No Mayo Tuna Salad

17 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 15 min
Ready In: 30 min

“This is my Mom's recipe for tuna salad which happens to contain no mayonnaise. Being Catholic, we had it every Friday night for dinner.” - by CCOVEY

Ingredients

6 eggs
1 1/2 cups bread and butter pickles
3 stalks celery, chopped
2 (6 ounce) cans tuna, drained
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon sweet pickle juice

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Original recipe yields 6 servings

Directions

Place egg in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, and cool under cold running water. Peel.
Place the eggs and pickles into a food processor, and pulse until roughly chopped. Transfer to a medium bowl, and stir in tuna and celery. Season with salt and pepper, and stir in the pickle juice until thoroughly blended. Serve on bread or lettuce.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (6 total)

Calories
172 cal
9%

Fat
5.5 g
8%

Carbs
8.8 g
3%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Erin Parker

Feb. 4, 2005

"This was pretty good, a basic tuna salad. I added a little table spice blend to give it some zing. To the reviewer who was disappointed because this recipe was missing the mayo: The whole point of the..." See more recipe is that it does not contain mayo, it's even in the title of the recipe."

FIZZYBABY

Nov. 24, 2009

"I had this for lunch today only I modified it a little bit. Instead of bread and butter pickles I used Mt.Olive Dill Salad Cubes and omitted the salt. It was very good on whole wheat bread. I will be ..." See moremaking this often."

McKenna Ralls

Apr. 4, 2006

"This was a great, easy, healthy recipe! I just made one serving for lunch and it was filling and satisfied all of my cravings. It would have been just as easy to make the entire salad and feed a fam..." See moreily. I loved it!"

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