American

Sourdough Tuna Melt

Name: Sourdough Tuna Melt
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 10 oz cans canned tuna, drained; 1/3 cup mayonnaise; 1/4 cup celery, chopped; 2 tbsp red onion, minced; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 8 slices sourdough bread; 8 sharp cheddar slices; 3 tbsp butter

Dee @dee_baltimore

Sourdough Tuna Melt is American home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 10 oz cans canned tuna, drained
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup celery, chopped
2 tbsp red onion, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
8 slices sourdough bread
8 sharp cheddar slices
3 tbsp butter

How to cook it

Mix the drained tuna with the mayonnaise, celery, red onion, salt, and pepper.
Butter one side of each slice of sourdough.
Divide the tuna salad among four slices, butter side down on the griddle, top with cheddar, then close with the remaining slices, butter side up.
Griddle over medium heat until the bread is golden and the cheese melts, about 3 minutes per side.
Slice in half and serve hot.

Watch how to cook Sourdough Tuna Melt

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A American lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sourdough Tuna Melt, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

What it is eaten with
- Baked Potato
  
  60 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Sourdough Tuna Melt carries dairy, gluten, eggs, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Sourdough Tuna Melt
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Gluten	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 590 kcal
Protein: 35 g
Carbs: 30 g
Fat: 37 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 980 mg
Saturated fat: 16 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Sourdough Tuna Melt takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.