Tuna Salad Sandwich

Name: Tuna Salad Sandwich
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 10 oz tuna, canned (drained hard, flaked); 4 tbsp mayonnaise; ⅓ cup celery (fine dice); 2 tbsp red onion (minced); 1 tsp dijon mustard; 1 tsp lemon (juice); ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp black pepper (freshly ground); 4 slice bread (sandwich slices, toasted); 2 unit lettuce (whole leaves)

Sandwiches & Handhelds · American

10 ingredients · 15 minutes · 2 servings

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565kcal46.4g protein24.4g fat40.2g carbs~$3.50/ serving*

Contains gluten, egg, fish · sometimes contains soy — check the label · only in an optional ingredient: dairy

Restrictions

Containsgluten · egg · fishIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.

Sometimes contains — check the labelsoy (Mayonnaise)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.

Only if you add itdairy (butter)Leave that ingredient out and the dish does not have it.

Diets

PescatarianNo porkNo alcohol

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

10 oz	tuna, canned (drained hard, flaked)
4 tbsp	mayonnaise
⅓ cup	celery (fine dice)
2 tbsp	red onion (minced)
1 tsp	dijon mustard
1 tsp	lemon (juice)
¼ tsp	salt
¼ tsp	black pepper (freshly ground)
4 slice	bread (sandwich slices, toasted)
2 unit	lettuce (whole leaves)

Optional

Not counted above. The dish works without them.

2 tbsp	dill pickle (chopped)
1 tbsp	sweet relish
1 tbsp	dill (chopped)
1 tsp	capers (rinsed)
1 tbsp	butter (for the toast)
2 slice	tomato (sliced)
½ tsp	hot sauce

Steps

Prep3 min
press in the lid or a sieve
- tuna
- mayonnaise
tuna, drained until it stops weeping — every teaspoon of can liquid left behind thins the mayonnaise, and thin mayonnaise migrates straight into the crumb, which is the whole mechanism of a soggy sandwich
Mix1 min
in the bowl before the fish
- lemon
- black pepper
mayonnaise + dijon + lemon juice + salt + pepper, whisked smooth first — dressing built on top of the tuna needs stirring that breaks the flakes down, dressing built beside it does not
Fold2 min
gentle, few strokes
- celery
- red onion
+ drained tuna + celery + red onion, turned over just until coated; stop while the flakes are still visible, since the celery's crunch and the tuna's grain are the only texture the sandwich has = tuna salad
Rest5 min
cold, uncovered
tuna salad, so the salt draws a little liquid out of the onion and celery and the dressing tightens back up around the flakes; taste again here, because chilled salt reads weaker than room-temperature salt
Toast3 min
medium, until dry and pale gold
- bread
bread slices — toasting sets a stiff crust that resists the dressing far longer than fresh bread, which collapses within minutes
Top1 min
assemble and cut immediately
- lettuce
toast + lettuce leaf laid flat as a waterproof layer + tuna salad spread to the edges + second lettuce leaf + top slice; the leaf on each face is a barrier, not a garnish, and skipping it is why the bottom slice goes translucent