Ken's Delicious Tuna Salad. To make tuna salad healthy (but still delicious) cut back on the mayo, or use plain yogurt in place of mayo. Then load up on fresh crunchy What goes in Tuna Salad, anyways? The short answer is: almost anything you want.
I used fresh cilantro from the garden. To make the best tuna salad sandwich, it helps to start with high quality canned tuna. We prefer tuna that is packed in extra virgin olive oil, because the oil intensifies the flavor of the tuna. You can have Ken's Delicious Tuna Salad using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Ken's Delicious Tuna Salad
- It's 8-10 oz of Tuna (oil-packed preferred, but not required).
- You need 1/2 c of mayonnaise.
- Prepare 1-2 Tbsp of celery, finely chopped.
- Prepare 1/2 Tbsp of whole-grain Mustard.
- You need 1/2 Tbsp of Honey Mustard.
- It's 1 tsp of parsley.
- It's 2 Tbsp of Dill Relish (not sweet).
- Prepare of Pepper (to taste).
Both Trader Joe's and Whole Foods have excellent canned tuna packed in olive oil that work perfectly for this tuna salad. Try this fun and easy to make tuna salad recipe. You can eat the tuna salad pure, with tortilla chips, or make tuna sandwiches. The secret to making your vegan tuna salad to taste like regular tuna salad is capers.
Ken's Delicious Tuna Salad instructions
- Drain oil from tuna, not completely, but mostly. The oil left will give a nice texture and finish to your salad. Set the oil aside, you can add more later if your texture is off..
- Mix ingredients as listed, let chill for an hour (or don't, I'm not the boss of you ;)..
- Serve over toasted bread of your choice (Bagels, muffins, hearty toast are my top choices)..
The capers add a bright, briny flavor that the tuna would normally provide, so Basically, you just sub in some chopped chickpeas for the tuna and everything else stays the same, and you end up with this super delicious. Southern tuna salad is basically tuna salad with the addition of relish and hard boiled eggs. This recipe already calls for relish to get a satisfying salty crunch, so all you'd have to add is chopped hardboiled egg. This tuna salad looks so creamy and delicious. Tuna salad is my kid's favorite salad.