Best 5 Tuna Salad Pepper Cups Recipes

CRUNCHY TUNA SALAD IN PEPPER CUPS

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over water to soften, let stand 5 minutes.
• Pour consommé into medium saucepan.
• Cut peppers in half crosswise to form shells, remove core and seeds carefully.
• Bring consommé to boil, add pepper shells cut side up.
• Cover and boil 3 minutes.
• Remove shells, turn upside down on paper towel, to drain, then refrigerate.
• Bring consommé back to boiling, add onion and boil 30 seconds.
• Stir in gelatin until it dissolves.
• Pour into a bowl.
• Refrigerate until partially set.
• Fold in tuna, tomatoes, chopped lettuce, lemon peel, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Spoon into pepper shells, piling high.
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours until set.
• Place each pepper on a lettuce leaf at serving time.
• Garnish with a dollop of sour cream.

TUNA SALAD WITH HOT AND SWEET PEPPERS

Steps:

• Toss the pepper and the chile with the vinegar and a big pinch of salt in a large bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the celery into 1/4-inch dice.
• Add the celery, tuna with all of its oil and chopped parsley to the peppers. Toss until the tuna flakes into bite-size pieces and everything is well mixed, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

KETO TUNA SALAD CUPS

Steps:

• Cover the eggs with about an inch of water in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, remove from the heat, cover and let stand for 8 minutes. Drain and submerge in ice water. When cool enough to handle, peel the eggs and chop.
• Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until golden and crisp, about 4 minutes per side. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate. Crumble into bite-size pieces.
• Whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon zest and juice, celery, reserved tuna oil, three-quarters of the scallions, 1/4 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper in a medium bowl. Add the tuna and three-quarters of the bacon and egg and gently fold together (do not overmix). Season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
• Sprinkle the tomato slices with salt and pepper.
• Double-up the lettuce leaves and fill each with some tuna salad. Tuck in a tomato slice. Sprinkle with reserved scallions, bacon and egg.

TUNA SALAD WRAPS

Steps:

• Combine mayonnaise, lime juice, and jalapeno pepper in a medium bowl; mix well. Stir in tuna.
• Spread tuna mixture to within 1/4 inch of the edge of each tortilla. Top with lettuce, cheese, and tomato; press lightly to flatten a bit. Top with avocado, green onion, and cilantro. Roll up each tortilla tightly or fold in half. Serve immediately.

TUNA-SALAD SANDWICH, JULIA CHILD STYLE

Steps:

• Prepare the tuna salad: Using a fork, mash the tuna with 3 tablespoons mayonnaise. Add the celery, as much onion and chopped cornichons as you'd like, and the capers or olives, and toss to combine. Add a squirt of lemon juice, some salt (go easy at first) and pepper. Taste and see if you'd like more mayo, onion or cornichons. Add more lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the chives or parsley, if you're using either. (Makes 1 1/2 cups.) The tuna salad is good to go as soon as it's made, but it's even better after a couple of hours in the fridge.
• When you're ready to serve, spread the muffins or bread with a little mayonnaise. If you're using English muffins, do what Julia did: Make open-face sandwiches. Put a leaf of lettuce on each muffin half, top with tuna salad and finish with tomato and onion. If you're using sliced bread, prepare traditional sandwiches: Top each of 2 slices of bread with 1 piece lettuce, tomato and onion, then spread over the tuna and finish with remaining onion, tomato, lettuce and bread.