The proximity of summer makes fresh salads like the one we prepare today are more appetizing every day. The tuna and cucumber salad is an alternative to the classic mixed salad. Another way to start the meal in a healthy way that combines products from the land and the sea.
Tuna, cucumber and onion they are the three main ingredients of our salad. It goes without saying that investing in a good canned tuna in olive oil and in fresh and organic products will help to make this salad even so irresistible, to which we have also added turnip and an interesting dressing.
Tuna, zucchini and onion salad
The tuna, onion and cucumber salad that we prepare today is simple, quick and refreshing. Ideal to start our meals in summer.
Author Maria
Recipe type: Entrance
Rations: 3-3
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Ingredients
- 2 purple bowls
- 1-2 turnips
- 2 cucumbers
- 160 g. drained tuna
- ¼ large red bell pepper, chopped
- 2-3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- Cilantro for garnish
- 1 ground cayenne
For the dressing
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 3-4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of mustard
- Sal Island
- Pepper to taste
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- We wash well all the vegetables.
- We chop the onion Julienne the pepper into strips and make spirals with the cucumber and turnip. If you don't have any specific tool to do it, you can use a mandolin or potato peeler to cut them very fine and then make strips.
- We put the turnip and the cucumber on a plate with a pinch of salt, cover it and we reserve in the fridge.
- In a bowl we mix all the dressing ingredients: mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Try them and we correct the taste.
- Place the onion and pepper in a large bowl and mix with the dressing.
- We take the cucumber and turnip out of the fridge, we drain the water that have been released, dry and add to the bowl. We also add the drained tuna.
- Next we mix the olive oil with a pinch of cayenne chilli. We drizzle the salad.
- We decorate with fresh coriander, we mix and serve.