The Perfect Tune Melt MUST HAVE CRUNCH! 

Dude-You nailed it. That’s exactly the way I make mine right down to the toasting and crushed chips. I’m a 62 yo guy and I’ve cooked in a lot of spots and that’s the recipe I bring with me.

Honestly, tuna salad made from the cheapo tuna is still tasty and I love it. Making it with more expensive tuna is better, but if I'm making tuna salad, I don't need the fancy stuff. Whatever suits y'all's budgets and tastes.

Looks like the best tuna melt I’ve ever seen!

That tuna melt is a thing of BEAUTY!

I don’t put onion in my tuna fish salad. I used to put ribbon of carrot made with the use of a veg peeler. But I now finely dice a Granny Smith apple along with lots of diced celery and it’s very good!

its actually insane how consistently this guy blows my mind with his recipes, youre honestly my favorite resource when it comes to cooking and its not close, thanks for all the videos

Dude, you're the best. You keep it real and it always looks delicious. Big props.

The way he talked about the canned Sunkist tuna made me rethink my whole childhood 😂

Absolutely love this!!! Growing up strict Italian Catholic meant fish on Friday so over the years tuna became an obsession. Of the several ways I prepare it, I personally found that I achieve the best texture and flavor by dicing a very crispy kosher dill pickle and adding it. Great to see you add the cheese - so many people still believe that you can't mix fish and cheese. My favorite is a good smoked gouda.

My hometown golf course has the best tuna bacon melt on this planet, it's funny you mention your tuna recipe was inspired by a golf course. I think there are some real gems in those little kitchens inside a club house.

As a young man of 20, I spent a year on the Korean DMZ courtesy of the U.S. Army. One of the tastes of home, the local NCO Club, made a mean tuna melt. Tuna Melt with Cream of Mushroom Soup. Not nearly as fancy as your version, but it still brings smiles to my face almost 50 years later. I’ll try yours.

Explaining the technicalities of the temps & texture is spot on. Awesome job!

That looks absolutely fantastic! I love a good tuna melt, and this one just knocks it out. It's not too fancy and the carrots add some sweetness to balance the salt level in the tuna. This dude is awesome.

This looks amazing. I can't wait to try it.

Awesome video, Stephen. Love the recipe. Also, seriously love the context throughout! 😉 Outstanding content.

A Kenji tip that was a game changer for me was to use less mayo and more high quality olive oil. Creates a rich, velvety texture to the tuna.

Another great point you made, Steve, is to get acidity into the tuna salad so that it's not overly rich. Brilliant as always, thanks!

I will go out and find this tuna! It looks absolutely amazing and I love the idea of chips.

The way your videos are edited and the pacing is awesome. You got my mouth watering with this recipe too. Keep up the great work

I love tuna salad and this looks absolutely amazing!

That looks excellent! Thanks for sharing this!

Made this today, and it was outstanding. Thanks! 😊

Looks great! Will definitely use the chips on my next tuna melt sammy. As I am not a huge fan of raw carrot and celery, I can also highly recommend using dille pickles and pearl onions alongside the red onions.

The best part about a tuna melt is everyone does it differently I can’t tell you how many renditions I’ve had. My mom always added mayo, lemon juice, cucumber, celery, red onions, olives, and dill weed! Oh and plenty of black pepper 😋 great video

Love the channel, you are one of the best instructional cooking content on the internet. You did a great job listening to your audience regarding the way you present the content. Happy for your success, bravo.

I always reserve the packing oil from the ventresca I eat. It's nice and flavorful, and is great for adding a bit of flavor oil in other applications like a vinaigrette.

Dude, this looks excellent. can't wait to try it.

I remember being a kid in the 80s my mom would make us tuna salad sandwiches for lunch during the summer. She used garlic salt and put cheese on there. Toasted white bread. Awesome memories watching the game shows with mama.

Now THIS is a Tuna Sandwich I can get behind! Dang, I love you bro, thank you for this! You're always on point!

Your the only video iv found which tells what temp to toast the bread on. Thank you looks amazing can’t wait to give it a try

Oh. My. God. That looks so delicious!

Looks awesome, cant wait to make it

What can one say but you are the freaking best ! Thank you!

Amazing! Thanks for the quality video, mate.

The first not what I grew up w tuna salad, that I still love, was Carla lalli music’s. It was the first tuna melt I really liked because the traditional one I grew up w is only good the way I grew up w. Now I have to try this one! Thanks 🙂

You are the master of sandwiches , no mess and perfectly balanced in a culinary harmony

That looks delightful! 😮❤😮

Ortiz is a Spanish (Basque) brand, they also sell canned sardines, anchovies and more. It is a very appreciated brand here and it's one of the oldest companies around. I got very surprised when I saw it in this video, I am glad you can enjoy it there! I love eating it with some olive oil and chopped onion, you should try it. This sandwich looks nice, I will try it someday. Thanks for your content :D

Yup I'm making this this weekend forsure

I watched this vid last night and made the sandwich for lunch today. Thank you

I've wondered why I'd never liked chips on my sandwich. Smashing them up? Brilliant!

He said we all had beautiful faces, what a wonderful man!

I've been making for my wife tuna melt sandwiches using your tartar sauce recipe. This is much simpler recipe and looks just as yummy. Thanks for the heads up. :)

I just made it. Wow it's really good and my kids actually eat it as well!

Made in love it awesome stuff and thanks to you I own some.👍👍

I made this this week cause it looked so good and it was a hit with my kids. I liked it being generous with the pepper and chips. I like the extra acidity. My daughter is vegetarian I made a vegetarian version with sautéed mushrooms as a replacement for tuna and the mushroom version was good too.

Love your videos man!

Midwest guy here who almost never tries a fish dish. This looks amazingly approachable and I'll try it and report back. Thanks!

That looks amazing

Yes sirrrr just what I’ve been craving. ❤❤

Looks great- Tuna the lunch of champions !

Your the man...great video and I cannot wait for my lunch at work tomorrow. Good work please keep it up and I liked and subscribed.

I go with peeled red pepper versus carrot, and ensure my celery stalk has leaves (those things pack a huge blast / zing) Perhaps a little rough chopped capers, one garlic clove (and sub in Shallots for Red Onion) - think the rest is the same though. Fleur de Sel, Black Pepper and Voila! I'm a sourdough fiend, so that's my go to for grillin' bread. Hmm I broil em open face tho .. actual melt. I go about 2.5-3" thick for tuna salad. That cup looked pretty crazy bro. Thx for the upload

This looks delicious! Need it

Grossed me out too lol. Love it now. That looks great! Nice job!

Always used celery and ooonion and a dash of celery salt but never tried it with carrot. Definitely going to try that next time. Great video! Thanks!

This looks really good! We usually do an open face tuna melt under the broiler. Now I guess I have to try this. My only change would be swiss cheese. Try it, the flavor of the swiss gives the sandwich a whole new taste.

that looks great.

Amazing attention to technique! Thanks

Tuna salad is amazing

Bingo! NAILED IT!!!

So listen - I've had my share of tuna sandwiches and tuna melts in my life. However recently I had a tuna melt at brunch in Chicago on a whim, I just wanted something that wasn't heavy with my hangover coffee, and it's become my favorite tuna melt I've ever had. I think they key with that sando is they use a rustic sourdough, swiss (which I normally dislike), and a lemony, light, tuna salad which has a crunch. Looking forward to trying this sucker now that I'm a tuna melt aficionado!

🔥 🔥 had this today 💯

You will never convince me to mix cheese and fish but you have blown my mind with that bread grilling technique.

On the shopping list for tomorrow ❤

Nice looking sandwich!!! I’m addicted to my mother’s version which was onion and celery only (no carrots) and she’d hit it with a splash of red wine vinegar. That would neutralize any fishy smell. Topped with iceberg lettuce. And you’ve got to have a pickle spear on the side

That sandwich looks so yummy. I add celery, onion, some chopped pickle or relish, Mayo and tarter sauce, mustard and a splash of white vinegar.

Please never discard the tuna oil! As long as you buy a good canned tuna, keep that oil and use it as the basis of your pasta sauce. No one will taste its fishiness, but the taste of your final product will be absolutely enjoyable. Save money and enhance your cooking! Final tip: if you cannot use it quickly, store it in the freezer and make the most of it when you're ready to go! Keep safe and cook wisely ❤

Looks great, I ll try it with sweetcorn though, can't imagine eating a tuna sandwich without it haha

I've experimented with mayo vs. butter on grilled cheese and come to the conclusion that butter is just better. Sure, the mayo toasts a little better, but it has a plain oily flavor versus the creamier flavor of butter.

Growing up we would add small cubes of dill pickle and sharp cheddar (tillamook), some minced red onion, the mixed with mayo. Then put that mixer on a soft white bread like franz bread. I think franz is regional here in the PNW. So good.

Winner winner! ❤❤❤😊

Most underrated sandwich Cheers from San Diego California

Wow, you hit us with another “as a kid I hated” when as a kid I LOVED IT 😂 great cook tho as always

nice , well done love your stuff

Dude. I cant wait to make that.

Oh that is just perfect 😋

I was exactly the same growing up. Absolutely hated tuna, especially canned. That said these do look pretty good. The best tuna fish sandwich I have had is from the Blue Moon restaurant in Cambria CA. I will eat this multiple times if I am there. Then theres a tuna melt thats off menu. They use Cotswold cheese and its the bomb. Staff noticed we were returning for the same dish and recommended the melt.

Respect on housing that first half!

Wow, so good 👍 thanks.

Love can Tuna, have it a lot!

looks delicious

Man! That looks good. I'm going out to see what tuna my grocer carries

the cherry peppers really are a nice kick to this sandwich, def took me to flavor town!

I use celery, cucumber or green apple in my tuna salad for crunch depending on what I have on hand and, guys, cream cheese instead of may or half mayo, it’s a different ball game!

Adding carrots is an interesting choice. Sometimes I like putting hotsauce directly into the mix. Also, toasted sourdough is great with tuna salad. The toasted crust adds a crunch similar to chips.

nailed it!

The fist time I cooked fresh tuna back in the day I overcooked it. I chilled it in the fridge and I have to say it made the best tuna salad sandwich I ever had. Re heating cooked fish has always turned me off. I always use the left overs for a tuna style sandwich. However I will reheat fried (fish and chips) in the toaster oven... great video, solid sandwich. I'm also a kenji fan, he thought me how to make a grilled cheese, lol.

I like mold-able tuna salad that isn't soggy. I like to control that with a) matzo meal, or when I don't have that, b) saltines that I've crushed with a rolling pin. Just a little bit is all it takes.

Amen bro I love Tuna Salad sandwiches

Damn bro , that looks incredible !

Tuna melt is my favorite sandwich! I've always used solid white albacore in water never tried tuna in oil.

I'm definitely NOT a fan of tuna (canned, jarred) but this video and recipe is SO AMAZING!🤩👏 I would definitely eat this!✅😋Thank u so much!🌟💕

Omg i made some with leftover blue fin steak once and it was game changing

Damn, looks fabulous!

1:50 Hahaha. That IS what I feed my cat!!! (she won't eat anything BUT that)...... LOVE your stuff Steve! ... and tell everyone that I can... SUPER awesome!!

Ive never had a tuna melt before so o need to try this. Hopefully my 4 yr old likes it as well

Dude..... that might be the most epic tuna melt ever seen by humankind. It literally made me salivate. I have to make one now. You're the SH bro. Oh, can I also say? If you have cats??? Don't discard of that oil! They'll lap it up and it will be amazing for them! Packed with nutrients for the kitty cats.

Thanks for this vid. Ive always bought the cheap stuff for a quick meal or work-lumch, but have always felt underwhelmed by it. I'm definitely going to step up to more quality fish since I dont have it regularly. Thanks for the perspective!

I use finely chopped red onion, celery, sweet pickle along with sweetcorn for my veggies in tuna crunch or tuna melt. I season with celery salt and white pepper. I know what you are saying about the quality of tuna...but I don't go overboard on quality because of cost and the fact that for a sandwich you are going to lose 95% of texture anyway. But I always use tuna in olive oil...not in brine or spring water. I discard 90% of the oil but retain some in the mix. For cheese I've experimented with lots...now I prefer gruyere or manchego. But ur definitely 💯 on the fact that the mix shouldn't be too wet.