Originally published in the Today’s Parent March 2016 issue. Photo by Roberto Caruso.
The New Tuna Casserole
By Chatelaine66
PREP TIME
10 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
Makes
6 servings
It pays to stock canned tuna in the cupboard for fast, lean, low-cost protein. Adding frozen peas to your tuna casserole is just as nutritious as fresh produce and are easier on the wallet.
Ingredients
- 250 grigatoni pasta
- 3 tbspbutter
- 1onion ,finely chopped
- 1celery stalk ,finely chopped
- 1227-g pkg slicedcremini mushrooms
- 1/4 cupall-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cupschicken broth
- 1/2 tspsalt
- 1 cupmilk
- 1 tbspDijon mustard
- 1 cupfrozengreen peas
- 385-g cans chunk lighttuna ,packed in oil
- 1 cupgratedParmesan
- 1/2 cuppankobread crumbs
Instructions
- Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water, following package directions but omitting salt, until tender, 9 to 11 min. Drain.
- Melt butter in a large oven-safe frying pan over medium. Add onion, celery and mushrooms. Cook until mushrooms are brown and celery is tender, 5 to 7 min. Sprinkle flour over vegetable mixture. Stir to combine. Gradually add broth, salt, milk and mustard. When mixture is thickened, stir in pasta, peas, tuna and oil in can. Gently stir to combine, breaking tuna into large chunks. Cook for 2 min. Sprinkle evenly with Parmesan, then panko.
- Preheat broiler. Broil in centre of oven until top is golden brown, 2 to 4 min.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 531,
- Protein
- 27 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 48 g,
- Fat
- 25 g,
- Fibre
- 4 g,
- Sodium
- 809 mg.
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