Tuna Sardine Salad

4.89 from 9 votes

Tuna Sardine Salad is a fast, easy recipe using pantry and fridge ingredients that's tasty and filling. Plus it's low carb, Paleo, keto and Whole30-friendly!

Prep Time10

Cook Time0

Total Time10

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Calories: 350kcal

Author: Don Baiocchi

Ingredients

2 (5 oz.) cans no salt tuna, packed in olive oil or water
2 (4.4 oz.) cans no salt sardines, packed in olive oil or water
6-8 tablespoons avocado oil mayonnaise
2 tablespoons mustard (Dijon or grainy)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar or lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh, thinly sliced chives or dried chives (optional)
¾ teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more if necessary
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Drain the tuna and sardines. Add them to a medium bowl and use a fork to break them down into small pieces.
Mix the tuna and sardines with the mayonnaise, mustard, red wine vinegar or lemon juice, chives (if using), salt, and pepper. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Notes

If you only have tuna or sardines with salt added, omit the salt in the recipe. Once everything is mixed, taste and add more salt if necessary.

If you only have or can only find smoked sardines, those will be fine.

If you want to add anything like diced red onion, diced apples or diced pickles, that would be great here.

If you have any other fresh herbs besides chives, like parsley, basil or tarragon, you can add 2-3 tbsp. of them finely chopped.

This can be made up to 5 days in advance.

I do not recommend freezing this.

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