The most amazing canned tuna pasta!

Name: The most amazing canned tuna pasta!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 porsi
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 200 g / 7oz spaghetti (, or other thin long pasta); 1 tbsp cooking salt (, for cooking pasta); 285 g / 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

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 sa

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2 porsi

200 g / 7oz spaghetti (, or other thin long pasta)
1 tbsp cooking salt (, for cooking pasta)
285 g / 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

Langkah-langkah

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.
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.
Toss pasta - Add the pasta, capers and 1/3 cup of reserved pasta water. Toss using 2 spatulas for 2 minutes.
Add tuna - Turn off the heat. Add tuna, parsley, lemon zest, juice, salt and pepper. Toss gently to mix through - try to keep some tuna chunks.
Serve immediately!