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Spicy Tuna Salad

Name: Spicy Tuna Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 cans water packed tuna; 1 small red onion diced; 2 Plum tomatoes (diced); 2 avocados cut into 1/4" pieces; 2 cups of lettuce cut into 1/4" strips (Any type of loose leaf lettuce works great. Iceberg lettuce works also.); 2 serrano chiles minced; 2 tsp. minced cilantro; 2 tsp. mayonaise; juice from 2 Mexican limes (Key limes); 12 tostadas; Salt to taste

Mexican Style Spicy Tuna Salad Recipe. A tasty blend of tuna, avocado, vegetables, and serrano chile served on tostadas or saltine crackers.

Prep 15m

Total 15m

Yield 4 servings

Source: mexicanfoodjournal.com by Douglas Cullen

🥄 Ingredients

2 cans water packed tuna
1 small red onion diced
2 Plum tomatoes (diced)
2 avocados cut into 1/4" pieces
2 cups of lettuce cut into 1/4" strips (Any type of loose leaf lettuce works great. Iceberg lettuce works also.)
2 serrano chiles minced
2 tsp. minced cilantro
2 tsp. mayonaise
juice from 2 Mexican limes (Key limes)
12 tostadas
Salt to taste

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Drain the tuna well.
Add all of the ingredients to a large mixing bowl except the avocado. Gently mix until the ingredients are dispersed evenly.
Salt to taste.
Add the avocado to the salad and mix very gently until the avocado is dispersed evenly.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to lightly chill the salad.
Serve the tuna salad on tostadas.

📊 Nutrition (per serving)

364 kcal Calories

31 g Carbs

12 g Protein

17 g Fat

Nutritional values are estimates from the original source.