Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, creamy tuna casserole/peas & carrots. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Remove pan from heat; gently stir in noodles. Sprinkle breadcrumbs and cheese over top. This is a tuna casserole that even my picky family loves!
Creamy Tuna Casserole/peas & carrots is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Creamy Tuna Casserole/peas & carrots is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have creamy tuna casserole/peas & carrots using 12 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Tuna Casserole/peas & carrots:
- Get cream of mushroom
- Take cream of celery
- Get evaporated milk
- Prepare frozen peas/carrots
- Get albcore tuna
- Prepare sharp cheddar cheese
- Take mild cheddar cheese
- Get Italian bread crumbs
- Get package large wide egg noodles
- Get spray oil
- Prepare dried minced onion
- Take lemon pepper spice
Creamed tuna is pure comfort food. Canned tuna and cooked peas are mixed with a homemade white sauce, creating a luscious texture and rich flavor. The creamy tuna mixture is fabulous on top of split buttered biscuits or toast points or served it in baked puff pastry shells. Tuna Noodle Casserole is a classic American dish.
Steps to make Creamy Tuna Casserole/peas & carrots:
- preheat oven to 350°F
- drain tuna
- put tuna in bowl and chop till small
- add lemon pepper spice and mix well
- while tuna sits with spice bring water to boil on stove with a big pan
- when water is boiling put noodles in pan for 7 minutes al dente
- go back to tuna and mix again, tuna smell should be gone
- in a second bowl add cream of mushroom, celery and evaporated milk and mix with whisk
- add minced onion and mix well
- put tuna into liquid mixture and mix well
- put peas and carrots into mixture and mix again
- check noodles they should be done and drain thoroughly
- spray large pan or Pyrex with spray oil heavily
- put noodles in pan and spread evenly, add about a half cup water to the pan
- spread mixture on top of noodles evenly (like frosting)
- put mild cheddar cheese on top
- put bread crumbs on top
- spray with spray oil the bread crumbs/cheese mixture
- put in oven uncovered for 40 minutes
- use a loose fitting foil at end of baking to have a less hard topping
- cook more or less depending on oven
- let stand for 10 minutes before serving
Egg noodles are combined with canned tuna in a creamy sauce and then baked. Peas are a classic addition and sometimes you see corn mixed in as well. Cheddar cheese has become a popular addition to this classic dish to add more flavor. Been cooking this dish since.well, let's just say it's been a long time! Your favorite comfort food — tuna casserole: reinvented!
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