Tuna Melt Recipe (Easy, Protein Packed)

This tuna melt recipe is toasted on crispy bread, has a mild tuna salad center, and is topped with fresh tomatoes and melted cheddar cheese. Even if you aren't a huge tuna fan, don't shy away. You're going to love this easy sandwich recipe!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Course: dinner, lunch

Cuisine: American

Keyword: best tuna melt recipe, healthy tuna salad, tuna melt, tuna melt recipe, tuna melt sandwich, tuna salad with greek yogurt

Servings:

Calories: 455kcal

Ingredients

Healthy Tuna Salad

2 5 oz cans of tuna drained
¼ cup plain greek yogurt
¼ cup mayo
½ cup yellow onion finely chopped
1 stalk celery finely chopped
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp pepper

Additions

8 slices of nice sandwich bread I like sour dough bread, rustic bread, or whole grain loaf
1-2 tbsp butter
2 large beef steak tomatoes sliced
1 cup freshly shredded cheddar cheese from a block of cheese

Instructions

Start off by making the tuna salad. Drain the tuna. Ccombine the tuna, greek yogurt, mayo, onion, celery, garlic powder, dijon mustard, lemon juice and pepper in a medium bowl. Mix to combine. Set it in the fridge to chill while you gather the other ingredients.
Grab the bread, shred the cheddar cheese, and slice the tomato. Butter one side of the bread and turn it butter side down.
Now add a layer of tuna salad.
Add a layer of tomatoes.
Add a layer of cheese.
Top the sandwich with the other slice of buttered bread. Warm the griddle and cook the first side of the tuna melt for 3-4 minutes until golden brown.
Carefully flip the sandwich (hold it together as you flip so the cheese and tomatoes don't fall out). Toast the other side on the griddle for another 3-4 minutes.
Repeat until you have 4 sandwiches. Slice and enjoy!

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