Bacon Cheddar Tuna Casserole

Name: Bacon Cheddar Tuna Casserole
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup Mini shell pasta, uncooked; 1 cup Frozen Broccoli; 1 cup Frozen peas and carrots mix; 1 stick Butter, salted; 1/2 cup Flour; 2 cup Milk; 2 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded; 1 can Bacon crumbles (I use Kirkland brand); 1 can Albacore tuna in water (7 ounces); 1/2 cup Crushed plain potato chips

Tallior @cheftalfenn

Sacramento California

I absolutely HATE tuna. I'm talking about with a passion...HATE!!! But since I began exclusively using white Albacore (In water!! Key word there lol.) and making my own sauces I have been thrilled with the results and hungry for more. If you or someone in your family despises tuna may I recommend this recipe and use white albacore. I can't tell you how much better it is from regular canned tuna. Let me know what you think 😉

If you want to freeze prepare as normal. Defrost the morning you want to have it and bake for 30 minutes covered and 15 uncovered.

Tallior @cheftalfenn

Sacramento California

If you want to freeze prepare as normal. Defrost the morning you want to have it and bake for 30 minutes covered and 15 uncovered.

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Ingredients

1 hour

5 servings

2 cupMini shell pasta, uncooked
1 cupFrozen Broccoli
1 cupFrozen peas and carrots mix
1 stickButter, salted
1/2 cupFlour
2 cupMilk
2 cupCheddar cheese, shredded
1 canBacon crumbles (I use Kirkland brand)
1 canAlbacore tuna in water (7 ounces)
1/2 cupCrushed plain potato chips

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Steps

1 hour

1

Preheat oven to 400°F.
2

Cook the mini she'll pasta in boiling water till tender.
3

Drain the water and transfer pasta to a large casserole dish.
4

Mix in all the frozen veggies.
5

In a medium pot, melt the butter on medium heat and gradually add the flour. Whisk till a thick batter forms.
6

Whisk in the milk, gradually.
7

You will know when your sauce is done by the tiny bubbles on the sides of the pot.
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Reduce heat to medium low. Add the cheese to the sauce and whisk in.
9

Sauce should be thick and creamy.
10

Remove from heat and add the entire can of tuna including water.
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Then the bacon.
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Mix together well and pour over the pasta in the casserole dish.
13

Fold the sauce into the pasta and veggies to ensure an even coating.
14

Sprinkle the crushed chips on top and bake uncovered in the oven for 25 minutes.

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Tallior @cheftalfenn

on April 20, 2015 00:06

Sacramento California

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