Best Tuna Melts Ever Recipes

BEST TUNA MELT (NEW JERSEY DINER STYLE)

If you order a tuna melt in a New Jersey diner, you'll get something very similar to this! My method of topping the tuna salad with cheese FIRST, then tomato and more cheese, keeps the toppings from sliding off the bread.

Provided by COOKINGIRLLJ

Categories Seafood Fish Tuna

Time 15m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 12

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Steps:

Preheat the oven broiler.
In a bowl, mix the tuna, mayonnaise, celery, onion, parsley, and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
Place the rye bread slices on a baking sheet, and broil 1 minute in the preheated oven, until lightly toasted. Remove from heat, and spread with the tuna salad. Place 1 cheese slice over the tuna salad on each piece of bread, layer with a tomato slice, and top with remaining cheese slices.
Return layered bread to the preheated oven, and broil 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese is melted.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 484.2 calories, Carbohydrate 22.1 g, Cholesterol 76.3 mg, Fat 28.4 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 34.8 g, SaturatedFat 12.1 g, Sodium 478.2 mg, Sugar 3.9 g

Ingredients

2 (5 ounce) cans tuna, drained
¼ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup finely chopped celery
1 ½ tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
¾ teaspoon red wine vinegar
1 pinch salt
1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
4 slices seedless rye bread
8 slices ripe tomato
8 slices Swiss cheese
paprika, for garnish

BEST TUNA MELT EVER

Jazz up your tuna melt with a raisins and celery. Sharp cheddar is essential, as is horseradish. Yogurt instead of mayo makes it tangy-er and lighter.

Provided by QueSarah

Categories Lunch/Snacks

Time 10m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

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Steps:

Put the bread in the toaster and toast medium.
Meanwhile, cut the celery into small pieces and mix it in a bowl with the tuna, raisins, horseradish, mustard, and yogurt.
The horseradish and mustard should both be added to taste: it's up to you how much you want to add. I like a lot so I usually put in a few big spoonfuls of each.
Then, after the horseradish and mustard, add enough yogurt in to make it all stick together.
You can use mayo if you prefer, but the yogurt tastes better with the raisins.
Microwave everything in the bowl (maybe 1 min - just enough to warm it so the toaster oven doesn't have to do all the work).
Arrange the tuna mix on a piece of pre-toasted bread.
You can also use pita or half a green bell pepper instead of bread.
I make a little dome shape.
Place 2-3 slices of cheddar on the top of the dome of tuna.
Put it all back in the toaster oven (or regular oven) and cook until the cheese is melted.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 504.1, Fat 17, SaturatedFat 8.2, Cholesterol 105, Sodium 1282, Carbohydrate 35.4, Fiber 3.6, Sugar 17.5, Protein 52.1

Ingredients

6 ounces solid white tuna packed in water (one can)
2 stalks celery
2 tablespoons raisins (one small box)
1 tablespoon horseradish cream
1 tablespoon country-style dijon mustard (the kind with the whole mustard seeds)
2 tablespoons whole fat unsweetened plain yogurt
1/4 cup cheddar cheese
1 slice wheat bread