Healthy Asian Tuna Salad
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This delicious and healthy tuna salad recipe is based on my favorite post-workout snack from the cafe at Lifetime Fitness. It’s light, protein-rich, and packed with flavor (and a little bit of spice).
It’s a unique departure from run-of-the-mill tuna salad, and it makes a fantastic lunch or light bite.
One of my favorite ways to experiment in the kitchen is to try recreating things I’ve loved at restaurants or cafes.
My latest project was the Healthy Tuna Salad from the cafe at Lifetime Fitness.
I’ve always liked tuna salad, but typical tuna salads have consisted of mixing canned tuna with mayonnaise, and possibly adding some chopped hardboiled egg if I was feeling extra motivated.
When I had the albacore tuna salad at the LifeCafe, however, my mind was blown. It is SO full of flavor, has a great blend of textures from the craisins, green onion, and shredded carrot, and it has the perfect amount of spice.
The last time I bought the tuna salad at the cafe, I used my phone to snap a photo of the lid on the takeout container, which listed all of the ingredients. Using that as a guide, I took a stab at making it myself, and I’m proud to say (without my usual sarcasm)…
NAILED IT!
Aside from its tremendous flavor, I love this tuna salad because it is so versatile.
- It’s really good on its own as a light lunch or protein-packed snack (perfect for after workouts)
- You can eat it in a wrap or tortilla, tossed with cold Asian noodles, or served over greens.
- It’s also great recipe to make over the weekend and keep in the fridge to snack on throughout the week.
If you like Asian flavors and a little bit of spice, this tuna salad will become your new best friend!
Try it and let me know what you think.
Healthy Asian Tuna Salad
Ingredients
- 10 oz. canned albacore tuna
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 1/4 cup craisins, chopped
- 1 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 2 tbsp light mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp minced ginger
Instructions
- Drain the tuna and flake with a fork in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add the carrots, onion, craisins and cilantro and mix together.
- In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, soy sauce, chili powder, sesame oil, cayenne pepper, and minced ginger.
- Stir the mayonnaise mixture into the tuna mixture until well combined.
Notes
Nutrition Facts
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12 Comments on “Healthy Asian Tuna Salad”
Variations on tuna salad are my usual lunch at work, since I’m working on my cholesterol and my family never welcomes the poor fish to the dinner table. I had been playing with Tex-Mex and decided to pivot to Asian. This is it! I normally put the tuna concoction over spinach, but for your I recipe mixed it with a half bag of shredded cabbage (slaw sans sauce). The batch almost didn’t survive meal prep! So good. Thanks for posting this one.
The best and really flavorful recipe (added red onions). My family loved this recipe.
I had this yesterday at the Lifetime Cafe and was thinking—I need to figure this out. Thank you!
This is a perfect recipe to mealprep for workday lunches. And so healthy!
This would make an awesome lunchbox meal.
I love your Asian twist on the boring tuna salad. I never think to use shredded carrots but it’s a great way to get some extra veggies in your life. I can’t wait to meal prep this up!
I need to finally go on diet since I can see that I can eat yummy food. Delicious!
I love making this recipe, thank you!
This is really tasty, I’ll be making this a lot.
Thanks Deborah! I’m glad you enjoyed it. :)
I will be making this recipe as sounds really good. Only thing, do you think I can omit the craisins without destroying the taste?
Sure, if you’re not a craisin fan you can leave them out. It will still be just as good.