This Easy Tuna Noodle Casserole is packed full with thick egg noodles, big chunks of solid white albacore tuna, peas, creamy mushroom sauce, and topped with cheese and crispy crunchy crushed potato chips or French’s Fried Onions.
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This dish will truly satisfy your craving for classic comfort food.
This is a small batch recipe that serves two for lunch, dinner, or a romantic date night meal.
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How to make Tuna Pasta Casserole
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
Boil the egg noodles according to the package directions. Drain in a colander.
Drain the solid white albacore chunk tuna.
Mix the cream of mushroom soup, albacore tuna, and peas, together in a medium mixing bowl.
Stir the egg noodles into the tuna mixture.
Place the noodle mixture into two 18.6 oz oven-safe casserole dishes, divided evenly.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Top each with the cheddar cheese, divided evenly.
Sprinkle crushed potato chips, or French’s Fried Onions, on top.
Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through.
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Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup egg noodles (uncooked)
- 10 ¾ oz cream of mushroom soup
- 5 oz can solid white albacore chunk tuna in water
- ¼ cup frozen peas
- Salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup crushed potato chips (or French’s Fried Onions)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Boil the egg noodles according to the package directions. Drain in a colander.
- Drain the solid white albacore chunk tuna.
- Mix the cream of mushroom soup, albacore tuna and peas together in medium mixing bowl.
- Stir the egg noodles into the tuna mixture.
- Place the tuna noodle mixture into two 18.6 oven safe casserole dishes, divided evenly.
- Sprinkle with salt and black pepper to taste.
- Top each with the cheddar cheese, divided evenly.
- Sprinkle the crushed potato chips on top (or French’s Fried Onions), divided evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through.
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Joyce
Saturday 18th of January 2025
This was perfect for two! I used cream of celery soup as that's what I usually use with tuna. This will be my go-to from now on - thank you for posting!
William
Monday 24th of October 2022
I made this exactly per the recipe, except I didn't use the cheese...didn't like cheese on my tuna noodle..I even used probably more noodles than called for because it looked like it needed more. It was good, but seemed a little soupy. I used crispy fried onions on top. Is there something I should have done to thicken it up? I will be making this again...it was quick and easy.....thank you.
Teresa
Monday 30th of January 2023
@William, I didn’t pre-cook noodles-just put it all together mixed up into pan and it came out good 🙂
Zona
Tuesday 25th of October 2022
Hi William, make sure the noodles and tuna are both drained well. You can also add less cream of mushroom soup if it is still to soupy for you. I hope that helps :)
joyce lange
Saturday 8th of October 2022
Hi Zona I am very happy with this recipe along with many of your others. This is a Wed nite go to. Thanks so much for a great easy meal. JoycE
Shari Martens
Saturday 10th of September 2022
We love this tuna noodle casserole! We share one and have the second one the next night! Easy for me to make and it’s delicious! We’re 76 years old and easy to make is important to us. Thanks for this wonderful recipe!
Zona
Sunday 11th of September 2022
Hi Shari, I'm happy you are enjoying this casserole and that it's easy to make. I love it too, thank you :)
Mara
Saturday 9th of April 2022
I've got this in the oven for me. I used gluten free cauliflower pasta and GF cream of mushroom soup. I added some sauteed celery and a green onion. I'm so excited to find recipes for just 2 so I don't end up with a weeks worth of leftovers. Thanks!
Zona
Sunday 10th of April 2022
Hi Mara, I'm so glad this recipe size works for you and you can use GF substitutions! Thanks for the comment and enjoy :)