Tuna Salad Sandwiches

Classic tuna salad with crunchy celery, red onion, lemon and a little mayonnaise, ready in ten minutes with no cooking.

Makes
4 sandwiches
Prep
10 min
Total
10 min
Photo: Tuna sandwich
Photo of tuna sandwich (not this exact recipe) by Richard Masoner, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Ingredients

Sandwiches
Units

Instructions

  1. Flake the drained tuna into a bowl with a fork.

  2. Add the mayonnaise, celery, red onion, lemon juice, mustard and pepper and stir until evenly mixed. Taste, then add salt only if needed; canned tuna is already salted.

  3. Toast the bread if you like. Build the sandwiches with lettuce, tomato and a thick layer of tuna salad.

Notes

  • Tuna salad keeps, covered, in the fridge for up to 3 days.
  • Swap half the mayonnaise for plain Greek yogurt for a lighter, tangier salad.

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Nutrition estimate

Calories
360
Protein
20 g
Carbs
32 g
Fat
17 g

Per sandwich, estimated from USDA FoodData Central values for the listed amounts. Optional ingredients and to-taste seasoning are not included, and actual values vary by brand. How we estimate

An original recipe written for CookSimple. Illustration: original artwork for CookSimple. Added September 25, 2026.