Best Tuna And Potato Salad Recipes

GREEN BEAN, POTATO, AND TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Season tuna steaks liberally with lemon pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place tuna steaks in the hot skillet and sear until lightened but still a little pink in the centers, 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Be careful not to overcook. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add beans and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and place in a bowl of ice water to "shock" the beans and preserve the green color.
• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until they are just a little firm when pierced, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain and place in a bowl of ice water.
• Combine garlic, lemon, juice, and lemon zest in a large bowl. Add tuna, potatoes, green beans, and tomatoes. Stir in Italian dressing and coat all ingredients with the dressing. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill for at least 2 hours or best overnight.

TUNA, ASPARAGUS, AND NEW POTATO SALAD WITH CHIVE VINAIGRETTE AND FRIED CAPERS

Steps:

• For vinaigrette:
• Puree first 5 ingredients in blender until smooth. With machine running, gradually add vegetable oil, then olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
• For salad:
• Cook asparagus in large skillet of boiling salted water until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer asparagus to 13x9x2-inch pan of ice water to cool. Drain asparagus and pat dry. DO AHEAD: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Wrap in paper towels, then plastic, and chill.
• Place potatoes in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover potatoes by 1 inch. Sprinkle with salt. Bring to boil and cook until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on size of potatoes. Drain; let cool 5 minutes. Place in medium bowl. Add 1/4 cup vinaigrette; toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in small skillet over medium-high heat. Add capers and fry until capers are crisp and open like flowers, stirring often, 45 to 60 seconds. Using slotted spoon, transfer capers to paper towels to drain. DO AHEAD: Potatoes and capers can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Place asparagus in large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons vinaigrette and toss to coat. Toss potatoes again to coat, adding 1 more tablespoon vinaigrette if dry. Place greens and radishes in another large bowl. Toss with enough vinaigrette to coat. Spread greens and radishes over large platter. Arrange potatoes, asparagus, eggs, and tuna atop greens. Drizzle some vinaigrette over tuna. Sprinkle with fried capers and chive blossoms, if desired.

MEDITERRANEAN TUNA, POTATO, OLIVE, AND FETA SALAD WITH GARLIC DRESSING

Steps:

• Separate garlic cloves, leaving skins intact. In a large kettle cover potatoes with salted water by 2 inches and add garlic. Simmer potatoes and garlic until potatoes are just tender, about 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and garlic in a colander and, when cool enough to handle, cut potatoes into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Peel garlic and in a blender puree with water, vinegar, oil, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste. Potatoes may be prepared and dressing made 1 day ahead and chilled separately, covered.
• Cut beans into 1-inch pieces. Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook beans until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes for haricots verts or 6 minutes for regular green beans. In a colander drain beans and plunge into ice water to stop cooking. Pat beans dry. Cut bell pepper into 1/4-inch dice and halve cucumber lengthwise. Seed cucumber and diagonally cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Pit and chop olives. Vegetables and olives may be prepared up to this point 4 hours ahead and chilled separately, covered.
• Drain tuna and transfer with potatoes, beans, bell pepper, cucumber, and olives to a large bowl.
• Just before serving, toss salad with dressing and crumble feta on top.

BLACK PEPPER AND CORIANDER-CRUSTED TUNA WITH ORANGE AND FENNEL-ROASTED POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Cut the potatoes into wedges and drop them onto a cookie sheet. Coat the potatoes in 3 tablespoons of the EVOO. Season the spuds with the grill seasoning. Roast the potatoes, turning them once, for 25 minutes, until tender and brown at the edges and a bit crusty.
• In a large salad bowl, combine the fennel fronds, thinly sliced fennel, red onion, basil, and parsley. In a small bowl, combine the orange zest and juice with the Dijon mustard and a little salt and pepper. In a slow steady stream, whisk in 3 tablespoons of the EVOO. Pour the dressing over the fennel salad, toss to coat, and reserve.
• When the potatoes have about 10 more minutes to roast, start the tuna. In a shallow dish, combine the flour, coriander, and coarsely ground black pepper and a little salt. Pat the tuna steaks dry and then coat them in the flour mixture, pressing it in lightly. Preheat a large nonstick skillet over high heat with the remaining 2 tablespoons of EVOO, twice around the pan. When the pan is very hot, add the steaks. Sear and brown the tuna steaks for 2 minutes, then turn, and immediately reduce the heat to medium. Loosely tent the pan with aluminum foil and cook the steaks 5 minutes for rare, 7 minutes for medium. The steaks should be firm but have a little give, and some pink should remain at the center.
• Remove the roasted potatoes from the oven and add them to the dressed fennel salad, tossing to combine. Taste them for seasoning and add a little salt and pepper if you want. Serve the tuna steaks alongside the orange and fennel-roasted potato salad.

SPANISH STYLE TUNA AND POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan; cover with water to 2 inches above potatoes. Bring to a boil; cook potatoes 6 minutes or until almost tender.
• Add beans; cook 4 minutes or until beans are crisp-tender and potatoes are tender. Drain; rinse with cold water. Drain.
• Place potato mixture in a large bowl. Add tomatoes and next 5 ingredients (through tuna); toss.
• Drizzle potato mixture with oil and vinegar; toss to coat. Arrange 1 cup lettuce on each of 5 plates; divided potato mixture evenly among plates.

TUNA, EGG, AND POTATO SALAD SANDWICH

Steps:

• Halfway fill a medium bowl with cold water and add a cup of ice.
• Preheat the oven broiler with the rack set 4 to 5 inches from the flame or element. Toast the bread under the broiler until deep golden brown on one side, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a dinner plate.
• In a small saucepan set over high heat, bring a quart of water to a boil. Using an egg pricker or a thumbtack, carefully poke a hole just through the egg shell on the rounder end. Use a slotted spoon to carefully lower the egg into the water, along with the potato cubes. As soon as the water returns to a boil, decrease the heat to medium-low or low so that the water is barely bubbling. Cook the egg and potato together for 8 minutes (for a slightly soft yolk in the very center) or 9 minutes for a fully cooked yolk.
• Use a slotted spoon to transfer the egg and potato cubes to the bowl of ice water. When the egg is cool enough to handle, scoop it out and crack it all over against the countertop. Remove a piece of shell from the rounder end and return the egg to the water. After a minute or two, slip off the rest of the shell and transfer the egg to a cutting board. When it cools, coarsely chop it and transfer it to a medium mixing bowl. Scoop the potato pieces out of the water and transfer them to the bowl. Add the tuna, olives, and 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise to the bowl and stir to combine, adding up to another tablespoon of mayonnaise if you want a creamier mixture. Lightly season with salt and pepper to taste.
• To assemble the sandwich, sprinkle the spinach leaves onto the toasted side of one of the slices of bread, and top with the tuna-egg-potato salad and the other slice of bread, toasted side facing inward. Cut in half and eat.

DELICIOUS GARLIC AND TUNA POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil potatoes, skin on, until cooked through, about 20 minutes, or until fork tender.
• Allow to cool enough to touch and peel.
• Dice potatoes.
• In a large bowl, toss in shrimp, tuna, chopped egg and vegetables lightly.
• Whisk garlic mayo salt, pepper and vinegar together.
• Fold 1/2 cup into salad, a little more if it looks dry.
• Spread salad into a shallow dish (I usually use a casserole dish).
• Spread remaining garlic mayo over salad, and garnish around the edges with the lettuce, and in the center with reserved ingredients.
• Allow to chill in refrigerator while flavors meld.
• This can be made a few days before, just garnish the salad the same day, using freshly chopped lettuce.

SICILIAN TUNA AND POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• 1. In a large saucepan, combine the potatoes and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, salt the water and cook until tender, about 8 minutes, Rinse under cold water then drain well.
• 2. In a large bowl, whisk the lemon juice, the anchovy paste, if using, and the garlic paste. Whisk in the EVOO until thickened. Add the cooled potatoes, the tomatoes, celery, onion, parsley, caperberries, olives and chile; season with pepper and toss to combine. Add the tuna to the salad and toss gently to flake it. Squeeze the lemon wedges over the salad.

SKINNY RED POTATO AND TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Cut potatoes into 1/2-inch cubes. In a covered medium saucepan, cook potatoes in a small amount of boiling water for 10 to 12 minutes or just until tender. Drain and cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together mayonnaise, yogurt, the snipped dill, the milk, lemon peel, salt, and garlic. Stir in cucumber, green onions, and radishes. Add cooked potatoes, tuna, and chopped eggs; toss gently to coat. Cover and chill for 4 to 6 hours.
• To serve, line six serving bowls with cabbage leaves. Gently stir tuna mixture; spoon onto cabbage. If desired, garnish with fresh dill sprigs.

RANCH TUNA AND POTATO SALAD WITH ROASTED JALAPENOS

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Stir in jalapeño peppers.
• Add warm potatoes; gently stir to combine. Cool.
• Place lettuce on platter; top with potato mixture and tomatoes.

POTATO AND TUNA SALAD WITH CAPERS AND DIJON DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook unpeeled potatoes in boiling water until tender.
• Drain and cool.
• Peel and cube potatoes.
• Combine potatoes, green onions and tuna in bowl.
• In seperate bowl, whisk together vinegar, olive oil, parsley, capers, mustard and salt and pepper.
• Pour over potato mixture and toss to coat.
• Serve at room temperature.

TUNA AND POTATO SALAD A LA ESPANOLA

Steps:

• Boil potatoes, covered in water, until almost done, about 6 minutes.
• Add haricots vert, cook an additional 4 minutes, then drain; rinse under cold water and drain again.
• Place potatoes and beans in a large bowl, add tomatoes, shallots, salt, paprika, cayenne, and tuna.
• Drizzle salad with vinegar and oil; toss.
• Arrange lettuce on 5 serving plates, divide potato and tuna salad on top.

RANCH TUNA AND POTATO SALAD WITH ROASTED JALAPENOS

Steps:

• COMBINE first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Stir in jalapeño peppers.
• ADD warm potatoes; gently stir to combine. Cool.
• PLACE lettuce on platter; top with potato mixture and tomatoes.

TUNA AND POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Blanche the green beans for 2 minutes in boiling water. Drain and plunge into cold water. Drain again.
• Place the cooked potatoes, beans and tuna in a salad bowl.
• Mix the anchovies and pesto with the mayonnaise and pour onto the salad.
• Add salt and pepper to toss. Garnish with the parsley.