Tuna & Lemon Pasta
This delightful tuna and lemon pasta is a light and flavorful dish that comes together with ease. The combination of tender pasta shells, crisp green beans, succulent tuna, zesty lemon zest, briny capers, and a kick of chili flakes creates a harmonious blend of textures and flavors. Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or a refreshing lunch, this dish is sure to become a favorite in your recipe collection.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 350g pasta shells
- 200g pack trimmed fine beans , cut into short lengths
- 200g can tuna in oil
- grated zest of a lemon
- 1 heaped tbsp small capers
- generous pinch of chilli flakes
- olive oil for drizzling
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for 8 mins. Add the beans and cook for a further 3 mins until both the pasta and beans are just tender. Meanwhile, tip the tuna and its oil into a bowl and flake the fish, keeping the pieces quite large. Stir in the lemon zest, capers, chilli and plenty of salt and pepper.
- Drain the pasta and beans, return them to the pan and toss with the tuna mixture. Add a little olive oil if you need to moisten everything. Serve the tuna and lemon pasta on its own or with a tomato and onion salad.
Prep Time
PT25M
Yield
Serves 4
Nutrition
- Calories: 401 calories
- Fat Content: 6 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 1 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 68 grams carbohydrates
- Fiber Content: 4 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 23 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.4 milligram of sodium
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