When it comes to crowd-pleasing appetizers, tuna and olive dip stands tall. This classic dish combines the briny flavor of olives with the delicate texture of tuna, resulting in a creamy and savory spread that is perfect for any occasion. Whether you're hosting a party or simply looking for a quick and easy snack, this classic dip is sure to satisfy your cravings. With just a few simple ingredients and a few minutes of preparation, you can whip up this delicious dip that will be the star of your next gathering.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
TANGY TUNA DIP
A delicious Summer dip full of taste and fragrant with aroma. Tangy and light, with lemon and lime being the star performers. Serve with fresh, crunchy veggies and crackers.
Provided by Michelle
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Dips and Spreads Recipes Cheese Dips and Spreads Recipes Cold Cheese Dip Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 32
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese, lemon juice, lime juice, green onion, dill weed, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth. Mix in the tuna and olive oil. Cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately 25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 63.6 calories, Carbohydrate 1.3 g, Cholesterol 18.4 mg, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 3.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 75 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
TUNA AND OLIVE DIP
I found this in a magazine in a camp ground kitchen. I'm saving it here to make when I get home to the land of food processors!
Provided by JustJanS
Categories Tuna
Time 10m
Yield 1 1/2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place the first 6 ingredients in a food processor and process until smoothe, adding a little EVOO if necessary.
- Season to taste with freshly ground black pepper and serve with the toasted crostini or baguette.
TUNA TAPENADE
Provided by Melissa d'Arabian : Food Network
Categories appetizer
Time 10m
Yield about 1 cup
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Blend all the ingredients, except the tuna, in a food processor until smooth but still chunky. Transfer to a medium serving bowl. Drain the tuna but do not rinse. Flake the tuna with a fork. Add to the olive mixture, blending gently with a fork. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve with Crostini.
- Crostini:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Slice the baguette, on the bias, into thin slices. In a small bowl, mix the oils and salt and pepper, to taste. Using a pastry brush, lightly coat 1 side of bread slices with the oil. Arrange on a sheet tray and bake until golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Yield: about 24 slices
CHICKPEA AND TUNA DIP
Set the scene for a fun get-together with finger foods you can set out and forget about -- like this delicious, no-fuss dip.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Yield Makes 2 2/3 cups
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a food processor, lightly pulse chickpeas, tuna, olive oil, lemon zest and juice, and anchovy fillets until well combined. Transfer to a medium bowl and stir in onion and parsley; season with salt and pepper. Serve with crackers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 186 g, Fat 9 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 1 g
OLIVE OIL-POACHED TUNA
You're perfectly happy eating regular canned tuna until the day you taste the imported, olive oil-packed tuna and realize exactly what you've been missing. You tell people that there's nothing better, but that's not entirely true. There's this. By gently poaching fresh ahi tuna in olive oil, you can create a tuna fish of exceptional quality. The taste and texture are amazing, and you can adapt this in many ways. Besides switching up herbs and seasonings, you can cook the fish to a wide range of doneness.
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time P1DT1h20m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Let tuna rest at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Combine garlic, thyme, and red pepper flakes in a heavy skillet. Pour olive oil into skillet to reach a depth of 1 inch. Heat oil over medium heat until garlic and thyme begin to sizzle, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Place tuna gently in hot oil and reduce heat to low. Cook steaks in hot oil, spooning oil over the top of the steaks constantly, until fish is white and hot, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat, transfer steaks to a baking dish, and pour hot oil and herbs over the fish. Cool fish and oil to room temperature.
- Wrap baking dish tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate steaks for 24 hours. Remove fish from oil and sprinkle sea salt over the top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 608 calories, Carbohydrate 1.3 g, Cholesterol 108.5 mg, Fat 36 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 66.5 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 271.4 mg
GRANDMA'S TUNA DIP
Every year my grandma makes this for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. It's always the first thing on the table to hold the family over until dinner is served. Unfortunately, to my disappointment, grandma isn't able to do the cooking she used to and this tasty dip was left out this Thanksgiving, so I asked her for her recipe. Great for the Holidays, or parties! Served best with Ritz or Town House Crackers. I really don't know how many people this serves. I'm guessing with the quantity it makes, it could probably serve 15, but it's so good 5 people can probably devour this dip in no time!
Provided by iN TRAiNiNG
Categories Tuna
Time 15m
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Drain all 4 cans of tuna and put in large mixing bowl.
- Hard boil 2 eggs.
- Fine chop onions and olives and hard boiled eggs and put in mixing bowl with tuna.
- Add 2 cups of mayonnaise and mix well.
- Bring about 1 cup of water to a boil. Measure out 1/4 cup with measuring cup. Mix with 1 packet Knox Gelatin in separate mixing bowl until gelatin is dissolve. Add to bowl with other ingredients and mix threw and threw for 1 minute.
- Chill in refrigerator in a mold or any storage container.
- Unmold and serve with crackers.
- ***Grandma suggests chilling overnight. I have tried the dip right away after preparing, still good but Grandma's suggestion is really what works best. I also had suggestions to leave a little olive out and add a little relish or even some minced garlic. There are many ways you could alter this recipe to fit your liking. You could add a little spices to this if you prefer a spicy dip also. If you do try to alter in anyway and find it pleasant please let me know, I would love to try! ENJOY!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 205.4, Fat 13.1, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 56.4, Sodium 453.3, Carbohydrate 8, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 2.1, Protein 14
TUNA AND OLIVE SALAD SANDWICH
Steps:
- Make tuna salad:
- Whisk together mayonnaise and lemon juice in a large bowl. Add remaining salad ingredients and stir together gently. Season with salt and pepper.
- Assemble sandwiches:
- Cut baguette into 4 equal lengths and halve each piece horizontally. Brush cut sides with oil and season with salt and pepper. Make sandwiches with baguette, lettuce, and tuna salad.
TUNA WITH CAPERS, OLIVES AND LEMON
This is not your mother's mayonnaise-laden tuna salad, but it's just as easy to prepare. Here's what you do: stir together some canned tuna, garlic, lemon juice, red onion, black olives, capers and fresh parsley, then spread it on buttered toast. Top it off with a round of ripe tomato or slivers of avocado and another slice of toast. That's it. If you want to make it into a dip, toss the mixture into a food processor with a few tablespoons of softened butter and a bit more olive oil. Purée until smooth and creamy and serve with carrots, fennel, bell pepper and seeded crackers. If you have a tin of sardines taunting you from inside your cabinet, we bet this recipe would work equally well with those.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories easy, lunch, quick, weekday, appetizer
Time 10m
Yield 4 sandwiches or 8 appetizer servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, mash garlic with the back of a spoon. Whisk in the lemon juice and 5 tablespoons of olive oil. Combine with the tuna, onion, olives, capers, herbs and salt to taste.
- Serve on buttered toast for sandwiches, or make into a dip: Pulse the tuna salad and butter in a food processor until it is creamy. With the motor of the processor running, slowly add the additional 4 tablespoons oil. Taste and add more salt or lemon juice if needed. Serve with cut vegetables (fennel and bell peppers are nice) and crackers.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 273, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 2 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 12 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 228 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PASTA WITH TUNA AND OLIVES
If you want to make a complete meal of this, you can add a green vegetable to the mix (see the variation below). I like to use fusilli because I like the way the tuna gets lodged in the twists of the corkscrews, but other types of pasta, such as penne or spaghetti, will be just fine.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Begin heating a large pot of water for the pasta. In a large pasta bowl, break up the tuna. Heat the olive oil in a small frying pan or saucepan over medium heat and add the garlic. Cook, stirring, just until fragrant, and remove from the heat. Add to the tuna. Add the parsley or basil, and mix together.
- Add the tomato sauce to the pan, heat through and season to taste with salt and add pepper and the red pepper flakes if using. Stir in the olives.
- When the water for the pasta comes to a boil, add a generous tablespoon of salt and the pasta. Cook al dente, until firm to the bite, following the cooking instructions on the package but checking the pasta a minute or two before the indicated time. Remove 2 tablespoons of the cooking water and mix with the tuna.
- When the pasta is al dente, drain and transfer to the bowl with the tuna. Add the tomato sauce with the olives, toss everything together, and serve. Pass the Parmesan at the table.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 499, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 70 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 25 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 575 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
TUNA AND CAPER DIP
Capers and anchovies lend a briny flavor that complements meaty tuna in this easy appetizer that's best served with vegetable chips.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, mix together tuna, sour cream, parsley, capers, anchovies, lemon juice, and red-pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 101 g, Fat 5 g, Protein 11 g
LAYERED WHITE BEANS, TUNA, AND VEGETABLE DIP
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- In a sieve set over a bowl and lined with a triple thickness of rinsed and squeezed cheesecloth let the yogurt drain for 1 hour. Put the cucumber in another sieve, sprinkle it with the salt, and let it drain for 1 hour. Pat the cucumber dry between paper towels and transfer it to a bowl. Stir in the yogurt, the garlic, and salt and pepper to taste and combine the mixture well.
- In a saucepan combine the beans with enough cold water to cover them by 2 inches, simmer them, covered, for 1 hour, or until they are tender, and drain them well, reserving the cooking liquid. In a skillet cook the onion, the garlic, the orégano, and salt and pepper to taste in the oil over moderately low heat, stirring, until the onion is softened. Add the wine and simmer the mixture until the wine is reduced by half. In a food processor purée the beans and the onion mixture with 1/2 cup of the reserved cooking liquid and salt and pepper to taste, transfer the mixture to a bowl, and chill it, covered, until it is cool.
- In a small bowl toss together the tuna, the onion, the olives, the parsley, the vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Spread the bean purée over the bottom of a 10-inch round shallow serving dish, top it with the tuna mixture, and spoon the cucumber mixture over the top. Chill the dip, covered, for at least 3 hours or overnight, sprinkle the top with the tomatoes, the bell pepper, the onion, and the olives, and serve the dip with the pita triangles.
- In a colander rinse the beans under cold water and discard any discolored ones. In a kettle combine the beans with enough cold water to cover them by 2 inches, bring the water to a boil, and boil the beans for 2 minutes. Remove the kettle from the heat and let the beans soak, covered, for 1 hour.
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use high-quality tuna packed in olive oil. Look for brands that are sustainably sourced and packed without any additives.
- If you don't have any mayonnaise on hand, you can substitute an equal amount of Greek yogurt for a healthier option.
- Add some chopped fresh herbs, such as parsley, dill, or chives, to the dip for an extra burst of flavor.
- Serve the dip with a variety of crackers, vegetables, or chips for a delicious and easy appetizer.
- If you're making the dip ahead of time, store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Be sure to bring it to room temperature before serving.
Conclusion:
Tuna and olive dip is a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer that's perfect for any occasion. It's packed with flavor and can be served with a variety of different accompaniments. Whether you're looking for a quick and easy snack or a more elaborate party appetizer, tuna and olive dip is sure to please everyone. With its simple ingredients and delicious flavor, it's no wonder this dip is such a classic. So next time you're looking for a tasty and easy appetizer, give tuna and olive dip a try. You won't be disappointed!
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