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Snow Pea Tuna Salad

5 | 3 reviews
When spring is here and I want to make everything light and fresh feeling, I love tossing snow peas into my tuna salad. They are the perfect thinness, just the right amount of crunch, and they have such a nice sweetness to them. Perfect for any tuna salad pairing!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings: 2 servings

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces snow peas, or sugar snap peas
  • 1/4 medium red onion, 2 ounces
  • 1/4 cup fresh dill, 0.3 ounces
  • 1/4 cup fresh chives , 0.4 ounces
  • 2 pickled basque peppers, or any pickled pepper will work!
  • 2 tablespoons Kewpie mayo, see Note
  • 1 tablespoon stone ground mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice, about 1 lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 6 ounces jarred tuna, packed in oil but drained
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 slices your choice of bread

Instructions 

  1. Slice the tips off your snow peas and slice them diagonally into three pieces, about 1 centimeter thick, but no thicker. Set aside.
  2. Finely chop the red onion (the finer the dice, the better the dressing will be, just trust me). Set aside.
  3. Chop up the dill, chives and basque peppers.
  4. In a large bowl, add 2 tablespoons of Kewpie mayonnaise and 1 tablespoon of stone ground mustard. Zest in 1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest and squeeze in 3 tablespoons of lemon juice (about the whole lemon). Add the chopped red onion, dill, chives and peppers.
  5. Season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 3/4 teaspoon of granulated sugar and mix. It will be a thick dressing, but that's a good thing.
  6. Add the snow peas to the bowl with the dressing and mix, then flake in your jarred tuna. Mix and taste and season with more salt and ground pepper as preferred.
  7. Toast your bread, then evenly portion the salad into two sandwiches. You can also serve this with rice (my favorite) or any grain you love!

Notes

Note: You can use any mayo you like, but Kewpie will give you a better result because of its added sugar and different processing. I highly recommend it!