I love taking recipes and adding my own touches. It’s been so cold recently I decided take one of my childhood favorite comfort food recipes and as Emeril Lagasse would say, “Kick it up a notch”!
Here’s my mother’s original recipe:
Ingredients
1 can chuck tuna in water, drain the water
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 bag of wide egg noodles
1/2 stick of butter
1/4 cup of milk
1 cup of jay’s potato chips crushed to crumbs
Salt and pepper
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F.
Fill a 4 quart pot half full of water and bring to a boil. Once the water reaches a rolling boil, add the noodles. Cook as directed on the package. When the noodles are done strain the water out and add the butter. Mix until the butter is melted. Add the mushroom soup and the milk. Mix and add more milk if the noodle and soup mix is not creamy on the verge being runny. Add the tuna and mix. Salt and pepper to taste. Put the tuna and noodle mix in a greased baking dish. Top with the potato chip crumbs and place in the oven until the potato chips are lightly browned. Remove from the oven.
Here’s my modified version:
Ingredients
2 cans solid white albacore tuna, lightly drain the water
1 can of cream of celery soup
1 bag of wide egg noodles
1/4 stick of butter
1/2 cup of milk
1/4 cup of mayonnaise
1 tsp marjoram
1 tsp thyme
3 Tbsp capers (nonpareilles)
salt and pepper
1/4 cup of lay’s potato chips crushed to crumbs (bread crumbs mixed with melted butter can be substituted.)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F.
Fill a 4 quart pot half full of water and bring to a boil. Once the water reaches a rolling boil, add the noodles. Cook as directed on the package. When the noodles are done strain the water out and add the butter. Mix until the butter is melted. Add the celery soup and the milk. Mix and add the mayonnaise. Add more milk if the noodle and soup mix is not creamy on the verge being runny. Add the marjoram, thyme, salt and pepper and mix well. Add the tuna and mix. Add the capers and mix carefully. Put the tuna and noodle mix in a greased baking dish. Top with the potato chip crumbs and place in the oven until the potato chips are lightly browned. Remove from the oven.
