Elbow Salad with Tuna Recipe

Elbow pasta always comes in handy when preparing soups or salads. Because it is so versatile in the kitchen, it is considered one of the favorite pastas of almost everyone. If you don’t have much time to cook or you just want to prepare something quick and easy to do, tuna salad with elbows is an excellent option that you can’t pass up because of how simple and delicious it will be.

The ingredients can be completely your choice, but this time our salad will have corn, carrot, and tomato and of course tuna. In addition, we show you how to prepare a delicious dressing to accompany the salad. Keep reading and discover how to make elbow salad with tuna and enjoy this simple and complete dish.

Ingredients to make Coeditors Salad with Tuna:

1. 190 grams of elbow pasta
2. 210 grams of prickly pear
3. 1 can of corn
4. 1 tomato diced
5. 1 grated carrot
6. 2 tablespoons chopped pickled chili

For the dressing

1. ½ cup mayonnaise
2. 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
3. 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (optional)
4. 1 pinch of salt and pepper to taste

How to make elbow salad with tuna:

• To start the recipe, cook the pasta with a little salt so that it is al dente according to the instructions on the package. Drain the paste when it’s done and let it cool.
• Tip: It is important that the pasta cools completely since the preparation will be cold.
• For the dressing that will season the elbows with tuna salad, in a container mix the mayonnaise with the 3 tablespoons of sour cream, the tablespoons of mustard, the tablespoon of milk and season with salt and pepper, stir until the ingredients and reserve.
• Tip: The Dijon mustard is optional, but if you add it will give it an acid touch and add texture due to the mustard grains it has.
• In a large container, empty the cold pasta, add the dressing you prepared and mix perfectly until all the pasta is covered. At this point you can taste and season if necessary.
• Add the corn, the chopped tomato, the grated carrot, the chopped chili in vinegar and the tuna and mix until all the ingredients are completely integrated with the pasta and the dressing.
• Trick: You can also make the tuna salad with elbows and hard-boiled egg, pineapple, avocado, ham, apple, lettuce…
• All that remains is to enjoy this delicious and simple salad with toast or crackers. Remember that the tuna elbow salad recipe is very versatile, so you can add more ingredients if you want.
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• If you don’t like mayonnaise, you can make other dressings to spice up your tuna elbow salad.