A delicious easy family meal - great for using up leftover uncooked chicken from your BBQ.
Tuna pasta
Tuna pasta
This Tuna Pasta dish is great for dinner time and utilises dried pasta, tinned tuna and chopped tomatoes. With the addition of a few fresh ingredients, you can feed a family of 4 for less than 60p per person!
By Love Food Hate Waste
Serves 4
Prep/Cook time: 20-30 minutes
Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
400g can chopped tomatoes with herbs
Add in any fresh tomatoes that need using up.
½ tsp chilli powder
1 tsp sugar
250g pasta bows (or alernative)
100g can tuna, drained
handful of basil leaves
Feel free to substitute for other dried or fresh herbs you have already - dried mixed herbs works just as well
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Heat the oil in a pan, and cook the onions and for a couple of minutes until they begin to soften. Stir in the garlic, tomatoes, chilli and sugar. Season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Give it a good stir, then reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta and cook according to packet instructions. Flake the tuna into the sauce alongside a good glug of pasta water and heat through. Drain the pasta, return to the pan and stir in the sauce and basil leaves. Serve with a generous grinding of pepper.
Make the most of your leftovers
Store in
Airtight container
Time
Fridge for 2 days
Where to store
Fridge
Reheat
Oven or microwave until piping hot. Reheat only once.
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