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3-Ingredient Dill Pickle Tuna Salad (+ Air Fryer Tuna Melt)


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  • Author: Christina Jolam
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1x
  • Diet: Pescatarian

Description

A dill pickle tuna salad that comes together in 3 ingredients with no chopping required. Pile it into a crispy air fryer tuna melt or eat it straight from the bowl.


Ingredients

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For the Dill Pickle Tuna Salad:

  • 2 cans Wild Planet Dill Pickle Skipjack Tuna
  • 3 tablespoons Seapoint Farms Fire Roasted Edamame, Dill Pickle, crushed
  • 3-4 tablespoons mayonnaise

For the Air Fryer Tuna Melt:

  • 4 slices bread (brioche, sourdough, or white)
  • 2 teaspoons mayonnaise (for outside of bread)
  • 4-5 slices cheese (cheddar, Swiss, or provolone)

Instructions

  1. Make the tuna salad. Crush edamame into rough pieces. Combine with drained tuna and mayo. Stir and taste. Add more mayo if you like it creamier.
  2. Toast the bread. Spread a very thin layer of mayo on one side of each bread slice. Place mayo-side up in the air fryer at 400°F for 3 minutes until golden on top.
  3. Melt the cheese. Flip bread slices. Top each with cheese. Air fry 60 seconds until melted and bubbly.
  4. Assemble. Pile tuna salad onto one slice of cheesy bread. Close with second slice. Slice and eat immediately.

Notes

  • The mayo on the outside of the bread is what gives you that golden, panini-press crunch. You need way less than you think...a very thin, even layer all the way to the edges.
  • Any good melting cheese works for your tuna melt. This tuna salad is also great on crackers, in lettuce wraps, or on its own
  • BRAND INFO: I teamed up with Seapoint Farms and Wild Planet to create this recipe for Instagram, but wanted to be sure my loyal readers had a copy, too! Wild Planet Dill Pickle Skipjack Tuna and Seapoint Farms Fire Roasted Edamame (Dill Pickle) can be found at most major grocery stores or on Amazon.
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Cook Time: 5
  • Category: Dinner, Easy Recipe, Easy Recipes, Lunch, main dish
  • Method: Air Fryer
  • Cuisine: American