I was watching Paula Deen live one day on Facebook and she had Michael in the kitchen making her dill tuna salad. Talk about a duck out of water 😂 It looked so good, so I found the recipe and it was a must try for me. It didn't disappoint, the infusion of dill was wonderful.
I did add a few ingredients to intensify the flavors, as I love dill in tuna, so here's the recipe, with my tweaks.
2 cans (6-ounces each) solid white tuna, packed in water, drained
2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and finely chopped
⅓ cup mayonnaise
juice of ½ a lemon
lemon zest
1 tsp. dried dill weed
3 tablespoons thinly sliced chives (I substitute scallions when I don't have chives in the garden)
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1 tablespoon dill pickle relish
1 tablespoon finely chopped red onion
Kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
mixed salad greens, optional
toasted sourdough or whole-wheat bread (optional)
Steps:
In a mixing bowl, combine the tuna, eggs, mayonnaise, lemon juice, chives, celery, relish, and onion. Season the salad with a big pinch of salt and pepper and stir to combine. Serve on a bed of salad greens or on toasted bread, if you like.Healthy Options:
Low fat mayo is obvious choice but I''m a big fan of 20 calorie Miracle Whip Light - don't judge 😁
Yogurt works, but it's too sour for me. Or you could just take a walk on the wild side and just mix it with yellow mustard.
Egg whites instead of whole eggs, or one egg yolk and two egg whites. It's little things, but those darn calories add up really quickly 😖
I've had one of these handy tuna strainers for years. I see so many people open a can of tuna, and drain it with the lid partially on, not a good idea, who knows what's on that lid. With this, you just take the lid completely off and push to strain. So easy.
I've also had a vegetable chopper similar to this one, and it's one of my most used kitchen gadgets. I use it multiple times weekly and I use it for my tuna salad because I never seem to have dill pickle relish. I just substitute dill pickles using the smallest dice with this gadget and it works great. I'm sure many of you have this, it's been around for years, just posting in case you don't. I really like this one, it has more blades than mine, and then there's the color. Love the color!
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