Easy way to make Tuna Melts (Delicious Classic Taste)

One of our all-time favorite lunch recipes is a classic tuna melt. Warm open-faced sandwiches with tuna salad, tomato, and melted cheese are known as “tuna melts.”

The main component is canned tuna, sometimes known as “tuna fish”.

Some people believe that the best tuna melt recipes must be done with toasted white bread and American cheese. (As many mothers used to.)

However, because it holds up nicely and any juices sink into the tiny holes for added deliciousness, I use an English muffin in my tuna melt recipe. You’ll probably agree that a sandwich with cheddar tastes great. This recipe gets some zing with a dash of lemon juice and Dijon mustard in the tuna salad.

Creating a Tuna Melts

Make a tuna fish salad first if you want to create the best tuna melt dish! Simply combine the ingredients (this step can be completed in advance, although baking time may be affected if it’s cold from the fridge).

Closed or open-faced?

Though you can make it anyway, we’ve always enjoyed tuna melts as an open-faced sandwich (without top bread). It depends on the individual.

Any kind of bread goes well with this because we used to eat it on leftover hamburgers or hot dog buns when we were young. English muffins can withstand heavier toppings so well.

Tuna melt sandwiches should be put together as follows:

1. Slice the tomato and cheddar.
2. On a baking sheet, spread out the English muffin halves and toast them until they are gently toasted.
3. Each muffin half should have a scoop of tuna salad on it. Add a slice of tomato and a few slices of cheddar cheese, if desired.
4. Serve after baking in the oven until the cheese is melted and gooey.

Almost a whole dinner in itself is a tuna melt. You essentially only need a spear of dill pickle and a handful of potato chips as a side dish.

If you want to add a little flair to your dish, add a side of carrot salad with raisins to balance off the saltiness of the tuna and cheese, or make tuna melt sandwiches for guests.

Maybe that’s why “tuna melts my heart” because of this easy-to-make, delicious sandwich that always brings to mind mom’s homemade meals. I hope yours melts as well!

Tuna Melt Substitutions

Since tuna melt is so straightforward, you can have a lot of fun experimenting with the ingredients and coming up with new takes on the dish. Certainly, use your imagination! Here are some suggestions:

• American classics include tuna salad on Wonder White bread with Velveeta or American cheese and fresh tomatoes.
• Tuna salad, pumpernickel bagels, dill pickle slabs, and NY cheddar can be found at the NY Deli.
• Apple Pie: Brioche hamburger buns, extra-sharp cheddar cheese, fresh apple slices, tuna salad combined with chopped walnuts, and dried currants.
• Tuna salad, canned jalapeno slices, soft wheat taco shells, pepper jack cheese, and hot and sour are some examples of hot and sour foods.
• Californian food includes full-grain bread, tuna salad, avocado slices, slivered almonds, and asiago cheese.

Tuna Melts

One of our favorite lunch meals is a traditional tuna melt! For a quick lunch, you may make this on any kind of bread!

Ingredients

• 1 tomato sliced
• 2 English muffins halved
• 2 ounces cheddar cheese

tuna salad

• 6 ounces white flaked tuna in water drained
• 1 stalk celery finely diced
• 1 green onion sliced
• ⅓ cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon dijon
• ½ teaspoon lemon juice
• salt & pepper to taste

Instructions for Tuna Melts

1. Set the oven to 400 °F.
2. In a small dish, mix the ingredients for the tuna salad thoroughly.
3. On a baking sheet, place the English muffin halves, and broil for 2 to 3 minutes, or until they begin to brown.
4. Remove from the oven.
5. Over the English muffins, distribute the tuna mixture. Slices of tomato and cheddar cheese go on top.
   Bake for ten to fifteen minutes, or until cheese is melted. If desired, broil for one minute.

Nutrition information

Calories: 590 | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 76mg | Sodium: 921mg | Potassium: 400mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 905IU | Vitamin C: 10.1mg | Calcium: 255mg | Iron: 2.3mg