Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado
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When it comes to tuna salad stuffed avocado, this is one of the tastiest recipes you’ll find! When my husband and I are in Mexico, we love the fabulous stuffed avocados at our friend Colin’s beachfront restaurant “Breakers” in Bucerias. When our friend Alejandra hosts parties in Nuevo Vallarta, she usually makes her famous tuna salad dip. Now that I’m back in California, I whipped up this fabulous recipe in honor of both Colin and Alejandra. Their stuffed avocado and tuna salad recipes provided the inspiration for today’s yummy creation.
Ingredients for Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado Recipe
The best stuffed avocados are created with a delicious mixture of fresh ingredients. This Mexican-inspired recipe includes: ripe avocados, Albacore tuna, softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, red onion, bell pepper, jalapeno, Knorr brand “Caldo Con Sabor de Pollo” (chicken-flavor bouillon granules
), ground black pepper, Maggi Seasoning
, lemon juice, Romaine lettuce, salt, grape tomatoes and cilantro. From start to finish it takes only 20 minutes to make delicious tuna salad stuffed avocados!
Tuna Salad Recipe for Stuffed Avocado
For this quick and easy meal, start by making the tuna salad recipe. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the softened cream cheese, tuna, mayonnaise, mustard, diced red onion, diced bell pepper, diced jalapeno, Knorr chicken-flavor granulated bouillon, black pepper, Maggi Seasoning and lemon juice. Using the flat beater attachment, mix until all ingredients are well incorporated. With a mixing spoon, gently fold in the strips of Romaine lettuce.
How to Make Stuffed Avocado
Cut four avocados in half and remove the pits. Brush the avocados with lemon juice, and lightly sprinkle each half with a bit of salt and pepper. Using a 1/4 measuring cup, add a rounded scoop of tuna salad to each half of avocado. Garnish the tuna salad stuffed avocados with diced grape tomatoes and a few sprigs of cilantro.
How to Serve Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado
Serve this festive meal with a side of crispy Mexican tostada rounds, restaurant-style tortilla chips, or a selection of your favorite crackers.
What I love most about this healthy recipe is that it’s super versatile! In addition to serving tuna salad stuffed avocados, this yummy ingredient combination can be enjoyed several different ways. You can butter up a few slices of sourdough bread and grill them on the stovetop. Use the grilled sourdough bread to make fabulous tuna salad sandwiches that include lettuce, tomato and thick slices of ripe avocado. You can also serve this recipe as an appetizer! Simply transfer the tuna salad mixture to a small bowl. Garnish the tuna salad with sliced avocado, diced tomato and sprigs of cilantro. Surround the dip bowl with pieces of thinly sliced baguette, corn chips, tortilla chips, tostada chips, or a variety of specialty crackers. Whichever way you decided to serve this delicious recipe, one thing’s for sure, your taste buds will be dancing with happiness!
Tuna salad stuffed avocados are perfect as hearty appetizers for two, as well as lunch, snacks, dinner and fiestas. Include this festive recipe for Cinco de Mayo celebrations!
Mexican Serveware and Party Supplies
Gorgeous strands of Mexican pom-pom garland is thought to bring good luck. In the colorful bohemian beach town of Sayulita, Mexico you’ll see strands upon strands of this vibrant decorative item everywhere. They’re sold at vendor stalls and in small boutiques. Long multi-color strands ending in tassels are hung outside shops and restaurants. This past weekend I stopped by “Gypsy”, one of my favorite shops in the surfer town of Sayulita to pick up a few strands of Mexican pom-pom garland as well as the lovely Mexican napkins shown in the images on this page. The colors of Mexico are the perfect backdrop for this festive tuna salad avocado recipe.
Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 8 Avocado Halves 1x
Description
When it comes to tuna salad stuffed avocado, this is one of the tastiest recipes you’ll find! When my husband and I are in Mexico, we love the fabulous stuffed avocados at our friend Colin’s beachfront restaurant “Breakers” in Bucerias.
Ingredients
- 3 5-ounce cans of Albacore tuna, well drained (drained weight of each can is 4 ounces)
- 1 8-ounce block of cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 3 tablespoons red onion, finely diced
- 3 tablespoons green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon jalapeno, finely diced
- 1+1/2 tablespoons lemon juice (plus a little more for brushing on avocado halves)
- 1/2 teaspoon Maggi Seasoning
- 1+1/2 teaspoons Knorr brand “Caldo con Sabor de Pollo” (chicken-flavor bouillon granules)
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3–4 Romaine lettuce leaves, chopped or sliced into short thin strips
- 4 Haas avocados cut in half
- Salt and pepper – for sprinkling directly onto avocado halves
- Garnish #1: diced grape tomatoes
- Garnish #2: sprigs of cilantro
Instructions
- Begin by preparing the tuna salad recipe. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the tuna, softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, red onion, bell pepper, jalapeno, lemon juice, Maggi seasoning, chicken-flavor bouillon granules, and black pepper. Mix with the flat beater attachment until all ingredients are incorporated. With a wooden spoon or spatula, gently fold the sliced lettuce into the tuna salad mixture.
- Cut each of the four avocados in half, length-wise. Lightly sprinkle or brush the inside of each avocado half with a bit of lemon juice to prevent browning. Sprinkle each avocado portion with salt and pepper.
- Using a 1/4 measuring cup, scoop rounded portions into the halved avocados. Garnish with diced tomatoes and a few sprigs of cilantro.
- Serve with Mexican tostada rounds, restaurant-style tortilla chips, thinly sliced baguette pieces, or your favorite crackers. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snack, Lunch, Dinner, Party
- Method: By hand
- Cuisine: Mexican, Tex-Mex, American
Keywords: avocado tuna salad, tuna salad recipe, tuna salad stuffed avocado
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Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado Recipe > Your Thoughts
Have you ever tried a stuffed avocado recipe? What do you think of these avocados stuffed with tuna salad? Would you serve them as an appetizer or a meal? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Have a great day!
This looks absolutely delicious! I usually put avocado in my tuna sandwich, but this is a whole new level. Definitely trying this!
this sounds heavenly!! i want to make this right now, that’s how good it looks. Tuna and avocado are two of my favorite foods!
I love both of these foods so this would be perfect for me. I can not wait to try it!
Two of my favorite two things! Why have I never thought to put them together!?!
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My family love avocados and this looks really good. We are also huge fans of tuna. This is perfect.
Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado seems very tasty! I’ll try this later at home. Very yummy!
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oh wow. I like the presentation of this dish, so creative! I love avocado, I need to try this delicious recipe.
Oh wow I just love the concept of using avocados as the bowls for the tuna salad. Looks absolutely delicious!
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Looks delicious and also festive. Also a clever way to use the avocado peel into plating which saves you from using other plates.
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This looks absolutely delicious!! You’re making my mouth water already. This is probably my go-to recipe when I’m craving for tuna. The avocado makes it tastes so much better!! LOVE THIS.
This Tuna Salad stuffed Avocado looks so delicious and easy to make. I am always looking for new healthy recipes to try. I will have to add this recipe to my meal plan for next week.
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Let’s talk about how this is everything I love in one! I have never heard of these, but I have a feeling we will be eating a lot of these now!
I love avocado and I love tuna. Dont know why I never thought of this. Going to try it.
Looks delicious! I love using avocado as a substitute for mayo in tuna sandwiches, so this is a definite no brainer for me. Thank you for sharing a new idea :)
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I really loved the idea of a stuffed avocado the way you have described it. Being an avocado fan, i would really love to try this out. Thanks a ton for these new ideas!
I am absolutely in love with your photography and I love how you even had the little cactuses in the backdrop. Do you know what I love avocadoes but I have never thought of stuffing them with salad so I think that is actually a really amazing recipe hack x
I can’t eat fish but this definitely sounds like a meal my daughter would love. I’m sharing this recipe with her.
This is new and looks really delicious. I am having some family over during the holidays and this will make a great starter! Love the recipe too!
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I love tuna and avocado but have never had them together like this. I’ll have to try it out soon – looks delicious! :-)
What a cute and delicious idea! I never would have thought of stuffing tuna salad inside an avocado, how inspired.
These look so healthy and yummy. I love avocados and I am always on look out for new recipes using them. Thanks for the post.
This looks so delicious! I love avocados and can’t believe I never thought to stuff them with tuna salad. This is such a great idea for a healthy and delicious lunch.
Love this idea of stuffing avocado with tuna. I am someone who eats avocado daily and honestly love stuffing it with all sorts of thins. THIS here is a winner.
I love avocados and this looks really good, my husband would love this because he is really into seafood. This is perfect.
This looks amazing! I just threw away 5 rotten/moldy avocados so I need to try this recipe when I buy fresh new ones!
Sounds delicious! I love tuna and avocados so a recipe with both is perfect for me. Pinning the recipe as it will be great for lunch.
Taryn
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