Fresh tuna is a great start if you want to increase your fish intake to your diet or when you just craving a lighter meal.
Not only fresh tuna but the long-lasting but versatile pantry staples canned tuna also make a great addition to putting tuna on the menu.
There are a lot of ways that you can do to add tuna to your dishes, you can whip up something simple like tuna salad, tuna melt to something incredibly outstanding like tuna casserole, quiches, or even tuna tartare.
Here are just a few tuna recipes with plenty of healthy and budget-friendly options for easy weeknight dinners or lunches.
22 Totally Incredible Tuna Recipes
1. Keto Tuna Casserole
Tuna, spinach, and mushroom combined with mozzarella cheese and cream cheese to make a meal your family will love even for the picky eaters. This simple pantry-based dish has it all: It’s flavorful, nutritious, and filling. (Via I’m Hungry for That)
2. Avocado Tuna Salad
Loaded with protein, this healthy avocado-and-tuna combo is highly satisfying. With only simple ingredients, you can make a lunch or side dish that has an awesome fresh flavor and taste incredible. A perfect dish for a quick, healthy meal. (Via Natasha’s Kitchen)
3. Sheet Pan Lemon Herbs Tuna Steak and Potatoes
With only minimal ingredients and in just 30 minutes, you can whip up this flavorful one-pan meal. This fantastic sheet pan will definitely make its way into your weeknight dinner rotation. (Via Creme De La Crumb)
4. Buffalo Ahi Tuna Tacos
Take fish tacos to the next level by making this amazing recipe. Layered with fresh seared tuna kissed with tangy-sweet sauce, crumbled blue cheese, and celery slaw, it takes mere minutes to put these tacos together and it will probably take you even less time to finish them off! (Via A Spicy Perspective)
5. Tuna Melt
Don’t know what to choose between sandwich with cheese and tuna salad? Well, you can merge them together! Tasty and oh-so-cheesy, these sandwiches are the ultimate comfort food at its finest. Is your mouth watering yet? (Via Simply Recipes)
Related: 13 Delicious Sandwich Recipes You Can Make at Home
6. Tuna Noodle Casserole
Nothing beats a classic creamy casserole like this tuna noodle casserole. Insanely creamy and wonderful, perfect to feed your family or bring to a potluck for a tasty meal. Everyone at the dinner table will be piling plenty on their plates. (Via The Cozy Cook)
7. Nicoise Salad (French Salad with Tuna)
Say goodbye to boring, bland salads for good and hello to incredible, bursting with flavor salad. This salad makes a great, healthy lunch option too! Leans heavily on summer staples like tomatoes and basil, make this recipe a great choice when your garden is abundant. (Via The Mediterranean Dish)
8. Spicy Tuna Roll
Craving sushi rolls but don’t have sashimi-grade tuna in your fridge? This poor man’s version of tuna roll involves canned tuna, sriracha sauce, chili oil, scallions, light mayonnaise, Japanese rice, and nori sheets.
If you find out that you’re terrible at rolling, you can just pour the spicy tuna over a bowl of rice and have a rice bowl! You will be blown away by how quickly and excellent this recipe is. A must-try for sushi lovers! (Via Pickled Plum)
Check out these other rice bowl recipes that you will love!
9. Tuna Tartare in Sesame Ginger Sauce
If you’re going to have guests and don’t know what to cook for dinner, then this tuna tartare is your perfect option. You can make your dinner wow by serving this healthy, delicious, and requires no cooking dish. This surely will impress your guests! (Via Choosing Chia)
10. Tuna Pasta Bake
Give your usual tuna pasta an upgrade with this outrageously delicious dinner recipe. Canned tuna, spiral pasta, canned tomato, a few dried herbs, and shredded mozzarella cheese are the ingredients you will need to make this creamy, juicy, and full of flavor pasta bake. (Via Recipe Tin Eats)
11. Tuscan Tuna Sandwich
Sandwich is a lunchtime standby, but what makes this recipe the next level is the combo of tahini and Greek yogurt. Come together quickly and easy to make, this sandwich makes a great picnic meal too. You’ll experience love at first bite. (Via Half Baked Harvest)
12. Pan-Seared Tuna Steak with Lemon Dill Sauce
Tuna lovers – this recipe is for you! You’re going to drool over this absolutely spectacular tuna steak that only takes 10 minutes to make, uses simple ingredients, and is full of protein. You will find yourself scraping the plate clean! (Via Wonky Wonderful)
13. Crispy Fried Tuna Patties
Looking for a budget-friendly dinner that is still delicious and healthy? Then give these easy cakes a try. You can also turn these patties into burgers on a bun with guacamole. A super versatile meal. (Via Unsophisticook)
14. Tuna Macaroni Salad
Loaded with frozen peas, hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, elbow macaroni, lemon juice, celery seed, relish, and canned tuna, this salad is a flavor explosion that’ll make your weeknight dinner extra tasty. (Via The Country Cook)
15. Spicy Tuna Poke Bowls
Fresh avocado, cucumbers, and tuna with spicy mayo served over a bowl of steamed rice make this bowl is packed full of nutritious goods and is almost too stunning to eat. Best part? It only takes 15 minutes to make. Definitely will be a hit! (Via Skinny Taste)
16. Tuna Steak with Garlic-Herb Cream Sauce
Tuna steaks, butter, half and half, lemon juice, fresh spinach, and garlic-and-herb spreadable cheese are the ingredients you will need to make this irresistible dish. You will be making this again and again! ( Via Allrecipes)
17. Grilled Blackened Tuna Steak with Mango Salsa
Instead of eating that same dinner again, you can make a tasty change of pace with this incredible blackened tuna steak and flavorful mango-avocado salsa that piled high on top of the spicy tuna. And it’s all ready to wow in just 20 minutes! A great way to make your dinner bright. (Via Wholefully)
18. Ahi Tuna Poke Wonton Nachos
Crispy fried wonton chips take this healthy tuna poke to the next level! The best part is it makes a perfect go-to snack dinner when you’re craving something or for a fun night in. This tasty recipe is going on your regular rotation. (Via Lena’s Kitchen)
19. Buttery Tuna Rice Muffins
Let’s make something creative with those canned tuna and muffin tins you have in your kitchen! Cooked rice, canned tuna, shredded cheddar cheese, eggs, milk, onion, and parsley flakes are what you need to make this dish. The savory lemon butter sauce makes these muffins out of this world. (Via The Creative Bite)
20. Tuna and Corn Quiches
Did you know that canned tuna can be used more than just for a salad? And yes you can turn them into these delicious quiches. The creamy eggs, yummy corn, and tasty grated parmesan cheese really make this dish satisfying. (Via Taste.com.au)
21. Korean Spicy Tuna
Give your dinner a kick with this wickedly delicious Korean tuna. And nope, it’s not as complicated as you think because it only uses 5 ingredients for the tuna and veggies, and 7 simple ingredients for the sauce. So what are you waiting for? Make this spicy and flavorful dish and wow your family now! (Via Seonkyoung Longest)
22. Baked Tuna Meatballs
Make your lunchtime more fantastic by making these utterly delicious meatballs. Not only taste so good, but they’re also keto-friendly low carb and paleo. Made with a combination of canned tuna, fresh vegetables, and savory herbs, these savory bites are definitely a keeper! (Via Downshiftology)
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