Tuna salad sandwich with crisp lettuce
The tuna salad comes ready to eat from the jar, so you only assemble. Crisp lettuce and toasted bread round out the sandwich with texture and warmth, ready in minutes when you need it.
About 330 calories a serving, 30 g protein, 30 g carbohydrate, 10 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 4 slices sturdy bread
- 4 leaves crisp lettuce
From your shelf
- one 9 oz jar StarKist original deli style ready-to-eat tuna salad
Staples
- 1 tablespoon butter
- pinch salt
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When foaming, lay 4 slices of bread flat in the pan and toast until golden, two to three minutes per side, then remove to a plate.
- Spread half the tuna salad from the jar on two warm toast slices and lay 2 crisp lettuce leaves on top of each, then cap with the remaining toast.
- Slice sandwiches in half across the diagonal and serve at once.
Note Swap the bread for crackers and lettuce for sliced tomato if you prefer an open-faced tuna platter. Leftovers keep in the refrigerator for one day. Serve with a cold drink and carrot sticks on the side to lengthen the meal.
On the label
LIGHT TUNA, WATER, WATER CHESTNUTS, SOYBEAN OIL, DILL PICKLE RELISH (CUCUMBERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: CELERY, EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SUGAR, ONION POWDER, MUSTARD FLOUR, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH (CORN), DEXTROSE, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GEL, SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, PHOSPHORIC ACID, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (AS PRESERVATIVES), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.
Starkist, canned tuna, serving 85 g, package 3 oz/85 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as tuna, canned tuna, deli salad. Half of it left? Use up the tuna.