Tuna Melt Jacket Potatoes

Name: Tuna Melt Jacket Potatoes
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 baking potatoes, about 300 g each; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 tins tuna in spring water, 145 g tins, drained; 4 spring onions, sliced; 100g 0% fat Greek yoghurt; 100g mature cheddar, grated; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 100g mixed salad leaves

Crisp skinned baked potatoes stuffed with tuna, yoghurt and spring onion under a blanket of melted cheddar.

Time1 hr 15
LevelEasy
Costabout £2.27 a head
Oven200°C (180°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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4baking potatoesabout 300 g each
1 tbspolive oil
2tins tuna in spring water145 g tins, drained
4spring onionssliced
100 g0% fat Greek yoghurt
100 gmature cheddargrated
1 tbsplemon juice
100 gmixed salad leaves

Method

1
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Prick the potatoes, rub with the oil and bake directly on the shelf for 1 hour until the skins are crisp and the middles are soft.
60 min
2
Mix the tuna, spring onions, yoghurt, lemon juice and half the cheddar with plenty of black pepper.
3
Cut a deep cross in each hot potato and squeeze the sides to open it up.
4
Spoon in the tuna mix and top with the rest of the cheddar.
5
Return to the oven for 10 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
10 min
6
Serve with the salad leaves.

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