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Quick tuna pasta with chilli lemon and capers

Quick tuna pasta with chilli lemon and capers

Published on October 18, 2014 | In By
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Quick tuna pasta with chilli lemon and capers

A super easy, fresh and tasty pasta for lunch or dinner. Quick tuna pasta with chilli lemon and capers. Ready in just 15 minutes, including pasta cooking time.

Quick tuna pasta with chilli lemon and capers

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Ingredients

  • 1 x 185g can Safcol Tuna in oil Italian style, drained
  • 200g dried pasta of your choice
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 small cloves garlic, crushed
  • ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes or 1 small fresh bird’s eye chilli deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice
  • 1 tablespoon baby capers
  • ½ cup flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water according to packet instructions.
  2. Drain pasta and reserve a small amount of the cooking water.
  3. Return the pasta to the pan and add a ¼ cup of cooking water and the remaining ingredients.
  4. Mix well to combine and break up tuna. Taste and season, add extra chilli to taste.

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2 Responses to Quick tuna pasta with chilli lemon and capers

  1. Joanne Burnham August 6, 2019 at 2:29 pm #

    Where does the lemon come in?

    Reply
    • safcol August 7, 2019 at 1:09 pm #

      Well spotted Joanne. Add the juice and zest of one lemon to the mix. We’ve added that crucial line to the recipe. Thanks

      Reply

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