Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Homemade Tuna Mac-and-Cheese

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, tuna mac-and-cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Hi Guys, today I'll show you How to Make a Quick and Easy Dinner - Homemade Tuna Mac and Cheese. Now this doesn't have to come out of a box, you can make it. PERFECTION! lol Just between us though. I did swap out the mushrooms for peas just because I was in the mood for peas, I also added.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook tuna mac-and-cheese using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tuna Mac-and-Cheese:

1. Take whole wheat egg noodles
2. Get unsalted butter
3. Take yellow onion, finely diced
4. Make ready garlic, minced
5. Get all purpose flour
6. Get unsalted chicken broth
7. Get milk
8. Prepare each salt, pepper
9. Get frozen peas
10. Get freshly shredded cheese of choice
11. Get unsalted, solid albacore tuna, drained

That's why we normally gravitate towards a hot meal at the lodge. Drain and drizzle with a touch of oil to keep the pasta loose. This dinner idea gets a quick start with the blue box Mac n' Cheese - ya know the stuff that most kids love! Add some canned tuna, peas and a little extra Cheddar cheese and you've got yourself a kid-approved meal.

Instructions to make Tuna Mac-and-Cheese:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

This dinner idea gets a quick start with the blue box Mac n' Cheese - ya know the stuff that most kids love! Add some canned tuna, peas and a little extra Cheddar cheese and you've got yourself a kid-approved meal. We love macaroni & cheese, especially our slimmed-down versions! It's like the delicious love child of a tuna casserole and a bowl of mac 'n cheese. Tuna mac & cheese takes a trip to the Southwest with spicy tomato and festive blue tortilla chips on top.

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