This Tuna & Avocado Salad, known as Ensalada de Atún y Aguacate, is filled with layers of flavors, made with simple ingredients and all done in just 10 minutes. Enjoy it as a starter or even as a main course, next to a crunchy baguette and a bottle of Spanish wine.
You can serve this salad either at room temperature or even chilled. Just cover with saran wrap and add into the fridge. It will hold between 2 to 3 days. If you opt to add the salad into the fridge, I recommend adding a bit more lemon juice, as it will help the avocado to not brown.
For the tuna I used Spanish canned tuna in olive oil. However, you can also use canned tuna in water. To flavor the salad, I used the olive oil from the canned tuna. If you use tuna in water, just use extra virgin olive oil.
TIPS & TRICKS to Make this Recipe: When picking avocados, look for a slight soft touch. If you can only find hard avocados in your area. Just add the avocados into a paper bag with a banana and in 24 hours the avocados should be ripe.
Key Ingredients & Cookware I used in this Recipe:
MY COOKWARE
MY CHEF´S KNIFE
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HEALTHY Tuna & Avocado Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cans tuna in olive oil 4 oz / 110 grams each
- 2 avocados
- 1/2 English cucumber
- 1/2 red onion
- 1 small red bell pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice 15 ml
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 15 grams
- pinch sea salt
- dash black pepper
Instructions
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Drain the cans of tuna into a fine sieve with a bowl underneath, gently shake the sieve to remove any excess oil, transfer the tuna into a large bowl
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Cut the cucumber into bite-sized slices, cut the red onion into bite-sized slices and roughly chop the bell pepper, add the ingredients into the bowl with the tuna
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Cut the avocados in half, remove the pit and scoop out the flesh, cut the avocado flesh into large chunks and then add into the bowl
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Squeeze in the lemon juice over the ingredients, along with 2 tbsp (30 ml) of the reserved olive oil from the canned tuna, add in the parsley and season with sea salt & black pepper, gently mix together
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Cover with saran wrap and add into the fridge for a couple of hours or serve at room temperature, enjoy!
Recipe Notes
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Charles Pascual
21 . Jan . 2024Delicious salad. Easy-to-make – your recipe and video, as always, make it it foolproof. Thank you, Albert.
Spain on a Fork
Happy to hear that! Thanks for the comment 🙂 Much love
22 . Jan . 2024Lee Kaplan
Ramya, fellow “not a fan of raw red peppers” here. What about subbing with roasted red peppers or raw orange or yellow peppers, which are much sweeter than raw red peppers?
04 . Jul . 2023Spain on a Fork
If you like you can! Much love 🙂
06 . Jul . 2023Lee Kaplan
I love the high fiber and protein content per serving. Since I’m not a fan of raw red onions, after slicing, I’d rinse them in cold water to cut their bite.
04 . Jul . 2023Spain on a Fork
Sounds great! Much love 🙂
06 . Jul . 2023Donna Sue
03 . Jul . 2023Fantastic. The perfect summer entree, easy to prepare a healthy and delicious meal. Thank you! Next time, I’m scooping it into a leaf of Boston Bibb lettuce.
Spain on a Fork
Sounds great! Thanks for the comment 🙂 Much love
04 . Jul . 2023Ramya
Cant wait to make this soon for me can i use tofu and skip red bell pepper as am not a big fan of red bell pepper i never had healthy tuna and avocado salad before perfect for my after office meals love your recipes as always brightens up my day everyday after work
03 . Jul . 2023Spain on a Fork
Sounds great Ramya! Thanks for the comment 🙂 Much love
04 . Jul . 2023