Are you in need of an easy, tasty and budget friendly summer salad? Then you are going to love my fresh mint tuna salad! It will take you less than 10 minutes to put this meal together.
A fresh and flavorful tuna salad with fresh herbs.
I created this tuna salad years and years ago during my college days while trying to save money. This humble and easy tuna salad dish made it's debut all the way in Malaysia when I visited one of my college roommates and her family in Kuala Lumpur. My Malaysian roommate, Bernadette, and her family came to visit while she was in the States 2 years before graduation. We all gathered in our tiny little college rental apartment and prepared a feast to impress, on a budget, of course. (: So, we cooked together. I made this dish to contribute to the feast. 
A couple of years later when I decided to go back to Thailand to study abroad, (I had become a naturalized American before college and couldn't keep my Thai citizenship), I decided to first go to Malaysia for a few days to see my dear friend's home country before I headed to Thailand for the year. Bernadette's sister remembered the tuna dish and requested that I show her how to make it. She said it was her first tuna salad recipe that has no mayo in it but instead she remembered the fresh mint and crunchy fresh vegetables with a blend of salty and sour tastes. I happily obliged.
Green Beans with Fresh Mint Tuna Salad: 
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Green Beans and Mint Tuna Salad
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
The ultimate summer recipe! Fresh, tangy, salty, and crunchy; you just can’t get better than this. The key to this recipe is to leave the vegetables in chunky pieces. You can also let it sit and marinade in the refrigerator up to 2 hours before serving to let all the sauces soak in.
Ingredients
- 1 can tuna (in water)
- 1 cup fresh green beans
- ¼ large sweet onion
- ½ cup bell pepper
- 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 whole lime (for juice)
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves
Instructions
1. Cut all the vegetables, mint included, into large chunky pieces. Combine in a bowl.
2. Combine fish sauce and lime juice in a small bowl.
3. Add the sauce and the vegetable together mix gently.
4. Add the entire can of tuna including the juice and stir gently.
5. Taste the flavor and adjust accordingly! Sprinkle with chili flakes for a little extra heat!
Notes
This dish pairs well with my super simple Thai Fried Shallot recipe. Check it out HERE
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 5
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: Thai
Keywords: Tuna Salad. Summer Salad
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