My Take on Tuna Melts
photo by Lavender Lynn
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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3 open-face sandwiches
- Serves:
- 2-3
ingredients
- 3 slices whole wheat bread, toasted
- 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna in water, drained and flaked
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
- 1⁄8 teaspoon celery salt (optional)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon onion salt (optional)
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- 3 slices cheese
- 1 roma tomato, sliced fairly thick
directions
- Prepare the tuna salad by combining tuna, mayonnaise, relish, celery salt, onion salt, and black pepper. Taste and season again, if necessary.
- Meanwhile, toast three slices of bread. (I used Mrs. Baird's Acti-Fiber bread and 2 slices of Honey Wheat bread for DH; really this is a go-with-your-favorite option.) Toasting the bread is extremely important! Don't skip the step.
- Place toast on a cookie sheet. Spread tuna salad on each slice.
- Top each piece of toast with 2 slices roma tomato. Grind fresh black pepper over each slice.
- Cover with cheese. DH used American singles, and I used Pepper Jack. Both were great!
- Set oven to Broil with rack around six inches from the burner. Broil the sandwiches until cheese is "melty and bubbly." Don't turn your back on the oven--the sandwiches go from melty and bubbly to black and burnt in a snap!
- We served this with barbecue potato chips and yogurt for dessert.
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Reviews
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This was good. I toasted my bread a little too much so it was pretty crunchy once I put it in the broiler but the flavor was really good. I used mozzerella on one and american on the other and both were yummy! I also chopped some sweet jalapenos in place of the sweet relish to give it a little kick! Great recipe Janie!!
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