This textured fig sauce, created with balsamic vinegar and drizzled over chicken, is a good complement to the sweet figs. The sweet, creamy sauce gets a tiny touch of savoriness from the thyme.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 open-face sandwiches |
Ingredients
- 6 slices white bread
- 2 (5 ounce) cans tuna, drained
- ¼ cup mayonnaise, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill
- 1 large tomato, thinly sliced
- 6 slices Swiss cheese
Instructions
- Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler. Arrange bread in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Toast bread lightly on both sides in preheated oven, about 1 minute per side.
- Mix tuna, mayonnaise, lemon juice, lemon zest, and dill in a bowl. Spread tuna mixture evenly over each slice of bread. Arrange tomato slices over tuna mixture and top with Swiss cheese.
- Return baking sheet to oven and broil until cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 296 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 42 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 300 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made this several times. One of my wife’s favorite light meals.
When made as directed this just doesn’t taste very good. The cheese was unusually dry after baking and the juice and dill completely overpower the tuna flavor. It made for a disappointing meal.
Skinnied this up with greek yoghurt and used cheddar for the kiddos. These are fantastic tuna melts! Making round two tonight.
Yay! First to review and you get 5 stars! I have never had a tuna melt before. Cheese and Tuna weirds me out…not anymore though. 🙂 I think swiss is a perfect choice because it is a mild cheese…normally I don’t really go for swiss because I love strong cheese – but with tuna this wouldn’t work in my opinion. I added jalapenos for kick because that is me. It is a very tasty and easy recipe! Thanks for sharing!!