Quick tuna casserole
Served with cooked vegetables or a crisp green salad, this easy dish makes a hearty satisfying winter meal or a tasty summer tea. You can also add your own touches like sweetcorn, mushrooms or red pepper to suit your taste.
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
- 1-2 Cups dry pasta such as macaroni elbows
- 1 Medium sized onion finely diced
- 3 Tablespoon butter
- 3 Tablespoon flour
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 Cups milk
- 1 Cup grated cheddar (loosely packed)
- 185g Can Tuna – use flavoured if you wish
- Breadcrumbs (optional)
Method
- Put pasta on to cook until al-dente (approx 12 minutes).
- While pasta is cooking sauté onion in butter.
- Add flour and black pepper to onions then add milk and stir until a smooth sauce is obtained.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in grated cheese.
- Drain pasta and add cheese sauce to pasta.
- Break up tuna into chunky pieces and carefully fold into pasta & cheese sauce.
- Transfer into a baking dish with lid.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 180ºC.
- Remove lid and if desired sprinkle top with more grated cheese & breadcrumbs, return to oven for 10 minutes until the topping is crisp.
Recipe Tips:
- The addition of breadcrumbs to the top of this dish gives it great texture and crunch. If you don’t have any traditional breadcrumbs in your pantry, you can make your own (from literal bread crumbs!) or use Panko crumbs.
- If you’re keen to sneak some vegetables into this dish, feel free to do so! Canned corn or mushrooms both make a delicious addition, or you could add uncooked/frozen peas or corn straight into the dish. If you’re adding a tougher vegetable, like carrots, we recommend cooking them first as they won’t cook in the bake time for this recipe.
FAQs:
- What should you serve with a quick tuna casserole?
- Unless you’re packing your tuna casserole with plenty of extra veggies, we recommend serving it with some veggies or a salad. We love this Asparagus with lemon Dijon mustard dressing and this Pea, feta and mint salad.
- What type of tuna should I use in a quick tuna casserole?
- Whatever can of tuna you have available can be used in this recipe. Tuna in oil or flavoured tuna tends to be tastier, but spring water or brine is fine too.
- What type of cheese works best in a quick tuna casserole if I don’t have Cheddar?
- Don’t stress if you don’t have Cheddar cheese on hand. You can use pretty much any type of grated cheese in this dish – including parmesan, mozzarella, Edam or Colby!