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Valerie Bertinelli’s Tuna Egg Salad Melt!

Valerie Bertinelli's Tuna Egg Salad Melt!

Although egg salad sandwiches are delicious, as are tuna salad sandwiches, the bar goes wayyyy up when you combine the two into a tuna-egg salad sandwich.

Valerie Bertinelli’s Tuna Egg Salad Melt!

Take the bar even further up when you add a slice of cheese and a slice of tomato, and then heat under your broiler for a bit! The result is truly nothing short of amazing!

Tuna Egg Salad Melts

RECIPE COURTESY OF VALERIE BERTINELLI

Level: Easy

Total: 40 min

Active: 40 min

Yield: 4 sandwiches

Ingredients:

Two 5-ounce cans albacore tuna, drained well

4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

1 celery stalk, chopped (about 1/3 cup)

1/3 cup chopped dill pickles

1/4 cup chopped pickled jalapeños

3 scallions, trimmed and roughly chopped

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

4 slices sourdough bread

2 vine tomatoes, sliced

4 slices pepper jack cheese

Click here for the complete preparation instructions.