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Spicy Tuna Melt Panini
Photo: Giovanna Gomes

Spicy Tuna Melt Panini

13 ingredients 20 min + 10 min openrecipes

The classic tuna melt gets a spicy update with pepper jack cheese, pepperoncini and Tapatio-spiked Dijon mustard.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

956
Calories
55g
Protein
52g
Fat
74g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Avocado 1 medium (150g) 240
Albacore Tuna 100g cooked 132
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sourdough 1 slice (36g) 93
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 (5-ounce) cans solid white albacore tuna in water, drained
  • 1 celery rib, minced
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon Tapatío or other hot sauce
  • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, at room temperature
  • 8 slices sourdough or other rustic white bread, sliced from a dense bakery loaf
  • 8 thin slices red onion, separated into rings
  • 1 medium-size ripe avocado, pitted, peeled, and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons sliced pepperoncini*
  • 2 plum tomatoes (such as Roma), thinly sliced and seeded
  • 4 ounces pepper jack cheese, thinly sliced

Directions

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By paninihappy · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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