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The most amazing canned tuna pasta!

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The most amazing canned tuna pasta!

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By recipetineats.com

The most amazing canned tuna pasta!

Prep:10minCook:15min

Recipe video above. One of the pantry-pasta greats. I love this recipe because it really showcases what great food you can make using canned tuna! Fabulous flavour beyond just canned tuna thanks to the anchovies, the freshness of lemon and tangy capers. The oil from the can of tuna is used as the sauce so don't be tempted to use tuna in brine!

Updated at: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 03:06:21 GMT

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Ingredients

2 servings

200gspaghetti

or other thin long pasta

1 Tbspcooking salt

for cooking pasta

285gcanned tuna in oil

drained, oil reserved, I use 3 x 95g/3.5oz cans

2 clovegarlic

2anchovy fillets

½ tspchilli flakes

2 tspbaby capers

or finely chopped pickles

1 Tbspparsley

finely chopped, ok to skip

1 tsplemon zest

2 Tbsplemon juice

sub 1 tbsp apple cider or sherry vinegar

cooking, kosher

¼ tspblack pepper

Instructions

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Notes

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Easy

Go-to

Delicious

Under 30 minutes

One-dish

Helen Aivazian· 7 months ago

Nice. Simple. Light. As nagi says, doesn't reheat well.

X M· 12 months ago

This was so much more delicious than I anticipated. So quick and easy to pull together and reheated well. Also really appreciate the recipe being for two servings, as most pasta recipes are made to feed 6-8.

kautsar abd rahman· last year

Its easy and great! Lots of flavour - I added mozzarella ball and cherry tomatoes. Added cut green chilli peppers for adults. Will be a staple easy dinner plan.

Its easy and great! Lots of flavour - I added mozzarella ball and cherry tomatoes. Added cut green chilli peppers for adults. Will be a staple easy dinner plan.

Hannah· last year

Fine, but not a staple. I meal prepped the recipe by making it ahead except for the fish and alternated between adding a serving of canned tuna or salmon each night. That worked, but was less appetizing on days 4 and 5. The texture of canned tuna was preferred over canned salmon.

Miranda's Favorites· last year

Under 30 minutes

It's so tasty and amazing with just the right spice! The added pasta water made it moist and appetizingly beautiful. I used Divella tomato spinach spaghetti since that's the only pasta available in my pantry. Nagi, thanks so much for this easy and delicious recipe.

It's so tasty and amazing with just the right spice! The added pasta water made it moist and appetizingly beautiful. I used Divella tomato spinach spaghetti since that's the only pasta available in my pantry. Nagi, thanks so much for this easy and delicious recipe.