Tuna Salad - Best Ever!

By pressurecooker

Ingredients

• 3 5-oz. cans solid white albacore tuna packed in water
• 1/4 cup minced onion
• 2 T olive oil
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• 1/2 cup plus 2 T mayonnaise
• 1 celery rib, chopped fine

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 20mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. MARINATE TUNA: Place tuna in fine-mesh strainer and press dry with paper towels. Transfer to medium bowl and mash with fork until finely flaked. Microwave onion and oil in small bowl until onion begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Combine onion mixture, lemon juice, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, and sugar with tuna and let sit 10 minutes.

2. FINISH SALAD: Stir mayonnaise and celery into tuna mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Serve. (Salad can be refrigerated in airtight container for 1 day).

OTHER VARIATIONS: add 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish to cooked onion mixture in step 1. Stir 2 chopped hard-cooked eggs into salad in step 2.

Increase lemon juice to 1 T and add 1/2 tsp grated lemon vest and 1 tsp finely chopped fresh dill to tuna with cooked onion mixture in step 1.

Add 1/4 cup finely chopped jarred roasted rd peppers, patted dry, and 2 T drained and minced capers to tuna with cooked onion mixture in step 1.