The most amazing canned tuna pasta!

Name: The most amazing canned tuna pasta!
Ingredients: 200g / 7oz spaghetti (, or other thin long pasta); 1 tbsp cooking salt (, for cooking pasta); 285g/ 10 oz (approx) canned tuna in oil (, drained, oil reserved (I use 3 x 95g/3.5oz cans, Note 1); 2 clove garlic (, finely minced); 2 anchovy fillets (, minced (Note 2); 1/2 tsp chilli flakes / red pepper flakes (can skip, Note 3); 2 tsp baby capers (or finely chopped pickles); 1 tbsp parsley (, finely chopped (ok to skip); 1 tsp lemon zest; 2 tbsp lemon juice (sub 1 tbsp apple cider or sherry vinegar); 1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

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Total Time

25 minutes

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Rating

(118)

Ingredients

2 servings

200g / 7oz spaghetti (, or other thin long pasta)
1 tbsp cooking salt (, for cooking pasta)
285g/ 10 oz (approx) canned tuna in oil (, drained, oil reserved (I use 3 x 95g/3.5oz cans, Note 1)
2 clove garlic (, finely minced)
2 anchovy fillets (, minced (Note 2)
1/2 tsp chilli flakes / red pepper flakes (can skip, Note 3)
2 tsp baby capers (or finely chopped pickles)
1 tbsp parsley (, finely chopped (ok to skip)
1 tsp lemon zest
2 tbsp lemon juice (sub 1 tbsp apple cider or sherry vinegar)
1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

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Step 1

Cook pasta - Bring 3 litres / 3 quarts of water to the boil with the 1 tablespoon of salt. Cook pasta per the packet time minus 1 minute. Just before draining, scoop out ~1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta.

Step 2

Sauté aromatics - In the same pot, heat the reserved oil from the tuna cans over medium heat. Add the garlic, anchovies and chilli flakes. Cook and stir for 1 minute.