Best Tuna Melt (New Jersey Diner Style)
Ingredients
- 2 (5 ounce) cans tuna, drained
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup finely chopped celery
- 1 ½ tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- ¾ teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
- 4 slices seedless rye bread
- 8 slices Swiss cheese
- 8 slices ripe tomato
- paprika, for garnish
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Instructions
- Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
- Combine tuna, mayonnaise, celery, onion, parsley, and vinegar in a bowl; season with salt and black pepper.
- Place bread on a baking sheet; broil in the preheated oven until lightly toasted, 1 minute. Remove from oven; keep broiler on.
- Divide tuna salad among bread slices; place 1 cheese slice on top of each. Layer each with 2 tomato slices; top each with 1 cheese slice.
- Broil in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes.
Source
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