Tuna fish sandwich

A tuna sandwich, also known as a tuna fish sandwich, is a sandwich made from canned tuna—usually made into a tuna salad by adding mayonnaise, and sometimes other ingredients such as celery or onion—as well as other common fruits and vegetables used to flavor sandwiches. Common variations include the tuna boat (served on a bun or roll) and the tuna melt (served with melted cheese). The more general term of tuna sandwich may also refer to cuisine utilizing filet of raw or cooked tuna, rather than canned tuna.

Tuna sandwich
Tuna sandwich
Alternative namesTuna salad sandwich, tuna sandwich
TypeSandwich
CourseLunch
Place of originVarious
Main ingredientsTuna salad, mayonnaise
Ingredients generally usedCelery, onion, lettuce, tomato
VariationsTuna boat, tuna melt

In the United States, 52% of canned tuna is used for sandwiches.[1] The tuna sandwich has been called "the mainstay of almost everyone's American childhood."[2]

Ingredients

A tuna fish sandwich is usually made with canned tuna mixed with mayonnaise and other additions, such as chopped celery, pickles or pickle relish, hard-boiled eggs,[3][4] onion, cucumber, sweetcorn, and/or black olives. Other recipes may use olive oil, Miracle Whip, salad cream, mustard, or yogurt, instead of or in addition to mayonnaise. The sandwich may be topped with lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, bean sprouts, or avocado in any combination.

Variations
A tuna melt sandwich served with French fries
An open tuna fish sandwich with guacamole and cherry tomatoes

Nutrition

Tuna is a relatively high protein food and it is very high in omega-3 fatty acids. A sandwich made from 100 grams of tuna and two slices of toasted white bread has approximately 287 calories, 96 of which are from fat (10.5 grams fat). It also has 20 grams of protein and 27 grams of carbohydrates.[5][6]

A larger, commercially prepared tuna fish sandwich has more calories than noted above, based on its serving size. A 6-inch Subway tuna sub of 238 grams has 480 calories, 210 of those from fat, 600 milligrams of sodium, and 20 grams of protein.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Tuna" Modern Marvels, 4 February 2010.
  2. "Cookbooks fail in search for the quintessential tuna sandwich.", Burros, Marian, Reprinted in The Review Spokesman, March 12, 1985. Retrieved June 13, 2009. "Perhaps ['The Joy of Cooking' doesn't include a tuna sandwich recipe] because Irma Rombauer never wanted to become embroiled in the controversy [over which extra ingredients to add]. But how can any book that purports to cover the American cooking scene omit the mainstay of almost everyone's childhood?"
  3. "Tuna-Egg Salad Recipe". Taste of Home.
  4. Estimated per capita fish consumption in the United States.
  5. "Nutrition Facts - Fish, tuna salad". nutritiondata.com.
  6. "Nutrition Facts - Bread, white, commercially prepared, toasted". nutritiondata.com.
  7. "Tuna - nutrition information". subway.com.
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