Pasta With Garlic Lemon Capers And Tuna Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

This simple pasta recipe was probably invented to make use of ingredients you might already have in your pantry for a quick, effortless weeknight dinner. But the resulting dish is so much more than an easy meal that essentially cleans out the cupboards; the combination of oil-packed tuna, garlic, capers, and lemon works beautifully together, creating a somewhat sophisticated tasting pasta salad. Short pasta, like fusilli, gemelli, or penne, is tossed in a simple sauce of tuna, capers, garlic, lemon zest, white wine, and parsley, with a touch of red chile pepper for spice and butter for richness. The result is greater than the sum of its partsa truly delicious dish that tastes so complex and refined, it's difficult to believe how easy it is to make.

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Ingredients for Pasta With Garlic Lemon Capers And Tuna Recipe

  • 3/4 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 3/4 teaspoon Finely minced garlic, divided
  • 0.13 teaspoon Dried red chile pepper flakes
  • 3/4 tablespoon Salt packed capers
  • 0.13 cup Dry white wine
  • 1/2 can Extra virgin olive oil packed yellowfin tuna
  • As required Fine sea salt to taste
  • 0.06 cup Fresh flat leaf parsley leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon Lemon zest
  • 3/4 tablespoon Unsalted butter
  • 1/4 pound Short pasta
Nutrition
value
373
calories per serving
12 g Fat16 g Protein89 g Carbs5 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    12g
  • Protein
    16g
  • Carbs
    89g
  • Fiber
    5g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    89g
  • Protein
    16g
  • Fiber
    5g

Fats

  • Fat
    12g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    62mg
  • Iron
    2mg
  • Vitamin A
    257mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    2mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    24mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    15mg
  • Vitamin E
    2mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    72mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    234mg
  • Selenium
    2mcg
  • Zinc
    2mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By The Spruce Eats