Classic Tuna Salad

Name: Classic Tuna Salad
Yield: Serves 4 (Makes 2 cups; enough for 4 sandwiches)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, finely chopped onion; 2 tablespoons, olive oil; 3 , (5-ounce) cans solid white tuna in water; 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons, mayonnaise; 1 , celery rib, minced; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2015, America's Test Kitchen TV

Right out of the can, tuna is chalky and bland—you need to fix those problems before your tuna salad can be any good.

SERVES4 (Makes 2 cups; enough for 4 sandwiches)

TIME20 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Tuna salad, so familiar and simple, is often watery, chalky, and/or bland. To achieve a moist and flavorful tuna salad, we first thoroughly drain chunk tuna and dry it with paper towels. We enlist the microwave to quickly cook some onions i...

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