Pasta with Tuna, Olives, and Cherry Tomatoes
By @chef30
A flavorful pasta dish combining canned tuna, olives, cherry tomatoes, and anchovies in an aglio e olio base for a quick and satisfying meal.
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Ingredients
- ●200g Spaghetti
- ●3 cloves Garlic
- ●1/4 cup Olive Oil
- ●Pinch Red Pepper Flakes
- ●3 fillets Anchovies
- ●1/2 cup Pitted Olives
- ●1 cup Cherry Tomatoes
- ●1 (5 ounce) can Canned Tuna
Instructions
- 1Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
- 2While pasta cooks, heat olive oil in a large pan over low heat.
- 3Add garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook until garlic is fragrant.
- 4Add anchovies and let them melt into the oil.
- 5Add cherry tomatoes and olives. Cook until tomatoes soften.
- 6Drain pasta, reserving some pasta water.
- 7Add pasta to the pan with the sauce. Toss to coat, adding pasta water as needed.
- 8Gently flake in the canned tuna.
- 9Serve immediately.
Recipe details
- Cuisine
- Italian-inspired
- Category
- Main course
- Preparation
- 14 minutes
Estimated total: 37 minutes. Planning estimate from stated duration midpoints and documented preparation/heating allowances; overlapping tasks counted once.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare and measure ingredients not already described by written steps: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- Bring pasta water to boil: 10 min planning allowance (boil_heat)
- Cook dried spaghetti: 10 min planning allowance (pasta_dried)
- Heat pan while pasta cooks: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Cook garlic and pepper flakes: 1 min planning allowance (finish_warm)
- Dissolve anchovies: 1 min planning allowance (finish_warm)
- Soften tomatoes and olives: 8 min planning allowance (saute)
- Reserve water and drain pasta: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Toss pasta and sauce: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Flake in tuna: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Serve: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- Dried spaghetti uses the 10-minute planning allowance; actual package time takes priority.
- Ordinary dry wheat spaghetti, not spinach spaghetti.
- Garlic: USDA cloves portion weight
- Olive Oil: USDA cup portion weight
- Red Pepper Flakes: USDA tsp portion weight
- Red Pepper Flakes: Standard pinch allowance: 1/16 tsp
- Assumed 1/16 tsp for 'Pinch'.
- Anchovies: USDA anchovy portion weight
- Assumed canned in oil, drained solids for anchovy fillets.
- Pitted Olives: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Pitted ripe olives use USDA 8.4 g per tablespoon, converted to half a cup.
- Cherry Tomatoes: USDA cup cherry tomatoes portion weight
- Canned Tuna: StarKist 5 oz light tuna in oil: 113 g drained per can; standard brand yield assumption, not net contents (https://starkist.com/product/chunk-light-tuna-in-oil-can/)
- Standard 5 oz can of light tuna in oil assumed drained: manufacturer label yield 113 g, not 141.75 g net weight. Source https://starkist.com/product/chunk-light-tuna-in-oil-can/
- Five-ounce tuna can assumed drained: 113 g standard manufacturer yield; packing liquid excluded, brand may vary.
- Spaghetti: 200 g · USDA reference 169736
- Garlic: 9 g · USDA reference 169230
- Olive Oil: 54 g · USDA reference 171413
- Red Pepper Flakes: 0.11 g · USDA reference 170932
- Anchovies: 12 g · USDA reference 174183
- Pitted Olives: 67.2 g · USDA reference 169094
- Cherry Tomatoes: 149 g · USDA reference 170457
- Canned Tuna: 113 g · USDA reference 173708 · Portion reference
spaghetti · tuna · olives · cherry tomatoes
Estimated nutrition per serving
793 calories · 32.4 g protein · 81.1 g carbohydrate · 37.6 g fat · 4.7 g fiber · 713 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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