Grammy's Kitchen · Tuna Melt · Classic Tuna Melt
One of 18 tuna melt recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #3 of 18 for melt quality among the tuna melt recipes we compared. 2 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 18.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 41% | 39% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 25% | 12% |
| vegetables and beans | 33% | 19% |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 142 g | 2 5 oz. cans of tuna in water (drained, $1.76) |
| 105 g | 2 celery ribs (finely diced, 1 cup, 105g, $0.38) |
| 80 g | 1/2 small red onion (finely diced, 80g, 1/2 cup, $0.27) |
| 80 g | 2 dill pickle spears (small dice, 80g, 1/2 cup, $0.29) |
| 73 g | 1/3 cup mayonnaise ($0.30) |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp salt ($0.01) |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp pepper (freshly cracked, $0.04) |
| 320 g | 8 slices sourdough bread ($1.42) |
| 8 slices cheddar cheese ($1.49) | |
| 57 g | 4 Tbsp butter (divided, $0.50) |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Turned out so good, perfect for the next time I go to the cottage!” — a cook, 5.0★
“Serve with Canada Dry ginger ale.” — a cook, 5.0★