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Easy tuna pasta
5.0 / 3 votesThis easy tuna pasta is ready within half an hour. With lemon and capers, perfect quick weekday meal during spring or summer.
Updated at: 2025-07-19
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Recipe easy tuna pasta
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2 persons
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Made by Véronique
Published at 2020-05-06, this recipe is for 2 persons and takes 30 minutes.
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Preparation time
15 minutes
Time cooking
15 minutes
Total time
30 minutes
Preparation - 15 minutes
Fill a medium-sized pan with water, bring to a boil and cook the pasta al dente. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic cloves. Divide the olives into halves and finely chop the parsley.
Create lemon zest of half a lemon and squeeze its juice. Drain the can of tuna, but keep the oil from the can.
Finishing the easy tuna pasta - 15 minutes
Heat a dash of olive oil in a skillet. Sauté the onion and garlic cloves for a few minutes and then add the tuna. Stir in the olives, capers and tomatoes and after a few minutes also add the lemon zest and juice.
Drain the spaghetti and add the pasta to the tuna mixture. Stir in chopped parsley and add some of the oil from the can of tuna. Season with pepper and salt and serve immediately, enjoy!
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