Tuna Cheese Melts Recipe

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This sandwich dresses up a typical tuna sandwich with American cheese and rye bread spread with a mixture of sour cream and garlic salt. Cooked in a skillet, this sandwich oozes with flavor.—Bernadine Dirmeyer, Harpster, Ohio

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Tuna Cheese Melts Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
8 slices rye or white bread
1 can (6 ounces) tuna, drained and flaked
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 slices process American cheese
4 tablespoons butter, divided

Directions

In a small bowl, combine sour cream and garlic salt; spread on one side of each slice of bread. In another small bowl, combine tuna and mayonnaise; spread on four slices of bread. Top with cheese and remaining bread; gently press together.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add two sandwiches; toast sandwiches until bread is lightly browned on both sides and cheese is melted. Repeat with remaining butter and sandwiches. Yield: 4 servings.

Originally published as Tuna Cheese Melts in Taste of Home August/September 2004, p48