Tailgating Snacks Month went into Overtime! That’s right, I have another snack idea for you that I didn’t get out during the actual month of October. But that’s ok, this Island Albacore Melt is still super delicious, and you’ll be glad that there’s OT available to tailgating Snacks!
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Pescetarian Philly sandwich
This is my version of the Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich. So, this one’s another main dish snack. And, I was totally stuffed after eating one of these. You could split a sandwich with someone you love.
Since I don’t eat beef, I went with some amazing Island Trollers Albacore Tuna. I chose to use Alder Smoked in my sammie, but any of their flavors would be amazing in this sandwich.
The ingredients are really simple. Just onions, tuna, and provolone on a butter toasted bun. That’s it! No mayo. No sour cream. No spices. You don’t need anything more to get a super full flavored amazing sandwich! Once the onions are caramelized, and they’re combined with the fresh delicious Island Trollers tuna. Well, that’s mouth-watering enough, but throw on a couple slices of melty good provolone cheese, and pop that all in a butter toasted bun! Well, you are going to be one happy tailgating camper! Just be sure to get the napkins before you start eating!
If you want to read more about how I started working with Island Trollers and their yummy tuna, take a look here. You can buy their tuna directly from them, or you can find Island Trollers on Amazon.
As a reminder, if you’re making these recipes with Island Trollers Tuna you don’t want to drain off those tasty juices from the can; they are the juices from the fish itself, not just plain ol’ water or oil. Those juices are loaded with Omega 3s. So, it might feel a little weird not to drain the tuna, but don’t do it.
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Island Albacore Melt Recipe
Island Albacore Melt
Ingredients
- 1 7.5 ounce can Island Trollers Albacore, undrained
- 1 teaspoon olive oil or light tasting oil of your choice
- 1 large sweet yellow onion sliced
- pinch of Kosher salt
- 2 Sourdough Hoagie Rolls
- Small amount of salted butter at room temperature
- 4 slices Provolone cheese
Instructions
- Place undrained Island Trollers tuna in a small bowl and flake apart, mixing tuna juices into the tuna. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the onions, season with salt, and cook slowly until golden brown and caramelized, stirring occasionally, approximately 30 to 40 minutes. If the onions start to burn, add a little water to slow the cooking down.
- While the onions caramelize, if the hoagie rolls aren’t cut open, cut them ¾ of the way through so you can open them up, but don’t cut all the way through the bread. Lightly spread butter on the inside of each Hoagie Roll. Heat a large skillet, preferably a well-seasoned iron skillet, over medium heat. Place roll, buttered side down, in skillet and cook until golden brown. Set aside.
- Once onions have turned caramelized, stir tuna into the onions and heat through, about 3 minutes. Split tuna mixture into two areas in the pan, and top each with 2 slices provolone cheese. Turn heat down, and cover pan, cooking until cheese is melted, about 3-5 minutes. Scoop up the tuna onion mixture and place on the Hoagie Rolls. Devour!
Notes
A note on the calorie calculator here, it seems to be off. By my calculations, these sandwiches have about 680 calories each.
Oh this is right up my alley! Looks amazing…need to go eat lunch now!
This looks super yummy.
‘minds me of a Philly Cheesesteak 😀
Love your version of a Philly. My husband would really enjoy this sammie.
I looooove how you turned fish into a comfort food here! Such a great idea! Hell yeah for Omega-3’s!
Looks delicious. Now I just need to find something to replace that tuna with.
Wow! That looks mouth watering! Also great food photography here especially with the placed football in the background. Love it! 🙂
Sending Cheese love your way! OMG!!
This sounds delicious – thanks for sharing! I can’t wait to try it.
Holy delicious batman! You got me at cheese and onions.
I love this!!
That looks absolutely delicious. This would be great for lunch or dinner.
OH my – i need to try this. i am not a fish person but i could definitely eat that!
I don’t know about splitting a sandwich, I’ll make them one, haha. Looks delish!
Just when I think you’ve shared with us every kind of tailgating dish under the sun, you blow me away with another incredible creation! OMG this ooks sooooooo good!
What is not to love about all that melted cheese? Perfect toasting on the hoagies.
Oh my gosh that looks so good. I love tuna melts!
All that melted cheese on there looks pretty incredible. What a delicious idea.
That looks good. And a lot of cheese. 🙂 (A good lot of cheese.)
These look great!! I grew up on tuna melts with provolone on bialy’s, a Jewish bread like a bagel but better. Such fond memories!! 🙂 Yummy photos.