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!
Course Lunch
Cuisine American
Keyword canned tuna recipe, how to make a tuna melt, tuna melt recipe, tuna melt sandwich, tuna recipe, tuna salad sandwich recipe, tuna sandwich recipe
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 1
Calories 3561kcal
Author Jenny
Equipment
Oven
Ingredients
1loaf Ciabattasliced in half longwise (I picked mine up at Trader Joes, it's wonderful!)
4tbspsoft butter
1tspLawry's Garlic Seasoning
2slicesswiss cheese
2cansalbacore tunadrained
1cupmayonnaiseor however much you prefer
1tbspmustard
2tbspdill pickle juice
1/4cupchopped dill pickles
pinch of kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper
2cupsbaby spinach leavesfresh
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!