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The Ultimate Tuna Salad

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This easy tuna salad recipe blends albacore tuna, celery, capers, and a hard-boiled egg, all mixed in a creamy mayonnaise-mustard dressing. Perfect for a light lunch or a quick snack.


serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  30-60 minutes

ingredients

1 can (6 ounce size) tuna (albacore works best)
1 hard-boiled egg
3 tablespoons minced celery
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 teaspoon minced capers, optional
3 tablespoons mayonnaise, or more if needed
1 tablespoon prepared mustard

directions

Drain the tuna well. Place the tuna in a bowl and gently flake with a fork.

Peel the hard boiled egg and chop the yolk and white. Add the chopped hard boiled egg to the tuna.

Stir the celery, onion, capers, mayonnaise, and mustard into the tuna, mixing until the tuna salad is the desired consistency, adding more mayonnaise if needed.

Cover the bowl and refrigerate the tuna salad for 30-60 minutes or up to 2 days.

Serve the ultimate tuna salad on a bed of lettuce or as a spread on bread or crackers.


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