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Peggy Burns
Seattle, Washington
Cilantro Tuna Melts
Turn ordinary tuna into extraordinary tuna sandwiches with new flavors and Pillsbury™ French bread.
Cilantro Tuna Melts
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 can (11 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original French Bread
- 2 cans (5 oz each) solid white tuna in water, drained, flaked
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup seeded, finely chopped jalapeño chiles (about 2 chiles)
- 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 4 oz sliced Cheddar cheese
- 1 to 2 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Olive Oil
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Place oven rack in upper third of oven. Carefully unroll dough on ungreased large cookie sheet. Press dough into 13x10-inch rectangle. Bake 10 minutes.
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Step2Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix tuna, mayonnaise, chiles and cilantro.
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Step3Remove bread from oven. Place cheese slices on one half of the bread; bake 2 minutes longer or until cheese starts to melt. Remove from oven. Cut into 8 pieces, 4 with cheese and 4 plain. Spread tuna mixture on 4 plain pieces of bread. Top with remaining pieces, cheese side down.
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Step4Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Brush one side of each sandwich with oil. Place 2 sandwiches in skillet, oil side down; cook 1 to 2 minutes. Brush tops of sandwiches with oil; turn. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown. Repeat with remaining two sandwiches and oil. Cut sandwiches diagonally. Garnish with additional cilantro, if desired.
Nutrition
540
Calories
31g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
38g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 540
- Calories from Fat
- 280
- Total Fat
- 31g
- 48%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 49%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 20%
- Sodium
- 930mg
- 39%
- Potassium
- 210mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 38g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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