainegeiser]

This was a very different type of tuna salad. I liked the addition of the veggies and the hard boiled eggs. I did cut back a tad on the mayo and used lowfat mayo - still tasted great. The one thing I will do different next time is leave out the pickle relish, I felt it distracted from the salad. But all in all a nice change in tuna salad.

 

[Chef Onoaloha]

Way too much mayo for my taste but I did enjoy the addition of fresh cucumber and tomato. Next time I will cut mayo back to 3 TB and omit the cheddar cheese. Thanks for a nice change from the usual tuna salad recipe.