Tuna Pasta Bake Recipe

4 People
60 min.
intermediate

This quick and easy tuna bake recipe uses ingredients you likely already have in your cupboard! An updated take on tuna casserole, it's hearty and delicious.

Tips

To omit baking step, leave off crumb topping and serve in pan.

Mayonnaise is the secret ingredient hack in this recipe. It plays two roles in this family pleaser: it replaces the oil to sauté the onion with delicious flavor and then when the flour is added, it magically turns into a deliciously creamy sauce .

Ingredients

125 ml or ½ cup Hellmann's Original Mayonnaise
1 small onion, chopped
10 ml or 2 tsp garlic clove, finely chopped
30 ml or 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 x 170 g cans tuna, drained and flaked
1 x 28g Knorr chicken stock pot (dissolved in 500ml water)
226 g bow tie pasta, cooked and drained
250 ml or 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
45 ml or 3 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup crumbled crackers (about 10 crackers)

Cooking Method

Preheat oven to 180°c.
Heat 6 tablespoons Hellmann's Original Mayonnaise in 12-inch nonstick pan over medium heat and cook onion, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and flour and cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Stir in tuna and cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Whisk in broth. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 2 minutes .
Stir in bow tie pasta, peas and cheese and cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Season, if desired, with salt and pepper. Turn into 2-quart shallow casserole.
Combine remaining 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise with cracker crumbs; sprinkle over casserole. Bake 20 minutes or until golden.