Gingered Tuna Salad
"This recipe was printed in Penzeys One first issue. It is a deliciously different tuna salad. This goes great on a pita, with crackers or on a bed of salad greens."
photo by LifeIsGood
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 (7 5/8 ounce) flavor fresh pouch tuna in water
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄4 cup red onion, minced
- 3 tablespoons crystallized ginger, chopped
- 1⁄3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1⁄4 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 dash cayenne pepper
directions
- In a small saucepan over low heat, sauté the curry powder in olive oil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- While the curry powder is cooking, mince the onion and chop the crystallized ginger.
- In a medium bowl, add the mayonnaise, rice vinegar and Dijon mustard; whisk to blend.
- Add the cooked curry powder, crystallized ginger, onion, pecans and cayenne pepper; whisk again to thoroughly blend.
- Add the tuna and mix with a fork until tuna is well blended and coated with the dressing.
- Serve and enjoy.
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Reviews
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Oh my, this was just delicous! I halved the recipe and used canned tuna in water.I loved the curry flavor along with the crystalized ginger! I'm so glad I picked this for Zaar tag! -
To be truthful, I was surprised by how much I loved this recipe!!! I wasn't sure about the curry and crystallized ginger, but all apprehension was quickly cast aside with one bite of this fabulous recipe. Wow. I absolutely loved the flavors and would do this recipe again in a heartbeat. I'm so glad I gave this recipe a try. I served mine on toasted bread. Thank you, Paula! Made during ZWT for the Golden Gourmets. -
This is very different and totally delicious! I served it with crisp lettuce leaves instead of bread and loved it that way. The salad has awesome flavors and needs no changes, but for presentation I might add cilantro or parsley next time. The recipe is now in my Best of Cookbook. Thanks Paula for sharing the recipe! -
Delicious! I was very impressed by the flavor of this, it's so different from the average tuna salad. The only change I made was to use walnuts in place of pecans. I'll make this again for sure! -
Tasty tuna salad like you've never tried before! This would be wonderful to serve at a tea, luncheon or shower. I LOVE fish, especially tuna, so for me this would not be a regular dish because the curry and other flavors are quite strong and mask the tuna. I think I could make this for my Dad who refuses to eat fish and he would eat it thinking it's chicken salad.
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This is very different and totally delicious! I served it with crisp lettuce leaves instead of bread and loved it that way. The salad has awesome flavors and needs no changes, but for presentation I might add cilantro or parsley next time. The recipe is now in my Best of Cookbook. Thanks Paula for sharing the recipe!
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Delicious! I was very impressed by the flavor of this, it's so different from the average tuna salad. The only change I made was to use walnuts in place of pecans. I'll make this again for sure!
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Without a doubt the BEST Tuna Salad I have ever, ever had! The flavor blend of ginger and curry elevated the humble tuna sandwich to haute cuisine! I had water pack canned tuna on hand, so I used that and I also used walnuts instead of pecans. The next time I made it, I threw in a hand full of chopped grapes. Delish! Thank you PaulaG for an awesome break from the ordinary! UPDATE: Suprise company caused this dish to morh into a Gingered Tuna/Pasta Salad. Loads of compliments and recipe requests!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
I came to this site in March of 2004. It was then called Recipezaar. This site was the first on-line site that I ever joined. I first popped in 2003 while searching for a Peach Cobbler Recipe. In March of 2004, DH was having shoulder surgery and I was looking for a Split Pea Soup. Once again I found myself on Zaar as it came to be called.
Over the years I hung out and learned from some of the best home cooks in the country, I posted over 700 recipes on the site, reviewed over 3500 recipes and posted over 3000 food photos. Over the next 10 years the site made many changes and in 2010 it was sold to to Food Network and became Food.com.
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