Description
A homemade recreation of Souplantation’s beloved Tuna Tarragon Salad, featuring a creamy dressing, pasta shells, spinach fettuccine, tuna, celery, and sweet pickles.
Ingredients
- Medium shell pasta (8 oz)
- Spinach fettuccine, broken into pieces (8 oz)
- Mayonnaise (1 cup)
- Sour cream (½ cup)
- Sweet pickle juice (2 tablespoons)
- Dried tarragon (1½ tablespoons)
- Kosher salt (1 teaspoon)
- Freshly ground black pepper (½ teaspoon)
- Finely diced sweet pickles (⅓ cup)
- Diced celery (1 cup)
- Chopped celery leaves (¼ cup)
- Chunk white tuna, drained and flaked (3 cans, 5 oz each)
Instructions
- Cook the shell pasta according to package instructions. In the last 3 minutes, add the spinach fettuccine. Drain and rinse with cold water.
- In a large bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, pickle juice, dried tarragon, salt, and pepper.
- Add the cooled pasta and toss gently to coat.
- Fold in the diced sweet pickles, celery, celery leaves, and tuna.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving for best flavor.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Salad, Main Course, Side Dish
- Cuisine: American, Salad, Copycat Recipe
Nutrition
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sodium: 600mg
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 15g
- Protein: 18g
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