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Tuna Salad Recipe

Tuna Salad Recipe

Farrukh
The tuna salad recipe is the “favorite” recipe of many and I totally get why. If your path ever crossed with this delightful dish, you will be in love with it too. You canfind tuna salad in many delis and even some grocery stores, but where’s thefun in that? So, here we are with a wonderful recipe for tuna salad.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cans (5 ounces) tuna, drained and flaked with a fork Note 1
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped celery
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion (soak in cold water for 5 minutes to take away the “bite”, optional)
  • 2 tablespoons pickle relish (or finely chopped bread and butterpickles)
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped flat leaf parsley
  • 1/3 cup mayo (up to ½ cup for “creamier” tuna)
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • Fine sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste

Instructions
 

  • Take a large bowl and put in the well drained tuna. Now add the choppedred onion and celery, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, mayonnaise, parsley,pickle relish, olive oil and salt or pepper to taste.
  • Stir to mix the ingredients and your tuna salad is ready.
  • Meal prepping:You can store the salad in airtight containers. It is better to separate in fouror so parts.

Notes

If you soaked the red onions drain them properly before using
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