🥒 Why This Tuna Hits Different

That hot-cold contrast is the move: cheese melted onto golden bread while the tuna stays cool and creamy. Then you stack on Doc Pickle goodness—Hot Pepper Relish (tempered with honey mustard) and Mild Banana Peppers—plus crisp Kosher Dill slices for a bright snap. Finish with chips inside. It’s the crunchy cheat code.

🥪 What’s Inside?

We’re going all-in on bold flavor with these essentials:

✅ Doc Pickle Hot Pepper Relish – Spicy, finely chopped, and perfect for mixing with honey mustard to cool the heat. 
✅ Doc Pickle Mild Banana Peppers – Mild, tangy rings that add just the right zip.
✅ Doc Pickle Kosher Dill Pickles – Crisp, classic dill—slice and stack. 
✅ Rustic sourdough (thick-sliced—ask the bakery; the video used Panera Country Rustic)
✅ Avocado mayo (for high smoke point + golden crust)
✅ Cheese (muenster + American; prefers provolone + muenster)
✅ Honey mustard (mix with the relish + a little extra squirt on the bread)
✅ Tuna salad (mayo, celery, onion, pepper—no extra salt because the pickled add-ons handle it)
✅ Kettle-style chips (the Reel used Boulder Canyon—chips go on the sandwich)

👨‍🍳 How to Make It:

🛒 Ingredients (per big sandwich):

• 2 thick slices rustic sourdough
• 1–2 tbsp avocado mayo (for the pan/bread)
• 2 slices cheese (muenster + American; or provolone + muenster)
• ¾–1 cup tuna salad (mayo, celery, onion, pepper; no added salt)
• 2–3 tbsp Doc Pickle Hot Pepper Relish (mix to taste with honey mustard) 
• 2–4 tbsp Doc Pickle Mild Banana Peppers, drained 
• 4–6 slices Doc Pickle Kosher Dill Pickles 
• Honey mustard (a squeeze for the bread + to blend with the relish)
• A handful of kettle-style chips (for crunch inside)

📌 Instructions:
1️⃣ Slice It Thick & Pre-Melt
Ask the bakery to slice the rustic sourdough thick. Heat a pan with a swipe of avocado mayo. Lay bread in the pan, add double cheese, and melt until the bread is golden and the cheese is bubbly.

2️⃣ Make the Heat-Meets-Sweet
In a small bowl, mix Doc Pickle Hot Pepper Relish with honey mustard to temper the spice (adjust to your heat level). Then give the bread a quick squirt of honey mustard and make sure it’s covered with the pepper relish. 

3️⃣ Layer the Zing
Add Doc Pickle Mild Banana Peppers for tangy snap. 

4️⃣ Tuna Time
Pile on the cold tuna salad (mayo, celery, onions, pepper—no salt because the pickled toppings do the heavy lifting).

5️⃣ Dill On Top
Slice Doc Pickle Kosher Dills and lay them right over the tuna. 

6️⃣ Chips Inside + Flippy-Flip
Toss a handful of chips inside the sandwich for a big crunch. Close and do the flippy-flip.

7️⃣ The Lucky Bite
As they say (shoutout Erica & Morgan): take the “lucky sta” bite first.

🔥 Pro Tip!

If you want it extra melty without warming the tuna, melt both cheeses on both slices first, then build everything else cold between them. The cheese acts like a cozy “heat shield” and the crunch stays loud.

🍽️ Final Thoughts

Fire. Tangy. Creamy. Crunchy. This homemade Jersey-style tuna is a problem—in the best way. It shouldn’t be legal how good it is.

🥒 Ready to build yours? Stock up on the Doc Pickle essentials:

• Hot Pepper Relish (heat you can dial) 
• Mild Banana Peppers (mild tang, big crunch) 
• Kosher Dill Pickles (crisp dill finish) 

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