Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, tuna mac-and-cheese. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Tuna Mac-and-Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Tuna Mac-and-Cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have tuna mac-and-cheese using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Tuna Mac-and-Cheese:
- Make ready 2 cups whole wheat egg noodles
- Take 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- Prepare 1/4 yellow onion, finely diced
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 2 tbsp. all purpose flour
- Make ready 3/4 cup unsalted chicken broth
- Take 3/4 cup milk
- Prepare 1/4 tsp. each salt, pepper
- Take 3/4 cup frozen peas
- Get 3/4 cup freshly shredded cheese of choice
- Make ready 1 can (5 oz.) unsalted, solid albacore tuna, drained
Instructions to make Tuna Mac-and-Cheese:
- Cook the egg noodles in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package directions. Once it's done, drain it and toss it lightly with olive oil to prevent it from sticking. Set it aside. In the same pot, heat the butter over medium heat. Once it's melted, add the onion and cook until it's translucent, just about 3-4 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook just until fragrant.
- Stir in the flour and cook, stirring fairly constantly for a couple more minutes. Then slowly add in the broth and the milk while stirring to fully incorporate everything smoothly. Increase the heat to med-high. Let it come up to a low boil.
- Once it's bubbling, lower the heat back down and let it simmer until it's thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. Then stir in the salt, pepper and peas. Slightly break up the tuna with a fork into large chunks and stir that in as well. Remove from the heat and stir in the cheese until it's melted in, then serve.
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