This Toasted Tuna & Cheese Sandwich is the perfect combination of a creamy tuna salad sandwiched between toasted bread. Add beefy tomatoes and lots of cheese, then melt everything together for a delicious meld of flavors.

If you follow my blog at all, you know that I LOVE a good sandwich. Sandwiches that are sweet & savory like this Monte Cristo Breakfast sandwich. A Roast Beef sandwich that is anything but ordinary. Or simple Cream Cheese Sliders that everyone will love.

So when I wanted to recreate a tuna sandwich that’s toasted just like one from an area restaurant, I didn’t think it would be that hard. Wrong. Something that this restaurant does just makes it so good, and it’s unlike any other tuna fish sandwich I’ve ever had before.

After many years of trial and error, I think I finally came up with the closest thing to this classic melted sandwich as I could. The only thing that was missing was the chocolate malt or Green River fountain soda.

These are the KEY steps for making a GREAT toasted tuna:

• Use only solid white albacore tuna – there is no substitute for this. It is essential to making sure this tuna sandwich taste gourmet.
• The key to a creamy tuna salad for topping on this sandwich is to make it with only REAL mayonnaise.
• Use a heavy pan on top of the sandwich to ensure that it is pressed down when cooking.

How to make a Toasted Tuna & Cheese Sandwich:

Start by opening the can of tuna and draining out the water.

Add to a bowl and stir in the good stuff, real mayonnaise.

Slice a tomato into thick slices.

Spread the 4 pieces of bread with the butter.

Place the bread butter side down on a griddle pan, then top with cheese and sliced tomatoes.

Add half of the tuna salad, more cheese, then butter the top piece of bread and place on top.

Repeat the process with the second sandwich.

Place the griddle pan on the stovetop and turn on the heat to medium-high.

Put a heavy pan, like cast iron, on the top of the bread so that it squishes the sandwich down. Cook for 2-1/2 minutes.

Using a hot pad, remove the pan from the top of the sandwich, and set aside. Flip the sandwich, then replace the pan on top. Cook for another 2 minutes.

Take the sandwiches off of the pan. Cut diagonally. And here you are…..

From our home in the Bottom Left of the Mitten to yours ~ Enjoy! 

Toasted Tuna & Cheese Sandwich

This Toasted Tuna & Cheese Sandwich is the perfect combination of a creamy tuna salad sandwiched between toasted bread.

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Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: Sandwich

Keyword: seafood

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Servings: 2 sandwiches

Equipment

• griddle
• heavy pan

Ingredients

• 4 slices bread I used ciabatta 
• 1 Tbs butter
• 5 ounces solid white fancy albacore tuna use half for each sandwich
• 2 Tbs mayonnaise
• 1 medium tomato sliced
• 1/2 cup shredded colby jack cheese use half for each sandwich

Instructions

• Start by opening the can of tuna and draining out the water.
• Add to a bowl and stir in the good stuff, real mayonnaise.
• Slice a tomato into thick slices.
• Spread the 4 pieces of bread with the butter.
• Place the bread butter side down on a griddle pan, then top with cheese and sliced tomatoes.
• Add half of the tuna salad, more cheese, then butter the top piece of bread and place on top.
• Repeat the process with the second sandwich.
• Place the griddle pan on the stovetop and turn on the heat to medium-high.
• Put a heavy pan, like cast iron, on the top of the bread so that it squishes the sandwich down. Cook for 2-1/2 minutes
• Using a hot pad, remove the pan from the top of the sandwich, and set aside. Flip the sandwich, then replace the pan on top. Cook for another 2 minutes.
• Take the sandwiches off of the pan. Cut diagonally.

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