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Recipe: Delicious Pasta with Tuna

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Pasta with Tuna. This canned tuna pasta recipe is quick, healthy, and comforting. This tuna garlic pasta recipe takes me back to my childhood. This pasta recipe by Gennaro really is the definition of quick Italian cooking.

Pasta with Tuna Tuna pasta is a true one-pot meal and the answer to your weeknight dinner needs. Put aside whatever ideas you have about canned tuna, or the words "tuna pasta" together, and let's talk about. This quick and comforting Creamy Tuna Pasta with Peas and Parmesan is a fast and easy weeknight dinner that only requires a few simple ingredients. You can cook Pasta with Tuna using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pasta with Tuna

  1. Prepare 1-2 Tbsp of olive oil.
  2. It's 1 of small chopped onion.
  3. Prepare 1/2-3/4 cup of chopped baby carrots.
  4. Prepare 1/2-3/4 cup of chopped celery.
  5. You need 1-2 of jalapeno peppers seeded and sliced (optional).
  6. You need 1-6 ounce of can tuna.
  7. Prepare 1-28 ounce of can diced tomatoes.
  8. It's 1/2 can of tomato paste.
  9. Prepare 1 Tbsp of sugar.
  10. It's 1 tsp of salt.
  11. Prepare 1/2 tsp of oregano.
  12. You need 1 tsp of basil.
  13. It's of Pasta of choice.
  14. You need of Parmesan cheese (optional).
  15. You need of Crushed red peppers (optional).

This recipe for tuna and tomato pasta is a perfect last minute meal. It's easy and quick and uses pantry items. The sauce is made with canned tuna fish, tomatoes, onions, olive oil, and oregano/basil. Stir in the minced tuna and then the olives.

Pasta with Tuna instructions

  1. Saute olive oil, onion, carrots, celery and jalapeno peppers slowly in a large covered saute pan..
  2. When vegetables are crisp tender, add tuna to pan and saute a bit longer..
  3. Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, salt, oregano and basil to pan and simmer (covered) for 20 to 30 minutes..
  4. Serve over top of your favourite pasta (I normally use spagetti or penne) and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and/or crushed red peppers if desired..
  5. Enjoy!.

Season with salt and remove from the heat while you Cook the pasta in rapidly boiling water. When the pasta is a few minutes away from being finished. In a large pasta bowl, break up the tuna. When the pasta is al dente, drain and transfer to the bowl with the tuna. Add the tomato sauce with the olives, toss everything together, and serve.