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the finished dish, tuna and green bean pasta in a bowl.

Quick Tuna Pasta With Green Beans

This weeknight wonder is perfect when you don't want to grocery shop, and you don't want to wait around too long for dinner. 20 minutes and it's go time.
4.25 from 16 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Comfort Food, Italian
Servings 2
Calories 767 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Large pot or Dutch oven
  • 1 knife and cutting board
  • 1 Wooden spoon
  • 1 Can opener

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams dried penne pasta (2 heaping cups)
  • 200 grams fresh green beans (2 scant cups)
  • ½ bunch fresh parsley
  • 1 can tuna
  • 1 lemon (zest)
  • ½ lemon (juice)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 200 ml marinara sauce (⅔ cup)
  • 125 ml sour cream (½ cup)
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes (to taste)
  • 1 tablespoon salt (for pasta cooking water)

Instructions
 

  • Bring 3 litres of water to a boil in a large pot or Dutch oven and season with 1 tablespoon of salt.
  • Cook the pasta. Set your timer for 3 minutes shy of what the package says is the cooking time.
  • While the pasta cooks, prepare your fresh green beans by removing the stem end and cutting them into 1-inch lengths. Set the green beans aside.
  • Zest the lemon and set it aside, and open and drain the can of tuna.
  • 3 minutes before the pasta finishes cooking, add the trimmed green beans to the pot and allow to cook for the remaining minutes.
  • Drain the pasta and the green beans through a strainer and set aside. Save some of the pasta water in case you need it for the sauce.
  • Return the pot to the stove and add the olive oil.
  • Grate in the garlic, then immediately add the tuna so the garlic doesn’t burn
  • Add the tomato sauce and the sour cream, then add the pasta and green beans and stir to combine.
  • Sprinkle in the parsley, the lemon zest, and the juice of half the lemon, and stir.
  • Finish with a squeeze of additional lemon juice, some shredded parmesan cheese, and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes (optional).

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Nutrition

Serving: 225gCalories: 767kcalCarbohydrates: 82.7gProtein: 41.9gFat: 30.5gSaturated Fat: 10.3gCholesterol: 125mgSodium: 565mgPotassium: 1380mgFiber: 7.9gSugar: 11.3gCalcium: 212mgIron: 9mg
Keyword pasta, tuna
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