Dill Pickle Tuna Salad
Creamy, slightly mustardy, and chock full of crunchy additions like dill pickle, red onion, and crisp celery, this Dill Pickle Tuna Salad recipe makes the ULTIMATE tuna salad sandwich!
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Dill Pickle Tuna Salad is for everyone, not just pickle lovers! Salty, vinegary, crunchy pickles add the perfect pop of texture and flavor to tuna salad!
Throw some creamy mayo, Dijon mustard, crunchy red onion & celery, and spices into the mix and you have one amazing tuna salad!
The great thing about this Pickle Tuna Salad recipe is that it makes a big batch.
You’ll have enough for cold tuna sandwiches, tuna melts, or add a scoop on top of your salad.
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Ingredients needed for this recipe (scroll down to recipe card for complete recipe):
- Chunk light tuna
- Solid white tuna
- Mayo
- Dijon mustard
- Pickles – homemade or store-bought
- Red onion
- Celery
- Seasonings (black pepper, white pepper, celery seed, salt)
📍The full recipe with exact ingredient amounts and instructions is on the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
What kind of tuna is best for tuna salad?
I use a combination of chunk light tuna and chunk white tuna in my recipe.
They each have a different texture and fat content, and together, they provide the perfect Dill Pickle Tuna Salad texture and flavor!
How to serve Dill Pickle Tuna Salad
- Cold tuna sandwiches
- A low carb option is to make lettuce wraps
- Tuna melts
- In pita pockets
- Add some to your salad
- Open-faced with melted cheese on top (place under broiler)
- Great for meal prepping!
How long is tuna salad good for?
Tuna salad can be kept in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
💡Tips & Tricks
- Pickles: I like to use my homemade when I have them, but I use store-bought spears when I’m out.
- Like spicy? My family loves spicy food, so sometimes I add some chopped pickled jalapeno. Delish! Habanero Garlic Pickles are also a nice touch.
- Tuna: The combination of chunk white and chunk light really does give you an amazing tuna salad texture!
- Celery seed: A little celery seed goes a long way. If your celery seed jar is anything like mine, it has enormous holes in the shaker top. I recommend adding a couple dashes to your hand, then dumping it in the tuna.
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Dill Pickle Tuna Salad
Ingredients
- 1 12oz can of chunk light tuna drained
- 1 12oz can of solid white tuna drained
- 3/4 cup mayo
- 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup chopped dill pickle
- 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
- 2 tbsp. finely diced celery
- white pepper to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 2 dashes of celery seed
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a large bowl, and stir to combine. When everything is incorporated nicely, taste for any necessary seasonings. Refrigerate and enjoy!
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Great recipe!!!! Making tuna melt sandwiches today….I used a little dill relish instead of pickles,,,,yummy!!!
Yum! Enjoy your tuna melts…those are family favorite!
Makes a great tuna melt!
Glad you liked it! I love tuna melts!