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One of my favorite sandwiches has to be the classic tuna melt sandwich. I have been making myself this delicious sandwich for years and years, even before I knew there was such a thing as a tuna melt!
Usually I make it in a skillet on top of the stove and its delicious. My own favorite creamy tuna salad, with lots of cheese and crisp buttery bread. Its fabulous!
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This past year I bought myself an air fryer however and I am keen to use it whenever I can. I decided to try it out with making my tuna melt today and I can tell you now that I will never make a tuna melt any other way from now on!
Yes, It is that good! Seriously tasty!
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And its not that the tuna salad is any tastier. It is the same old tuna salad recipe I have been making for eons. Tuna, mayonnaise, pickle relish and and a few other bits.
I haven't changed the cheese either. Its good old processed cheese slices. Perfect for a tuna melt.
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Its the buttery, light, crispness of the bread! I mean wowza!! Wowza!! This is a game changer here.
The bread stays true to form, not squished in any way, and it is so light and crisp and buttery that it practically melts in the mouth!
This is some serious deliciousness here! Why didn't I think of this before!!!
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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE AN AIR FRYER TUNA MELT
For the tuna salad:
- 1 (150g/5 ounce) tin of albacore tuna, packed in water, well drained and flaked
- 2 TBS mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 TBS pickle relish
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp celery salt or fine sea salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
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You will also need:
- softened butter for spreading
- 4 slices white sandwich bread
- 3 slices processed cheese, divided
Simple ingredients as always!!
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I always use Albacore Tuna. It has a lovely light color and a beautiful flavor. I have been buying it for 40 years now on the advice of an older Italian Nonna I met in the grocery store one day.
She saw the tuna I was buying and quickly told me, no buy. Its garbage. She said only buy Albacore, its the best, and so I did and I have never looked back.
She also told me that rounded blunt ended carrots were the sweetest and best. She was right on that score also!
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Some of you may balk at my use of processed cheese slices for my tuna melt, but you know, what works works. And they taste good.
I do buy the really good ones. Kraft Extra Cheddar Cheese slices. They taste the best, and are more like American Cheese Slices, which are the best in my humble opinion. But we can't get them here.
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Also, plain old wonder bread. White. It works best. You can try an artisanal bread if you want, but I think they get tooo crunchy and hard. Gum ripping.
Wonder white works best. Again, this is only my humble opinion. I know what I like and this is what I like.
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HOW TO MAKE AN AIR FRYER TUNA MELT
Depending on the type of air fryer you have you will only be able to cook one of these at a time. Begin by making the tuna salad. Drain your tuna well, flake into a bowl and combine with the remaining ingredients well.
Butter one side of each slice of bread. Place one slice into the air fryer basket. Top with 1 1/2 slices of cheese, taking care that the cheese is not placed past the edges of the bread. Top with half of the tuna salad, spreading it out over the cheese. Place another slice of the buttered bread on top of the tuna salad, butter side up.
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Place the basket into the air fryer and shut the door. set to cook at 380*F/193*C. Air fry for 8 minutes, flipping the sandwich over at the halfway mark.
The sandwich is done when the bread is golden brown and the cheese has melted throughout. Remove and keep warm while you cook the other sandwich.
Using a serrated knife, cut in half diagonally to serve.
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Just look at how nice and crisp and buttery the bread turns out, and yet still soft inside. That tuna salad is perfect just the way it is. Not too much mayonnaise, just the right amount. And the cheese has the perfect amount of ooze.
In short, this is the perfect tuna melt. I really hope if you have an air fryer you will want to try this delicious sandwich out. I think I am going to try making a grilled cheese like this next.
If the results of this sandwich are anything to go by, a grilled cheese will be AMAZING done in the air fryer!
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If you are on the hunt for a delicious sandwich today, here are a few of my other options:
CROISSANT TURKEY CLUB SANDWICH - I do love a good club sandwich, but they are often too large for me to manage to eat. This one, done on a flaky buttery croissant is not only delicious, but is the perfect size for my aging appetite!
WORLD'S GREATEST HAM SANDWICH - A tall claim to make, but I stand by it. With ham, tomatoes, lettuce, home picked onions, cheese and an herbed mayonnaise.
WORLD'S BEST BLT - Another tall claim that I stand by. Crisp bacon, crisp rocket leaves, sweet tomatoes, a tasty basil mayonnaise and a house dressing drizzle. All served on a rustic baguette.
Air Fryer Tuna Melt
Yield: 2 sandwiches
Prep time: 7 MinCook time: 8 MinTotal time: 15 Min
This air fryer tuna melt is so delicious! Crisp and buttery on the outside and filled with lots of tasty tuna salad and gooey cheese on the inside.
Ingredients
For the tuna salad:
- 1 (150g/5 ounce) tin of albacore tuna, packed in water, well drained and flaked
- 2 TBS mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 TBS pickle relish
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp celery salt or fine sea salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
You will also need:
- softened butter for spreading
- 4 slices white sandwich bread
- 3 slices processed cheese, divided
Instructions
- Depending on the type of air fryer you have you will only be able to cook one of these at a time.
- Begin by making the tuna salad. Drain your tuna well, flake into a bowl and combine with the remaining ingredients well.
- Butter one side of each slice of bread. Place one slice into the air fryer basket. Top with 1 1/2 slices of cheese, taking care that the cheese is not placed past the edges of the bread. Top with half of the tuna salad, spreading it out over the cheese. Place another slice of the buttered bread on top of the tuna salad, butter side up.
- Place the basket into the air fryer and shut the door. set to cook at 380*F/193*C. Air fry for 8 minutes, flipping the sandwich over at the halfway mark.
- The sandwich is done when the bread is golden brown and the cheese has melted throughout. Remove and keep warm while you cook the other sandwich.
- Using a serrated knife, cut in half diagonally to serve.
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This bread machine recipe I am sharing with you today is for a French Sandwich Pain Au Lait. Pain Au Lait translated means milk bread, and what I am talking about here is a French style of loaf that has been enriched with milk and butter.
Golden brown on the outside with a beautiful tight texture, this is a bread that is perfect for making sandwiches, be they grilled or not!
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A slow rising bread, this bread rises dramatically when baking. Traditionally this type of bread is baked in a lidded loaf pan to make perfectly square loaves.
Baking this in the bread machine provides almost the same result, as you can see. It is a beautiful loaf and is perfect for sandwiches of any kind.
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Actually, this is the fourth time I have baked this loaf to show you. The first time I ran out of light on the first day and so pictures just never got taken. It was so good I knew I wanted to share it with you.
The second time I made it, I threw everything into the bread machine and went to church, only to discover when I got home that I had not put in the water. DUH!
The third time, I used the wrong yeast and the bread rose so much that it stuck to the roof of my bread maker. 😖
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Seriously though, this is a beautiful loaf of bread, and well worth any angst or number of mistakes made in getting to the perfect loaf just so that I can share it with you.
Of all the loaves I have made in my bread machine, it IS my favorite one! Perfect for grilled sandwiches, or cut into shapes to make tea sandwiches, it is light, but has a truly beautiful crumb which makes it ideal for those purposes!
My recipe has been adapted from the Bread Machine Lover's Bread Machine Book by Beth Hensperger and if you are a person who loves to use their bread machine, I cannot recommend it enough. It's the best bread machine book going!
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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE FRENCH SANDWICH PAIN AU LAIT
This time I did not use a mix of flours as set out in the recipe but just my Anita's Organic Mill 60/40 bakers blend flour. It turned out perfectly. (This is because I could not find barley flour.)
- 1 1/4 cups (300ml) water
- 5 TBS butter, cut into pieces
- 2 7/8 cups (390g) bread flour
- 1/8 cup (30g) barley flour
- 1/3 cup (80g) dry milk powder
- 1 TBS vital wheat gluten
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast
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As I said I used the 60/40 flour, and it worked a charm. Barley flour adds a touch of sweetness to the bread, but I found the flavor to be fine just as is. As you can tell it was a bit more on the whole wheat side.
That also didn't bother me as I prefer to eat a whole meal bread if I can, rather than a white.
Also, the dry milk powder, she had specified low fat milk powder, but all I have is full fat milk powder. I have used this with no problem whatsoever.
My bread machine is the Panasonic Automatic Bread Maker Model# SD-RD250. This is the bread machine I have been using for over 20 years. I went through two of them in the UK, and when I went to buy one here in Canada, I knew I had to get another one. I have just always been happy with their performance.
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HINTS AND TIPS FOR MAKING GREAT BREAD IN A BREAD MACHINE
Really if you follow the directions on your particular bread machine your bread should work out perfectly, but there are a few things you can do that will give you an even better loaf of bread.
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2. Bread machine loaves work best with bread flour. Bread flour can also be labeled "Best for Bread" or "High Gluten flour."
3. You can use regular flour, but if you do I recommend adding Vital Wheat Gluten to the recipe. This helps to boost the protein content of the bread.
4. Measure very carefully. If you don't add enough flour, no matter the type of flour you use, the bread will collapse and is often uncooked in the center. If you add too much flour, you will end up with a dense, hard heavy ball.
5. I add Vital Wheat Gluten to all of my recipes for bread making in a bread machine. You can purchase it online. It helps to yield a much better loaf, helping the loaf to rise higher with a nicer texture than without.
Vital wheat gluten is best stored in the refrigerator (for up to one year), but you can store it on the counter if you think you will use it up within two months (highly unlikely for the home baker.)
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6. Yeast is a vital component in making yeasted breads! Duh. It can come in many forms. I recommend using yeast which is prepared specifically for use in the bread machine. I store my yeast in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.
7. Salt is another important component in bread making. Do not however, let the salt touch the yeast. Salt is important in bread making, not only as a flavor enhancer, but also in controlling the level of yeast fermentation.
8. Follow the recommendations when it comes to the order of adding ingredients to your machine. There are reasons why some machines put the dry ingredients first and the wet last. Others might recommend putting in the wet first and the dry last. YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE EXACT ORDER AS RECOMMENDED BY YOUR PARTICULAR MODEL!!
Most of the time when a recipe fails it is because the baker fails to follow the correct directions as per the machine they are using.
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If you follow my recommendations, there really is no reason (other than human error) that you can't bake the best loaf of bread in your bread machine ever. I use mine at least once a week, sometimes twice and most of the time I end up with beautiful loaves, unless I use the wrong yeast or forget to put in the water, lol. 😁
Some other bread machine recipes I can recommend are:
BREAD MACHINE PARKER HOUSE ROLLS - Think you can't make rolls using a bread machine? Think again! This recipe uses the dough cycle for making the dough. The rolls are then shaped and baked in the traditional manner.
BUTTERMILK WHOLE WHEAT BREAD - With a mixture of both whole wheat and white bread flours, and sweetened with maple syrup, and then not forgetting the addition of the buttermilk, it makes for a really delicious wholesome loaf of bread!
French Sandwich Pain Au Lait
Yield 1 loaf (1 1/2-pound loaf)
A delicious bread machine loaf made in the style of the white French sandwich bread called pain de mie. This bread makes beautiful sandwiches, toasted or otherwise.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups (300ml) water
- 5 TBS butter, cut into pieces
- 2 7/8 cups (390g) bread flour
- 1/8 cup (30g) barley flour
- 1/3 cup (80g) dry milk powder
- 1 TBS vital wheat gluten
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast
Instructions
- Place all of your ingredients into your particular model of bread machine according to the manufacturer's directions. Take care not to let the salt come in contact with the yeast. (In mine, I place yeast, sugar, gluten powder, flour, dry milk powder, salt, butter and then the water.)
- Set crust on medium and program for the basic cycle. Press start.
- When the baking cycle has ended, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a rack. Let cool to room temperature before slicing. Store in an airtight bag or container.
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This recipe I am sharing with you today is one that I have had my eye on for literally years. South Carolina Bird Dog Sandwiches. I first saw this recipe on Pinterest quite some time ago and had saved it to my private list of recipes that I wanted to try.
It comes from a blog called Plain Chicken. It was posted way back in 2014 so that tells you just how long I have been wanting to try it.
As it happens, life got in the way and I just never got around to it, until now that is! I just happened to have everything I needed in the house and I went with it!
I was not disappointed! This hot sandwich was well worth the wait and I won't be waiting that long to make it again, I can promise you!
So just what is a South Carolina Bird Dog sandwich? I can promise you I am not cooking a bird dog here!
The original sandwich comes from restaurant in Anderson, South Carolina called Daddy Rabbitt's over 25 years ago. That original diner is no longer in operation, but the sandwich lives on!
This delicious sandwich is the perfect marriage of bacon, chicken tenders, cheese and honey mustard. Or, as I have also seen it described, the perfect option for those who don't like hot dogs! I can't imagine not liking hotdogs myself, but it takes all kinds!
These hot chicken and bacon sandwiches are great for picnics, cook outs or any time at all really. They are the perfect quick supper option for those days when you really can't be asked to cook much!
You could of course go whole hog and make everything from scratch, chicken fingers, dressing, etc. But I have taken the easy option here myself and I can tell you its really delicious!
I have also taken the liberty to downsize the recipe to just one serving, easy for you to multiply the ingredients to feed as many or as few people as you are wanting to feed!
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A SOUTH CAROLINA BIRD DOG SANDWICH
This can be as simple or as complicated as you wish to make it. This is the simple version.
- 1 good quality hot dog bun, split and buttered on the cut sides
- 1 1/2 slices of streaky bacon crumbled
- 2 cooked breaded chicken fingers, keep hot (I do mine in the air fryer, only takes about 5 to 8 minutes)
- 2 TBS grated cheddar cheese
- 2 tsp honey mustard salad dressing
Because there are so few ingredients it make sense to use the best that you can procure. I used D'Italiano Brizzolio soft sausage buns. They are nice and don't fall apart when you are eating them. I hate it when hog dog or sausage buns don't hold together in the eating!
I used PC Buttermilk Breaded Chicken Fillets. I like them because they are made from the whole fillet of chicken and not ground up chicken shaped into a chicken strip. They are also all breast meat.
I like to use what is called streaky bacon in the UK. Bacon strips with a nice quantity of meat in ratio to fat. Smoked. I usually keep mine in the freezer. I roll each strip into a roll and pop the rolls into a baggie, ready to take out as and when I need bacon.
You can take out only as many slices as you want. They thaw out really quickly. For today I took out two slices, thawed, cut them in half crosswise and grilled them until crisp. You could crumble the bacon into the sandwiches, or just put in the whole half slices.
I used Hellman's honey mustard dressing. You could make your own from scratch if you wanted to. This one looks really tasty! I used Kraft double cheddar pre-grated cheese. I usually like to grate my own cheese, but I had this and was going for a quick and easy meal.
HOW TO MAKE A SOUTH CAROLINA BIRD DOG SANDWICH
This is so simple, quick and easy to make.
Preheat the broiler of your oven to high. Place the hotdog bun, buttered cut sides up on a small baking tray.
Pop the bun under the broiler and grill until toasted. This should only take about a minute. Remove from the oven.
Place the crisp slices of bacon on the bottom half of the bun. Top with the chicken fingers. (I cut mine into 1/2 inch slices) Sprinkle the cheese over top of the chicken.
Pop the sandwich back under the grill for several minutes until the cheese melts. Drizzle the top with the honey mustard dressing and serve immediately.
You don't really need to toast the bun, but I don't know any bun that is not improved by buttering it and toasting it! That's just me. I found myself wondering if maybe even garlic butter would be a nice toasting option!
I have also heard that people like ranch dressing on their sandwiches. I personally thought the honey mustard dressing was just perfect. A bit spicy and a bit sweet! Of course you can douse your sandwich in as much dressing as you like! I used a bit of restraint myself today!
I served my sandwich simply with some crisp celery sticks. Any way to get in some vegetables. I think French fries are the usual option, or even potato chips.
This made for a lovely supper that was quick and easy to make and quite delicious. It was also quite ample. The next time you are wanting a quick supper, I highly recommend.
I have to say it was a lot more delicious than just a hot dog, but then again, when I am in the mood for a hot dog, nothing else will do! I really like them both!
Some other hot sandwich options that you might also enjoy are:
HOT HAM & CHEESE WITH BACON & CARAMELIZED ONIONS - A fresh poppy seed kaiser roll filled with plenty of shaved ham, smoky bacon, swiss cheese and caramelized onions. Wrapped in foil and heated through, this makes a great supper sandwich, especially with a cup of hot soup on the side!
THE ULTIMATE MEATLOAF SANDWICH - You will need leftover cooked meatloaf to make these delicious sandwiches. Slabs of Diner Glazed meat loaf are brushed with BBQ sauce and browned in some butter. A slice of cheese is melted on top and then the meatloaf is layered on a half baguette spread with horseradish sauce and grainy mustard, as well as crisp lettuce and then topped with some crisp battered onion rings. Now you know why I called it the Ultimate!
Yield: 1
Carolina Bird Dog
Cook time: 15 MinTotal time: 15 Min
Quantities are given for one hot sandwich only. Multiply to make more. This is a simple and delicious alternative for someone who is not fond of hotdogs. Apparently it comes from South Carolina.
Ingredients
- 1 good quality hot dog bun, split and buttered on the cut sides
- 1 1/2 slices of streaky bacon crumbled
- 2 cooked breaded chicken fingers, keep hot (I do mine in the air fryer, only takes about 5 to 8 minutes)
- 2 TBS grated cheddar cheese
- 2 tsp honey mustard salad dressing
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler of your oven to high. Place the hotdog bun, buttered cut sides up on a small baking tray.
- Pop the bun under the broiler and grill until toasted. This should only take about a minute. Remove from the oven.
- Place the crisp slices of bacon on the bottom half of the bun. Top with the chicken fingers. (I cut mine into 1/2 inch slices) Sprinkle the cheese over top of the chicken.
- Pop the sandwich back under the grill for several minutes until the cheese melts.
- Drizzle the top with the honey mustard dressing and serve immediately.
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