These Tuna Salad Coneys take a classic we all know and turn it into a hot, cheesy sandwich that is full of flavor. Make up the tuna salad ahead of time or even freeze the unheated sandwiches in foil and pull out for a quick weeknight meal.

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Tuna Salad Coneys

Tuna salad is one of those classic dishes that everyone’s mom made while growing up. And everyone’s mom made theirs differently and usually without a recipe. I always thought it was magical when our mom or grandmas just put together ingredients and created amazing meals.

This Tuna Salad Coneys recipe is from 100 Years of Good Cooking, Minnesota Centennial Cookbook. This book is full of great recipes. Barbara whipped these up for lunch on a Friday during Lent and says the flavor is phenomenal. The tuna salad could easily be made ahead and kept in the fridge until you are ready to use.

Barbara made up a couple extra sandwiches for later. She even buttered the buns, filled them with tuna salad, wrapped the sandwiches individually in foil and then put them in a storage bag. She threw them into the freezer for another quick meal down the road.

Ingredient List

Velveeta Cheese Melt
Hard Boiled Eggs
Canned Tuna
Green pepper
Chopped Onion
Sweet Pickle Relish
Mayonnaise
Hoagie Buns
Butter or Margarine

How to make a tuna sandwich?

Step by Step Instructions

In a large bowl, mix together Velveeta, drained tuna, chopped hard boiled eggs, diced green pepper, chopped onion, relish and mayonnaise.
Butter the inside of the hoagie buns.
Fill with tuna mixture.
Wrap sandwiches individually with aluminum foil.
Bake in preheated 250 degree F oven for 30 minutes.

Recipe FAQs

One of our favorite kitchen tips is to hard boil extra eggs (you need 3 for this recipe) to have as snacks, use on salads or in other recipes later in the week.
Be sure to drain the tuna before flaking it and adding to the rest of the ingredients.
Use Miracle Whip instead of Mayo, if desired.
Dice up dill pickles or sweet pickles to use instead of relish.
Instead of serving in a hoagie, put the mixture in a pita instead. Heat in the same manner to melt the cheese melt.
Swap tuna for chicken or ham.

What goes good on a tuna sandwich?

Pickles
Olives
Cheddar Cheese
Fried bacon
Tomatoes
Cucumber
Feta Cheese
Crisp Shredded Lettuce
Mustard
Swiss cheese
Mayo or Miracle Whip

More Canned Tuna Recipes

We love using canned tuna to put together quick and easy meals that our entire family will eat. Here are some of our favorite recipes featuring canned tuna.

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Tuna Salad Coneys

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Keyword: tuna salad coney

Servings:

Calories: 418kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

1 cup American cheese Velveeta, cubed
3 hard boiled eggs chopped
5 ounces canned tuna in water, drained and flaked
2 Tablespoons green pepper chopped
2 Tablespoons onion chopped
2 Tablespoons sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4 Hot dog or Hoagie Buns buttered

Instructions

Lightly mix together all ingredients except for Hoagie Buns.
Butter the inside of buns, fill with tuna salad.
Wrap each sandwich individually in aluminum foil.
Heat on a cookie sheet for 30 minutes in a 250 degree F oven.
These will fill 4-6 Hoagie buns depending on how much tuna salad you put in the buns or you can use a whole pack of hot dog buns.

Notes

- One of our favorite kitchen tips is to hard boil extra eggs (you need 3 for this recipe) to have as snacks, use on salads or in other recipes later in the week.
- Be sure to drain the tuna before flaking it and adding to the rest of the ingredients.
- Use Miracle Whip instead of Mayo, if desired.
- Dice up dill pickles or sweet pickles to use instead of relish.
- Instead of serving in a hoagie, put the mixture in a pita instead. Heat in the same manner to melt the cheese melt.
- Swap tuna for chicken or ham.
- The nutritional information below is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used.