Best Tuna Melt (New Jersey Diner Style)

Name: Best Tuna Melt (New Jersey Diner Style)
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 (5 ounce) cans tuna, drained; ¼ cup mayonnaise; ¼ cup finely chopped celery; 1\u2009½ tablespoons finely chopped onion; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; ¾ 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

If you order a tuna melt in a New Jersey diner, you’ll get something very similar to this! My method of topping the tuna salad with cheese FIRST, then tomato and more cheese, keeps the toppings from sliding off the bread.

INGRIDIENT

2 (5 ounce) cans tuna, drained

¼ cup mayonnaise

¼ cup finely chopped celery

1 ½ tablespoons finely chopped onion

1 tablespoon chopped parsley

¾ 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

DIRECTION

Step: 1

Preheat the oven broiler.

Step: 2

In a bowl, mix the tuna, mayonnaise, celery, onion, parsley, and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.

Step: 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.

Step: 4

Return layered bread to the preheated oven, and broil 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese is melted.

NUTRITION FACT

Per Serving: 484 calories; protein 34.8g; carbohydrates 22.1g; fat 28.4g; cholesterol 76.3mg; sodium 478.2mg.

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