Spicy Tuna Salad

Name: Spicy Tuna Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 cans water packed tuna; 1 small red onion diced; 2 plum tomatoes; 2 avocados cut into ¼" pieces; 2 cups of lettuce cut into ¼" strips; 2 serrano chiles minced; 2 tsp. minced cilantro; 2 tsp. mayonaise; juice from 2 Mexican limes; 12 tostadas; salt to taste

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Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings
4 servings
Calories
364 kcal
Course
Salad
Cuisine
Mexican

Spicy Tuna Salad

Kaitlyn Vasquez

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

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Ingredients

Servings

2 cans water packed tuna
1 small red onion diced
2 plum tomatoes diced
2 avocados cut into ¼" pieces
2 cups of lettuce cut into ¼" 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

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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.

Notes

This salad is best eaten immediately although if you have some leftover it will keep in the refrigerator for a day.
Use the mayonnaise sparingly. More isn't better for this salad.
Add only 1 serrano chile to reduce the heat.