Southwest Tuna Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna, drained
• 1 (2 1/2 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained and rinsed
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced mild green chilies, drained
• 1/4 cup green bell pepper, diced
• 1/4 cup red bell pepper, diced
• 1/4 cup onions, diced or 3 green onions, sliced
• 2 tablespoons cilantro, minced (optional)
• diced fresh tomatoes (optional) or grape tomatoes, to taste (optional)
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (optional)
• 2 tablespoons sour cream (optional)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• tabasco sauce, to taste (this really enhances it)
• shredded monterey jack cheese (optional) or cheddar cheese, for a melt (optional)

Recipe

• 1 mix salad ingredients together.
• 2 mix dressing ingredients together.
• 3 stir dressing into salad, mix well.
• 4 this is great right away but if you let it sit in the refrigerator it will develop even more flavor.
• 5 enjoy this how you'll like it (see description).