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| Prep Time: | 3 mins |
| Cook Time: | 7 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 1 |
| Yield: | 1 sandwich |
Ingredients
- 1 (5 ounce) can tuna, drained and flaked
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 slices whole wheat bread
- 2 teaspoons chopped dill pickle
- ¼ cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place bread slices in the oven to toast while it preheats, and while you make the tuna salad.
- In a small bowl, mix together the tuna, mayonnaise, salt, balsamic vinegar, mustard and dill pickle until well blended. Remove bread from the oven, and pile the tuna mixture onto one slice. Sprinkle cheese over the other slice of bread.
- Bake for 7 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese is melted and tuna is heated through. Place the cheese side of the sandwich on top of the tuna side. Cut in half and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 608 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 78 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 47 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 1028 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 34 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made this recipe and my family loved it.
This is very tasty. My only modification is that since this makes a LOT of tuna salad, I am using it to make two sandwiches (four pieces of bread) instead of one sandwich.
Easy and good taste. Added a pinch of cayenne pepper and minced celery. Also, melted butter w garlic, spread on thick cut artisan bread and put it in the broiler for a few seconds to avoid soggy bread. Then, pulled out the toasted bread, assembled open face sandwiches , and used the broiler to melt and brown the cheese. Delish!
It was good.. I didn’t have balsamic vinegar but had most of the ingredients.. So I’ll probably will make it again
Very good. Taste of my childhood. I made them open face on home made french bread. Also I put a sprinkle of crispy fried onions on top. Taste great. Give it a try.
Yes, I changed the cheddar for jarlsberg original.
Easy & I thought these were just what I wanted…a tasty little tuna sandwich. Not fussy, no showing off…but an easy and yummy tuna lunch or dinner! Great because I had all of the stuff already! 2nd time I made it, kids ate theirs cold on saltine crackers and they liked it better like that (no cheese for them).
This recipe is a solid no for me.
I used solid white tuna and a little more mayo (2.5 tbsp). I also used celery salt, which gives it more flavor. Chunk tuna doesn’t need more mayo. Sourdough bread works best for tuna.
Taste was great, but the tuna seemed to be too wet. I doubled the recipe and doubled the stir-ins to the tuna. Next time I will probably try using the stir-ins as is with double the tuna.
Even the picky eaters in the family enjoyed it.
First time ever making a tuna melt and I will be making these again. I was out of pickles so substituted marinated asparagus which gave it just the tang needed! Added sliced avocado and tomatoes on the side…YUM!
I had white bread and mozzarella so that’s what I used. Delicious!!
Will make again.
Only change I made is that the amount is enough for two sandwiches. When making it as one it was a big, albeit tasty, mess!
my go to recipe for a tuna fish sandwich
This was a hit with the family. Definitely a keeper.
Very good! I mixed the cheese in with the tuna and had open faced sandwiches.
More cheese! I omitted the pickle and added extra mustard. It turned out great. I also used 5 cans of tuna.
This is a great, flavorful sandwich. I added a shake of granulated garlic, and made it on a pita.
Best tuna melt!!! I never liked tuna melts, I was raised thinking they were tuna, mayo, American single YUCK. But hubby requested and I found this. We’ve made it at least half a dozen times now. Only changes are a little more pickle (I misread as Tbsp the first time) and we use this amount of filling for 2 sandwiches. Quick, tasty dinner!!