This is a regular snack around my place.
Ingredients:
1 large (7oz unopened) can tuna, drained
2 thin slices ham
healthy dollop or two of mayonnaise
red Tabasco sauce
black pepper
optional: lemon pepper
powedered garlic
shredded cheese of your preference
1. Put tuna in a large bowl
2. shred ham slices and add
3. add healthy dollop or two of mayonnaise
4. Several dashes of Tabasco sauce. This is one of the exceedingly rare instances where you don't want to overdo it with Tabasco sauce... just a dash or two. This is because we're about to overdo it with the black pepper, and surprisingly, they don't mix.
5. Add garlic to taste... I like a lot.
6. Add pepper. Now, I have a standard rule of them for how much black pepper you need to add to tuna and mayonnaise:
Kupietz's Rule Of Thumb For How Much Black Pepper To Add To Tuna And Mayonnaise
Pepper and mayonnaise cancel each other out, so you have to be far more egregious with the pepper than you normally would. The rule is as follows:
Pour in the black pepper. When you have added so much pepper that you are thinking, "There is no possible way anyone could want that much pepper in this", then, you are 1/3 of the way there. Add twice that much again.
I know, it sounds crazy. Try it once and see. Make a tuna salad sandwich that way, without all the extra fanciness in this recipe. You'll see.
Ok, to resume the resume:
7. Optionally add a bit of lemon pepper too, just enough to taste. If you use the cheap stuff, which is extra lemony, this is a nice touch. I've tried a little lemon juice but it doesn't work as well as the fake lemony lemon pepper stuff.
8. Mix everything up well
9. Add a very generous amount of shredded cheese. It's not a topping, it's an ingredient. Do it up.
10. Mix again until everything is well mixed
11. Put in the microwave on full power for 3 minutes
12. Stir up again before eating
That's it! Enjoy while watching "Maude", or other vintage sitcom.
Optional non-Keto variation
Before adding the mayonnaise, also add 4oz pre-cooked brown rice. I know how it sounds. Try it. It's good.
