Quick & Easy Tuna Salad Recipe
Posted: 01/17/24
Updated: 12/11/24
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This super easy tuna salad recipe takes a classic recipe and adds a little oomph. With chopped onions, pickles, and celery, plus a dash of delicious seasoning. It’s an easy way to upgrade your pantry staples!
🐟 What We Love About This Recipe
- This tuna salad is some of the best we’ve ever tasted. It’s light and creamy, with the perfect amount of sweetness and a beautiful crunch.
- It’s super versatile! You can use tuna salad on toast for a delish sandwich, in lettuce cups, with crackers, or even with celery sticks or cucumber slices. Perfect for light lunches and easy meal prep.
- Mix things up (no pun intended) any way you like by changing the ingredients a little. Use sweet relish or bread and butter pickles to make a sweeter tuna salad. Add in finely chopped apples or grapes for a fruity flavor. Swap out the chopped onion and paprika for onion powder and garlic powder, or throw in a little fresh dill.
👩🏼🍳 Chef’s Tips
- You can eat the tuna salad right away, but if you have an extra 30 minutes or so, I highly recommend using it to your advantage! After making the salad, cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate it at least half an hour. This gives the ingredients time to meld, allowing the flavors to intensify.
- I mentioned earlier that this is a great option for meal preps, and I meant it! If stored properly (meaning, refrigerated and kept in an airtight container) then the tuna salad will be good for 4-5 days. Long enough to get you through a work week!
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Quick & Easy Tuna Salad Recipe
This dressed-up tuna salad recipe gives the classic dish a little extra flavor.
servings
Ingredients
For the Tuna Salad
- 2 5-ounce cans chunk light tuna packed in water
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickles or dill relish
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped celery
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- salt to taste
- freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Serving Suggestions (All Optional)
- saltine crackers
- 2 slices toast
Equipment
- medium mixing bowl
- Silicone spatula
Instructions
- Drain 2 5-ounce cans chunk light tuna well then scoop tuna out into mixing bowl.
- Add ½ cup mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickles, 3 tablespoons finely chopped celery, 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion, ¼ teaspoon paprika, salt, and freshly cracked black pepper to mixing bowl.
- Stir ingredients together until thoroughly incorporated.
- Serve tuna salad immediately with saltine crackers or 2 slices toast, or cover bowl with lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- Pickles: For a sweeter tuna salad, use bread and butter pickles instead of dill.
- Make it Lower Carb: Omit the chopped onions.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 178kcal | Protein: 9g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Total Carbs: 2g | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.3g | Net Carbs: 1.7g | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 307mg | Potassium: 110mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
This was delicious. I added 2 teaspoons of mustard (it’s something I’ve always put in tuna salad) I loved it with tuna ill try it with chicken too!
Ooh, mustard sounds like a delicious addition! Thanks for sharing, Genevive!
I just made this and plan to have today, but I am not sure, how much is a serving?
This recipe makes 4 servings, so it’ll be 1/4 of the total tuna salad. Hope that helps!