Tuna Salad
This recipe comes from a good friend, and she has never been wrong with a recipe, and this recipe is excellent as well. Makes for tasty sandwiches. Link to the Shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 4 cans tuna in water, standard size cans, or 2 cups fresh, Shortcut
- 1 medium brown onion, finely diced
- 1 medium Granny Smith apple, cored, seeded, diced
- 1 avocado, peeled, seeded, diced
- 1 cup mayo, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon lemon or lime juice, or to taste
- ½ cup toasted nuts, sliced almonds or chopped pecans, optional
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
Instructions
- Core and chop the apple. I use an apple corer and slicer that removes the core and makes 8 slices. I took each slice, slice it again lengthwise, then chopped. Add the lime or lemon juice at this time to prevent the chopped pieces from turning brown.
- Toast the nuts, your choice of almonds or walnuts, these are optional.
- Drain the tuna well or prepare fresh cooked tuna and let that drain after you have removed the bones and flaked it. If using fresh tuna, use 2 cups or 2 1/2 cups. Three cans of tuna (140 grams each), the onion, and apple with lime juice ready for mixing.
- Add all the ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix to combine, taste and adjust mayo, pepper, and lemon/lime juice to your liking. Mixed and ready to chill, no nuts or avocado used this time.
- Cover and chill for a few hours, serve in sandwiches or as a dip.
Notes
Figure about 42 Baht per average size can of tuna, for 8 servings, this is about 66 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Tuna.
Variants: 1. Replace the tuna with 2 cups of cooked, chopped chicken. 2. Use a red onion in place of the brown onion. 3. Use a Fuji apple in place of the Granny Smith apple.