Tuna Dip Recipe (Quick And Easy) (2024)

FAQs

What can I mix with a can of tuna? ›

It is usually made with oil-packed tuna and either mayonnaise, butter, or soft kind of soft, spreadable cheese. You blend it in a food processor with some capers, lemon juice and anchovies, although I think you could easily do without them. So easy! We would serve this dip with crostini (i.e. toast.)

Drain tuna and put it in a bowl. Add mayonnaise, sesame oil, vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce (if using), sriracha, and ginger and mix well. Fold in onion and garlic.

Instead of using mayo in tuna salad you can use greek yogurt or regular yogurt. Yogurt mimics the texture of mayo with less fat and more protein.

Tuna is a healthy food. But when folks make tuna salad, they tend to go overboard on the mayo adding tons of extra calories and fat. One cup of mayo has a whopping 1440 calories, 160 grams fat, and 24 grams saturated fat. It'll also tack on almost 50 percent of your daily recommended amount of sodium.

Whisk together mayonnaise, cream cheese spread, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, parsley, horseradish, hot sauce, Worcestershire, and Old Bay in a medium bowl. Pulse smoked fish in a food processor until finely chopped, about 10 times. Add chopped fish to mayonnaise mixture and fold to combine.

I am not sure if you eat fat free cottage cheese, but you can blend that and use it as a replacement for mayo if you are looking for similar-ish texture. I'm honestly quite lazy and just mix my tuna with cottage cheese, and sometimes a hard boiled egg, mustard, and a little salt and pepper.

By Mark Bittman. Here, grilled tuna is smothered with a mixture of flavorful herbs, made more potent by the addition of chopped olives and a little raw garlic. A mix of parsley, basil, chives, chervil and marjoram, for example, would be splendid, as would one of cilantro, mint and basil.

Canned tuna typically contains either albacore or skipjack tuna, and cans are usually marked as either “albacore” or “chunk light.” Albacore tuna typically has higher concentrations of mercury than chunk light tuna and should be eaten only once or twice a week. Chunk light tuna is safe to eat two or three times a week.

What is the healthiest way to eat canned tuna? ›

It's generally safe to feed your dog small amounts of cooked tuna as an occasional treat, but it should not be a regular part of their diet. Never give tuna to dogs that are small, young, or have any health problems.

Tuna wraps!

For a low-carb option, you can ditch the bread and simply serve the chunky tuna salad in lettuce wraps (something a bit similar to my shrimp lettuce wraps).

Amped Up Classic – Start with the traditional combination of tuna plus a little light mayonnaise, then add bread and butter pickles, hard-boiled egg, celery, green onions, and coarse-grain mustard. Sriracha Spiced – Spice is nice with Albacore.

A good, warm, toasty, cheesy tuna melt ranks high on my list of favorite sandwiches. There's just something so idyllic and comforting about a creamy tuna mixture stuffed between two slices of crisp fried bread. In my book, a good tuna melt must meet a few criteria. First, the cheese must be fully melted and oozy.