Tuna salad recipe - A homemade & healthier recipe

Here's your tuna salad recipe for packed lunches, lunch, sandwiches, salads, etc. This recipe is both versatile and a healthier alternative, made with ingredients you probably already have in your fridge at home. Tuna salad is a super easy way to top your rye bread sandwich. It takes 10 minutes to mix up and you have an easy and filling lunch.

Tuna salad is a classic we all know and tastes great every time. It's super easy to make and it tastes amazing. Maybe you've already mastered the classic tuna salad and want some inspiration on how to spice it up? We're sharing a slightly healthier tuna salad recipe so you and your family can eat tuna salad every day of the week with a clear conscience.

Tuna salad recipe

For 4 people.

Approx. 10 minutes

Ingredients:

2 cans of tuna in oil or water

2 finely chopped red onions

1 piece of garlic

¼ finely chopped cucumber

1 handful of finely chopped tomatoes

250 g. 5% or 9% sour cream (½ tub)

80 g mayonnaise

3 tsp. lemon juice

salt & pepper

Here's how to do it:

Drain the tuna and place in a bowl.
Add the finely chopped red onion and pressed garlic
Mix the tuna with onion, cucumber, tomato, mayonnaise, sour cream and lemon juice.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Tuna salad is best left in the fridge for a few hours to allow the different ingredients to soak up the flavors. This is not necessary and can also be served immediately after serving.

Enjoy your tuna salad in multiple ways

Here it is - an easy, delicious and healthy recipe for homemade tuna salad. The great thing about tuna salad is that you can add or remove whatever you like. This recipe is without eggs, corn, dill or capers, but you can easily add whatever you think tastes good. You can also replace crème fraîche with other sour milk products such as Greek yogurt or skyr.

We love cheap and delicious fish dishes, which is why this tuna salad recipe, which can be used for many different dishes, is perfect. It's great in a packed lunch for the little ones, in a sandwich, on rye or toast and even in pita bread.

Make a big batch and put it in the fridge for the whole family to enjoy for the next few days.

The homemade tuna salad is the best

Make your homemade tuna salad in 10 minutes and the result beats the supermarket's ready-made tuna salad on all parameters. It just tastes better if you ask us, and you can add vegetables and other goodies as you like. The relatively limited amount of mayonnaise makes this tuna salad recipe a very sensible meal. It's high in protein, low in fat, low in carbohydrates and in this recipe - lots of delicious vegetables.

We help you eat more fish

At Hooked, we love fish and we want to share that with you! That's why we share our easy and delicious fish recipes, like this tuna salad recipe. Would you also like to have delicious and appetizing fish, but you don't want to stand in the kitchen? Then Hokked welcomes you to one of our many restaurants around Copenhagen. Here, the menu offers plenty of delicious fish in a variety of dishes.