Fresh Italian Tuna Salad
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cans olive oil marinated tuna ¼ cup oil reserved from can
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp grainy dijon
- 1 tbsp capers chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- ¼ cup red onion chopped
- 1 small tomato deseeded and chopped
- ¼-½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp parsley chopped for garnish
- 4 lemons hollowed out (optional, for serving)
Instructions
- Open tuna cans and carefully drain out olive oil reserving 1/4 cup of it. Pour 1/4 cup of reserved olive oil into a large mixing bowl.
- To the mixing bowl add lemon juice and dijon mustard. Whisk to combine.
- Mix in capers, celery, red onion, and tomato gently.
- Add in tuna and flake gently with a fork. Add 1/4 tsp salt to start. Stir 2 or 3 times to combine tuna with the rest of the ingredients. Taste. Season with more salt as desired.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve and optionally marinate for 2 hours.
- When ready to serve, gently stir the ingredients to redistribute the salad dressing ingredients that may have fallen to the bottom of the bowl.
- If using, fill hollowed-out lemon halves with tuna salad and garnish with fresh parsley.