Spicy Tuna Salad With Young Ginger and Lemongrass Recipe

By
Leela Punyaratabandhu
Leela Punyaratabandhu
Leela Punyaratabanhu is a food writer, recipe developer, and award-winning author specializing in Thai cooking. She has written three cookbooks: Simple Thai Food, Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill, and Bangkok, which won the 2018 Art of Eating Prize.
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Updated August 30, 2018
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Note: I prefer tuna in soybean oil (not olive oil) in this recipe. Unlike most versions of American-style tuna salad, there's no mayo in this, so some fat will help keep the salad moist and more palatable. I also prefer solid white tuna steaks over the chunk light variety.

Recipe Details

Spicy Tuna Salad With Young Ginger and Lemongrass Recipe

Prep 15 mins
Active 15 mins
Total 15 mins
Serves 2 servings
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Ingredients

  • 2 (5-ounce) cans of solid white tuna in soybean oil

  • 2 cups lemongrass

  • 2 shallot shallots

  • 1/4 cup ginger

  • 3 pepper chilies

  • 3 lime limes

  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce

  • 1/2 cups dry roasted peanuts

  • 1 leaves lettuce

Directions

  1. Drain off most of the oil that comes with the tuna, retaining a few tablespoons to keep the salad moist. Place tuna in a mixing bowl and flake it with a fork.

  2. Add lemongrass, shallots, ginger, and chilis to tuna. Juice up one lime and add the lime juice to the tuna bowl along with one tablespoon of fish sauce. Mix everything together and adjust seasoning as necessary with more lime juice and fish sauce. (If you use salted roasted peanuts, you may want to go easy on the fish sauce; you can always add more.)

  3. Add peanuts to the tuna mixture; toss everything together lightly. Serve on lettuce leaves as an appetizer or with rice as a main dish.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
668Calories
31gFat
57gCarbs
53gProtein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 2
Amount per serving
Calories668
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31g39%
Saturated Fat 5g24%
Cholesterol 44mg15%
Sodium 2702mg117%
Total Carbohydrate 57g21%
Dietary Fiber 10g37%
Total Sugars 12g
Protein 53g
Vitamin C 101mg507%
Calcium 174mg13%
Iron 10mg53%
Potassium 1808mg38%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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