Easy Jersey Mike’s Tuna Sandwich Copycat Recipe

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Enjoy the taste of Jersey Mike at home with this DELICIOUS copycat classic tuna salad! You can make this creamy tuna fish sandwich at home in less time than it takes to order a sub from Jersey Mike’s. 

Ah, don’t you LOVE it when the homemade version is just as good as the one from the restaurant? This recipe is the exact copycat of the Jersey Mike’s Tuna salad! Stay in the comfort of your own kitchen and whip this yummy tuna sub up in less than ten minutes. How about that for a quick lunch?! Best of all, it is so easy to make. 

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Very affordable!!! You can make several of these sandwiches at home for the price of just one Jersey Mike’s sub. 
• Easy and quick to make. You can make this in less time than it takes to go to Jersey Mike’s and order a tuna fish sandwich.
• Simple ingredients. Simple, but they’re still high-quality ingredients (and affordable!). Your local grocery store has these ingredients in stock. No need to go to the fish market.

It’s tuna… what’s there NOT to like?! I’m sure if Paul Walker was still around, he would say that he likes the tuna here. Haha, just kidding. 

Ingredients and Substitutions

All you need to make Jersey Mike’s tuna recipe are simple ingredients you can find at your local grocery store. These ingredients are so common. You probably already have most of them in your kitchen.

• Canned Chunky Lite Tuna: The star ingredient to any tuna salad recipe. Yum.
• Canned Albacore Tuna: Jimmy John’s uses two types of tuna in their tuna sub recipes. Don’t have canned albacore? No worries, simply use another can of Chunky Lite Tuna. The difference is minimal.
• Mayonnaise: It’s not a tuna salad without mayonnaise. And if you’re making a tuna salad without mayonnaise, I have a couple of questions for you lol.
• Celery: Finely chopped and diced. No one wants gigantic celery sticks when biting into a delicious sub.
• Black Pepper: We start with ¼ teaspoon. Feel free to add more if you would like.
• OPTIONAL Soy Sauce: Adds a ton of umami!! This is DELICIOUS!

Optional Secret Ingredient: Soy Sauce!

An OPTIONAL ingredient that you can add to your tuna salad to elevate it is soy sauce! No, Jimmy John’s does NOT use soy sauce in their tuna salad. 

I repeat: JERSEY MIKE’S DOES NOT USE SOY SAUCE IN THEIR TUNA SALAD. (I had to put that in all caps because I know people will comment saying that this recipe isn’t an exact copycat due to the optional added soy sauce).

However, the soy sauce adds extra umami to the tuna and I MUST have it whenever I make tuna salad. If you do like the added soy sauce, check out the Jimmy John’s Tuna Salad Copycat Recipe. 

What Type of Bread Should You Use?

Oh, you’re looking for bread recommendations? Well, you’ve come to the right place! I’m a self-certified bread enthusiast who knows how to butter bagels efficiently.

Here’s the best bread to use for your tuna sandwich:

• French Baguette
• Hoagie Rolls
• Soft Sub Rolls
• Homemade Bread

If you are up for baking, why not make this CopyCat Jimmy John’s Bread Recipe? Sure, it’s not Jersey Mike’s bread, but it is pretty darn delicious. 

Of course, there is also this CopyCat Subway Italian Herbs and Cheese Bread Recipe that you can take a gander at. This is my favorite bread to make at home whenever I am making any type of sub.

Tips to Make The Best Tuna Salad Sandwich

I have made this recipe a couple of times at home. Here are my best tips:

• DRAIN THE TUNA CANS!!!! Make sure to drain as much of the liquid as possible from the tuna cans. I cannot stress this enough. If you do not drain the liquid, you will be left with a soggy sandwich. The soggy sandwich will make you into a sad boy. I don’t want you to be a sad boy.
• Add toppings. You can top off this sandwich as you would with any sub order. Add pickles, lettuce, juicy tomatoes, red onion, and dill pickle. Hard-boiled eggs go well with tuna sandwiches. You can add whichever bed of greens you want such as spinach and romaine lettuce.
• Make it Mike’s Way. Jersey Mike’s Subs is famous for making their sandwiches “Mike’s Way”, which adds lettuce, tomato, red onions, and their secret sauce. Learn to make it with my CopyCat Mike’s Way Recipe.

Other Copycat Sandwich Recipes!

Since you love Jersey Mikes tuna sub, why not make this Copycat Jimmy John’s Tuna Recipe at home?! It’s very similar but uses half albacore tuna instead. 

Not in the mood for tuna? You are craving some deli meats? Then try this Copycat Jersey Mike’s Italian Sub Recipe. This is my personal favorite sub. I eat this all of the time! (Literally, no lie. I eat this multiple times a month with freshly baked bread haha).

If you’re a Jersey Mike’s fan, you can learn to make their exact olive oil blend recipe at home. The recipe uses red wine vinegar and olive oil. It is absolutely DELICIOUS!!!