Tuna Melt
Toasted sandwich of creamy tuna and melted cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 tin Tinned tuna
- 4 slices Baguette
- 80 g Cheddar cheese
- 3 tbsp Kewpie mayonnaise
- 1 Celery
- 20 g Butter
- ¼ tsp Salt
Method
- Mix the tuna with mayo, chopped celery, and salt.
- Spread the tuna salad on two slices of bread, top with the cheese and another slice, and butter the outsides.
- Cook the sandwiches in a skillet over medium heat until the underside is golden, about 4 minutes, then flip and cook until the second side is golden and the cheese has melted, about 3 minutes more.
- Cut and serve hot.
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About Tuna Melt
The tuna melt is an American diner and lunch-counter fixture — tuna salad and melted cheese pressed between bread and griddled until crisp. It sits at the crossroads of the tuna sandwich and the grilled cheese, taking the creamy, celery-flecked tuna filling and warming it under a blanket of melting cheddar so the whole thing turns rich and gooey. This version uses baguette and Kewpie mayonnaise, the Japanese mayo whose egg-yolk richness and gentle tang give the tuna salad more depth than the standard supermarket jar.
What you want from a tuna melt is contrast: a shatteringly crisp, butter-golden exterior giving way to warm, creamy tuna and stretchy melted cheese, with the diced celery adding a small fresh crunch against all that richness. Buttering the outside of the bread and cooking it low and patient in a skillet is the technique that gets both a proper crust and fully melted cheese without scorching. It is high in protein and comes together in about fifteen minutes, which makes it a legitimately good quick lunch or dinner. Serve it hot and cut on the diagonal, ideally with something sharp on the side — pickles or a simple salad — to balance the density.
Tuna Melt: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Tuna Melt?
A serving has about 745 calories — 45.3g protein, 32.9g carbs, 47.4g fat, 1.3g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 45.3g of protein, roughly 24% of its calories.
Is Tuna Melt gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Baguette. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
Is Tuna Melt dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Cheddar cheese, Butter. Swapping those for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How many servings does Tuna Melt make?
This recipe makes 2 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.