Name: What To Serve With Tuna Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 13 min
Ingredients: 1 portion tuna salad

Table of Contents

If you’re wondering what to serve with your tuna salad, you’ve come to the right place.

In this article, I list 39 of the most popular side dishes for tuna salad.

In a rush? Here’s the short answer.

The best dishes to serve with tuna salad are pita chips, green salad, seed crackers, and baked potatoes. You can also go with fried green tomatoes, Mediterranean orzo salad, blistered shishito peppers, or corn fritters. For a fun twist, try stuffing tuna salad into grilled avocados.

Ready? Let’s jump right in.

Pita chips

If you want something crunchy with your creamy tuna salad, these baked pita chips have your back.

They’re super easy to make – the prep work only takes five minutes.

And this recipe goes the extra mile by adding dried herbs and sesame seeds for extra flavor. But you can easily skip these and keep your pita chips plain.

Why we love this recipe: you can even use the microwave!

Featured recipe
Baked pita chips
Make a favorite
Homemade potato chips
Make it low-carb
Cauliflower chips

Best green salad

True to its name, this salad contains loads of green stuff like kale, arugula, and endive.

And then the medley of different flavors and textures is balanced out with a bright and zippy lemon, garlic, and mustard vinaigrette.

It makes an excellent nourishing base to serve your tuna salad on.

Why we love this recipe: it’s super easy to throw together and you can make the dressing ahead of time.

Featured recipe
Best green salad
Keep it simple
Lemon arugula salad
Skip the leafy greens
Balsamic green beans salad

Seed crackers

Crackers are usually made with a batter or dough, which involves eggs and flour – but not these seed crackers.

The secret?

It’s all in the chia seeds – once you mix all the ingredients together, the chia jellifies and acts as a binder to hold everything together.

They’re perfect for scooping up some tuna salad with.

Why we love this recipe: the crackers are gluten and dairy-free.

Featured recipe
Seed crackers
Make it fancy
Homemade gourmet crackers
Make it cheesy
Homemade cheddar crackers

Grilled avocados

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/408138784980903537/

Grilling avocados infuses them with a delectable smoky flavor.

And the best part? You can even grill slightly under-ripe avocados!

Once grilled, I like filling the hole where the pit used to be with tuna salad for a deliciously keto-friendly meal.

Why we love this recipe: most people won’t have tried it before.

Featured recipe
Grilled avocados
Fire up the air fryer
Air fryer fried avocado
Make it crunchy
Avocado egg rolls (copycat)

Whole wheat bread

Step up your sandwich game by serving your tuna salad between slices of homemade whole wheat bread.

This recipe uses 100% whole wheat flour, which can make your bread prone to drying – but it’s nothing a little honey won’t fix.

The honey in the recipe also acts as a natural sweetener.

Why we love this recipe: your house will be filled with the scrumptious aroma of fresh bread.

Featured recipe
No-fail whole wheat bread
Make it effortless
No-knead artisan bread
Make it quick
Traditional Irish soda bread

Instant pot baked potato

I love baked potatoes, but they take so long to cook in the oven and the microwave makes them soggy.

That’s why this Instant Pot recipe is a godsend.

Imagine getting soft, fluffy potatoes with crisp, golden skins in just 15 minutes?

You can load these baked spuds with the usual cheese and bacon, but they’re also an excellent starchy base for your tuna salad.

Why we love this recipe: it’s foolproof.

Featured recipe
Instant pot baked potato
Make it fun
Air fryer Hasselback potatoes
Fire up the oven
Baked sweet potato

Blistered shishito peppers

These shishito peppers have become one of my favorite ingredients to cook with.

A quick saute in a hot skillet softens them and they develop a complex, smoky flavor that will pair wonderfully with a creamy tuna salad.

These green peppers aren’t spicy… but don’t get too comfy. One in every 20 peppers packs a fiery kick, so watch out!

Why we love this recipe: you can have it on the table in 10 minutes.

Featured recipe
Blistered shishito peppers
Make it crispy
Tempura shishito peppers
Make it Spanish-inspired
Spanish-style blistered Padron peppers

Fried green tomatoes

Take a page from classic Southern cookbooks and whip up some fried green tomatoes to go with your tuna salad.

This recipe calls for thin tomato slices instead of the usual thick cut so you get more of a chip-like result.

Pro-tip: double-coat the tomatoes to get an even and extra crunchy crust,

Why we love this recipe: they’re guaranteed crowd-pleasers.

Featured recipe
Fried green tomatoes
Fire up the oven
Roasted tomatoes
Keep it fresh
Heirloom tomato salad

Crudité platter

A Crudité platter is the perfect healthy appetizer when you’re feeding a crowd.

It’s mostly made of raw veggies, but you can also blanch them if you want a softer bite.

Crudité platters are always served alongside a creamy dip or dressing – and that’s where your tuna salad comes in.

It’s an alternative dip that will add more protein to your platter.

Why we love this recipe: it has many tips and tricks to make a show-stopping platter.

Featured recipe
Crudité platter
Preheat the oven
Roasted rainbow vegetable platter
Fire up the grill
Grilled veggie skewers

Spinach tortillas

Skip your plain old regular tortillas and try these green-tinted tortillas instead.

You’ll get soft, pliable tortillas but with a nutritious boost from adding pureed spinach.

Win-win!

Load these vibrantly-hued tortillas with your tuna salad and turn them into delicious roll-ups for a weekday lunch.

Why we love this recipe: it’s a great way to sneak more veggies into your meals.

Featured recipe
Spinach tortillas
Make it easy
Yogurt flatbreads
Make it low-carb
Cauliflower tortillas

Mediterranean orzo salad

Tuna salad is pure protein, so it won’t hurt to pair it with a veg-loaded orzo-pasta salad.

The key to this salad is making it a day before you want to serve it.

This allows the flavors to meld and develop, making sure every mouthful is filled with flavor.

Why we love this recipe: it has a 4.6 rating from 412 votes.

Featured recipe
Mediterranean orzo salad
Keep it simple
Herb-lovers lemony orzo salad
Skip the orzo
Kale, apple, and quinoa salad

Jicama fries

Everyone knows jicama makes great slaw, but did you know this underrated root veggie is fabulous when fried too?

You’ll need to boil the jicama slices before you roast them so they crisp up properly.

But the extra step is worth it once you dig in these crisp, golden, and low-carb jicama fries.

Why we love this recipe: each serving only has 62 calories.

Featured recipe
Golden jicama fries
Another low-carb alternative
Baked parmesan zucchini fries
Stick with the basics
Oven-baked fries

Corn and zucchini fritters

Keep things interesting by serving your tuna salad with some vegetable fritters.

These ones are stuffed with shredded zucchini, corn, garlic, and cheese.

The cheese helps binds the fritters together and means the outsides get super crispy. There’s only one small caveat with these – you may become addicted!

Why we love this recipe: it’s a inventive base for a tuna salad.

Featured recipe
Corn fritters
Swap the flavor
Jalapeno fritters
Keep it simple
Hot water cornbread

The best side dishes to serve with tuna salad

Pita chips
Best green salad
Seed crackers
Grilled avocados
Whole wheat bread
Instant pot baked potato
Blistered shishito peppers
Fried green tomatoes
Crudité platter
Spinach tortillas
Mediterranean orzo salad
Jicama fries
Corn and zucchini fritters