Tuna Pasta with White Wine Sauce
Use this recipe to impress your friend during a girls night, or if you're at the end of the month on your funds and canned tuna, whine, and pasta is all you have. It's funny how it can work for both - the secret is in the preparation.
INGREDIENTS (serves two):
2 cans of tuna drained
4 ounces of spaghetti or linguini pasta
1/4 medium onion diced
1/4 cup white wine
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp of capers
1 tsp of parsley
1 tsp of black pepper
1 tsp of salt
1/2 tbsp of basil leaves
1: PREPARE TUNA
We want the tuna to be soft and not dry and chewy from the can, so you're going to need to soak the tuna in olive oil before you cook it. Let it marinate while you prepare everything else.
2: BOIL WATER
Bring large pot of water to a boil. Pretty simple stuff.
3: WINE TIME
Pour yourself a glass of white wine, you deserve it.
4: COOK PASTA
Put in pasta of your choice. It's always easier to set a timer for pasta instead of waiting for it to become "al dente." Whole wheat noodles take a little longer, so my whole wheat spaghetti took about 10 minutes.
5: THE GOOD STUFF
Here comes the fun part. Chop your onion into small squares. Heat olive oil on a large sauté pan. Throw in onions and chili pepper flakes and stir around on medium-high heat until onions are translucent.
Now, mix in your canned tuna, capers, and salt. Add the wine, take a sip from the bottle for yourself, and bring the pan to a simmer. Turn to low heat and if the mixture dries out, add a little more wine.
(If you're too poor for capers, add peas! They don't add a lot of taste, but they serve as a budget friendly substitute. Unfortunately I was TPFC in this round so I'm sorry if you were fooled but the picture is actually peas. Trust me though, capers are SO much better with this.)
5: MIX IT UP
Once the pasta is ready, drain it then add it to the pan with the other ingredients. Mix it all together with a splash of olive oil. Add parsley, salt, and pepper and serve to your hungry and probably drunk guest.
And that's what we call ballin on a budget, people.
1: PREPARE TUNA
We want the tuna to be soft and not dry and chewy from the can, so you're going to need to soak the tuna in olive oil before you cook it. Let it marinate while you prepare everything else.
2: BOIL WATER
Bring large pot of water to a boil. Pretty simple stuff.
3: WINE TIME
Pour yourself a glass of white wine, you deserve it.
4: COOK PASTA
Put in pasta of your choice. It's always easier to set a timer for pasta instead of waiting for it to become "al dente." Whole wheat noodles take a little longer, so my whole wheat spaghetti took about 10 minutes.
5: THE GOOD STUFF
Here comes the fun part. Chop your onion into small squares. Heat olive oil on a large sauté pan. Throw in onions and chili pepper flakes and stir around on medium-high heat until onions are translucent.
Now, mix in your canned tuna, capers, and salt. Add the wine, take a sip from the bottle for yourself, and bring the pan to a simmer. Turn to low heat and if the mixture dries out, add a little more wine.
(If you're too poor for capers, add peas! They don't add a lot of taste, but they serve as a budget friendly substitute. Unfortunately I was TPFC in this round so I'm sorry if you were fooled but the picture is actually peas. Trust me though, capers are SO much better with this.)
5: MIX IT UP
Once the pasta is ready, drain it then add it to the pan with the other ingredients. Mix it all together with a splash of olive oil. Add parsley, salt, and pepper and serve to your hungry and probably drunk guest.
And that's what we call ballin on a budget, people.
We want the tuna to be soft and not dry and chewy from the can, so you're going to need to soak the tuna in olive oil before you cook it. Let it marinate while you prepare everything else.
2: BOIL WATER
Bring large pot of water to a boil. Pretty simple stuff.
3: WINE TIME
Pour yourself a glass of white wine, you deserve it.
4: COOK PASTA
Put in pasta of your choice. It's always easier to set a timer for pasta instead of waiting for it to become "al dente." Whole wheat noodles take a little longer, so my whole wheat spaghetti took about 10 minutes.
5: THE GOOD STUFF
Here comes the fun part. Chop your onion into small squares. Heat olive oil on a large sauté pan. Throw in onions and chili pepper flakes and stir around on medium-high heat until onions are translucent.
Now, mix in your canned tuna, capers, and salt. Add the wine, take a sip from the bottle for yourself, and bring the pan to a simmer. Turn to low heat and if the mixture dries out, add a little more wine.
(If you're too poor for capers, add peas! They don't add a lot of taste, but they serve as a budget friendly substitute. Unfortunately I was TPFC in this round so I'm sorry if you were fooled but the picture is actually peas. Trust me though, capers are SO much better with this.)
5: MIX IT UP
Once the pasta is ready, drain it then add it to the pan with the other ingredients. Mix it all together with a splash of olive oil. Add parsley, salt, and pepper and serve to your hungry and probably drunk guest.
And that's what we call ballin on a budget, people.
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