How to Cook Perfect Tuna Mac-and-Cheese

Tuna Mac-and-Cheese. 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.

A quick and easy kid-friendly pasta recipe, this Stovetop Tuna Mac and Cheese is sure to be a family favorite weeknight dinner! Drain and drizzle with a touch of oil to keep the pasta loose. Combine tuna, margarine and milk then add the mixture to the pasta. You can have Tuna Mac-and-Cheese using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tuna Mac-and-Cheese

1. Prepare 2 cups of whole wheat egg noodles.
2. It's 2 tbsp. of unsalted butter.
3. You need 1/4 of yellow onion, finely diced.
4. You need 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
5. It's 2 tbsp. of all purpose flour.
6. You need 3/4 cup of unsalted chicken broth.
7. It's 3/4 cup of milk.
8. It's 1/4 tsp. of each salt, pepper.
9. You need 3/4 cup of frozen peas.
10. You need 3/4 cup of freshly shredded cheese of choice.
11. Prepare 1 can (5 oz.) of unsalted, solid albacore tuna, drained.

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Tuna Mac-and-Cheese instructions

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..

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. Basically, Mac n' Cheese + Tuna. My family has always made it, some I never thought it was strange. In college however, I tell people about this and someone said "I hate the notion you would mix Fish and Cheese." Easy Tuna Mac n' Cheese.