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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Best Tuna Melt (New Jersey Diner Style)


The boyfriend made these for dinner last night (found on allrecipes.com), and they were absolutely wonderful! He served them with fries and pickles. Next time we make them, I'll get a picture. Note: tuna cans are mostly only 5 oz now, which seemed to work just fine, and we only needed about 4 slices of tomato. (edit 12/11/11 to add photo)

Ingredients

  • 2 (6 ounce) cans solid white tuna in water, drained
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
  • 3/4 teaspoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 slices seedless rye bread
  • 8 slices ripe tomato
  • 8 slices Swiss cheese
  • paprika, for garnish

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven broiler.
  2. In a bowl, mix the tuna, mayonnaise, celery, onion, parsley, and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Place the rye bread slices on a baking sheet, and broil 1 minute in the preheated oven, until lightly toasted. Remove from heat, and spread with the tuna salad. Place 1 cheese slice over the tuna salad on each piece of bread, layer with a tomato slice, and top with remaining cheese slices.
  4. Return layered bread to the preheated oven, and broil 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese is melted.

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