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Tuna Melt

Jazz up your grilled cheese sandwich by adding tuna salad to it. Serve it with hot soup and you've got a satisfying meal for a cold day.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Mayonnaise
  • 2 slices Bread
  • Tuna Salad, prepared
  • 1 slice American Cheese

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Skillet

Method

  1. Prepare the tuna salad in a small dish, according to your favorite recipe. Set aside.
    Tuna Salad, prepared
  2. Spread mayonnaise on one side of two slices of bread.
    Mayonnaise, 2 slices Bread
    3. You can use butter on the bread instead of mayonnaise.
  3. Lay one slice of bread, mayonnaise-side down, in a warm skillet.
  4. Top the second slice of bread with a tablespoon or two of the tuna salad mixture and smooth evenly over the bread.
  5. Top with a slice of cheese.
    1 slice American Cheese
  6. Spread mayonnaise on another slice of bread and put it on top of the cheese, mayonnaise-side facing up.
  7. Grill the sandwich until light brown.
  8. Carefully flip the sandwich and grill until the second side is golden brown.

Notes

Any tuna salad recipe will work for this. I usually do a simple tuna salad with tuna, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper. Sometimes I'll also add a little onion powder.

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