Chilli Tuna Pasta Salad

Stardustannie's Note:

One of my favourites...for best results be sure to use good quality tuna. I usually use Sirena brand tuna.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 300 g large shell pasta
• 200 g green beans , halved
• 2 (185 g) cans tuna , in chili oil
• ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
• ¼ cup firmly packed fresh basil leaf , torn
• 2 tablespoons drained baby capers
• 100 g baby rocket or 100 g baby spinach leaves
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 2 teaspoons sugar

Directions:

1. Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water, uncovered, until it is just tender. Drain the pasta, then rinse it under cold water.
2. Meanwhile, boil, steam or microwave the beans until just tender, then drain. Drain the tuna over a small bowl, reserving the oil for the Dressing. Flake the tuna into large chunks with a fork.
3. Just before serving, combine the pasta, beans tuna, herbs and capers is a large bowl then drizzle with the Dressing. Serve the salad topped with rocket leaves.
4. DRESSING.
5. Combine all of the ingredients with the reserved chilli oil in a jar and shake well.

Reviews

[ellie_]

Very good tuna pasta salad which was much lower in fat than the usual. I couldn't find the tuna in chili oil, so used tuna in water, drained and added 1/2 tsp sesame chili oil to the dressing. This will also make a great workday lunch tomorrow. Thanks for sharing!

[Kittencalskitchen]

This was quite good but a litle too dry for our taste and a bit and the lemon flavor was a bit too overpowering, thanks for sharing...Kitten

[lindseylcw]

Really loved this was a very fresh tasting pasta salad, this is going to be my tuna salad of choice now, thanks.