Easiest Way to Make Super Quick Homemade Tuna and broccoli pasta bake

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tuna and broccoli pasta bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tuna and broccoli pasta bake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Tuna and broccoli pasta bake is something that I have loved my entire life.

Flake the tuna on top of the pasta and broccoli. Pour the cheese sauce over the pasta mixture, then top with the sliced tomatoes, if using. Flake tuna into an ovenproof dish. Mix breadcrumbs with the remaining cheese and sprinkle over the top.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have tuna and broccoli pasta bake using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tuna and broccoli pasta bake:

1. Get 120 g white onion
2. Take 1 x 400g can of chopped tomatoes
3. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato puree
4. Get 1 x 160g can of tuna
5. Take 300 g pasta
6. Prepare 1 broccoli
7. Make ready 100 g cheddar cheese
8. Take 1 tbsp olive oil
9. Make ready 2 tsp oregano
10. Prepare 1 tsp cilli flakes
11. Take Salt and Pepper

Many tuna pasta bake recipes are very high in saturates, salt and calories. Not so this version, which is also high in fibre and protein. Tip the cooked pasta into a shallow ovenproof dish along with the sauce, broccoli, cherry tomatoes and tuna. Stir gently to make sure all the pasta is well covered.

Steps to make Tuna and broccoli pasta bake:

1. Dice onion and heat in a pan on a low heat with oil, oregano and chilli flakes
2. Once the onion has softened add chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and season with salt and pepper (leave to simmer for 10 minutes)
3. Place the pasta in a pan of boiling water for 8 minutes then drain
4. Drain the tuna and add to the frying pan
5. Chop broccoli stems and cook in boiling water for 5 minutes, before draining (I saved the broccoli head for cooking later and serving on the side)
6. Add the pasta and broccoli stems to the pasta sauce and mix well
7. Transfer to a oven proof dish
8. Top with grated cheese and pepper
9. Place in 200°C preheated oven for 20minutes or until cheese has melted and is golden browm

Tip the cooked pasta into a shallow ovenproof dish along with the sauce, broccoli, cherry tomatoes and tuna. Stir gently to make sure all the pasta is well covered. Tuna pasta bake is such a classic, but can lead to quite a few pots and pans being used if you are not careful! So, I felt it would be a perfect contender for my one pot pasta treatment. I've stuck to broadly the same formula as before, but this time instead of the peppers, I've used broccoli and sweetcorn.

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