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Tuna salad sandwich

We tend to have tuna sandwiches with sweetcorn or cucumber in the UK. I like the American style tuna salad sandwich, which is mixed with mayonnaise and a pickle such as finely sliced cocktail gherkins. It's simple, quick and rather addictive.
Usually I'd say buy a good Spanish or Portuguese brand of tuna but the mayonnaise makes even the cheapest tuna taste good.
You can swap out the gherkins for silver skin onions, or pickled green peppercorns or capers. You can build in a crisp lettuce leaf to the sandwich or slices of cucumber to add crunch.
Course: Lunch, Sandwich, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Tinned fish, Tinned food, Tuna salad sandwich, tuna steak
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 4 slices of the bread of your choice, spread with mayonnaise
  • 160 g tin of tuna, packed in water but in oil is fine too
  • 5 tbsps mayonnaise
  • 1/2 small brown or red onion, thinly sliced
  • 5 mini gherkins, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 lemon, juice of
  • plenty of pepper and a little salt.

Instructions

  • Prepare your bread slices
  • Mix the tuna with the rest of the ingredients. Cover and chill if not using immediately.
  • Add heaped tablespoons of the tuna salad into the centre of your bread slice, spread thickly, and close with the other slice of bread. Cut in half.