This Garlic Toasted Ciabatta Tuna Melt is a savory and delicious comfort-food sandwich. It’s easy to make with canned tuna, pickles, swiss cheese and more!
Garlic Toasted Ciabatta Tuna Melt
Good Monday morning! Hope everyone had a nice weekend.
We sure had a fun filled weekend. We got to spend some time with my in-laws on a whale watching excursion Saturday at Balboa Island. I posted some pictures below of our day. It was awesome. Even though we didn’t see any whales, we got to see lots of dolphins and sea lions. They were so cute, the boys went nuts for it. My husband on the other hand was falling asleep, what a geek. Anyway, I totally recommend it for anyone coming to Newport Beach, it makes for a great afternoon.
Here’s a great sandwich I made last week for lunch that tastes like it’s right out of a restaurant. Crispy, buttery garlic toasted ciabatta bread smothered with swiss cheese, tasty tuna fish and fresh spinach leaves. So simple and oh so good! Give it a try for lunch this week, you’ll love it!
Garlic Toasted Ciabatta Tuna Melt
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 loaf Ciabatta sliced in half longwise (I picked mine up at Trader Joes, it's wonderful!)
- 4 tbsp soft butter
- 1 tsp Lawry's Garlic Seasoning
- 2 slices swiss cheese
- 2 cans albacore tuna drained
- 1 cup mayonnaise or however much you prefer
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 2 tbsp dill pickle juice
- 1/4 cup chopped dill pickles
- pinch of kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper
- 2 cups baby spinach leaves fresh
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Place ciabatta slices onto a baking sheet, cut side up. Butter both sides with butter, then sprinkle with garlic salt.
- Top each slice of bread with swiss cheese then bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bread is crusted. Remove from oven.
- In a large bowl, mix together the tuna, mayonnaise, mustard, pickle juice, pickles, salt and pepper. Place tuna mixture onto bottom slice of bread, top with spinach leaves, then top with the other piece of ciabatta. Slice and eat!
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The word “melt” did it for me 🙂 You have a beautiful family and you’re gorgeous!
Thanks for the suggestion! I made this for my family this afternoon after a day out at the park and they loved it.
Thanks again!
Tuna melts are always so delicious. Thanks for sharing your take on the tuna melt and telling us about your fun at the sea!
Tuna melts are my FAVORITE! What a great variation!
Yum! I would love this sandwich! Great looking family!
waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh….I miss you all SOOOOOOOO much!!!!! Love the whale watching photos!
I love tuna melts. I might have to give this a try!
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Delicious. I am a huge fan of a tuna melt and you've just topped it all off. Thanks for this and hope you guys had tons of fun at the sea!
I'm soooo hungry now!
I love the Swiss cheese/tuna combo. Looks delicious. We were in Chatham, MA last week and saw a bunch of harbor seals right off the main pier. They went nuts when a fishing boat came in and started tossing them a fishy lunch!
It looks like you had lots of fun during your trip! That sandwich looks so scrumptious!
Cheers,
Rosa
Wow – fantastic sandwich!! And great family pics!
I love tuna but the rest of my family starts gagging when they smell it! It drives me crazy! They don't know what they are missing.
This looks awesome! Would be perfect for my lunch today!
YAY…you had fun at the beach!! Gorgeous pics & a great ciabatta. YUM!!
Beautiful picture of the family. Balboa Island sounds like a great place.
More posts of this qutylai. Not the usual c***, please
ohh yum..I could eat my screen!!!
Thanks for sharing your pictures
I love tuna melts but on garlic ciabatta makes it even better and way more flavorful…yum!
That looks like a great sandwich and an even better day out!
The sandwiches look delicious and I love the photos of your beautiful family!
Yum! That sounds so good. I haven't had lunch yet today, I wonder if we have any tuna.. I might have to recreate it.
Yummy! Cute family pics. 🙂
That tuna Sandwich looks sooo yummy- I LOVE TUNA MELTS-
I just printed out this recipe
thxs-Kel
http://www.KellyAnnStudio.com
The sandwich looks really tasty…I love tuna!
Your beach photos are great- this is as close as I'll be able to get to the water this year!
Sandwich looks awesome. Bet the boys had a great time. Great pictures.
Ramona