Moms Tuna Melt Casserole Recipes

MOM'S TUNA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to boil, and cook egg noodles for about 6 minutes. Drain. These will finish cooking in the oven.
• Spray a 1- 2 quart casserole dish or an 8x8 inch dish with cooking spray.
• Mix together soup, milk, tuna, peas, salt, and drained noodles.
• Pour into casserole dish and top with potato chips.
• Cook in a 350 degree F oven for 30 minutes.

MOM'S TUNA CASSEROLE CIRCA 1949

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly mix noodles, onion, 1 cup cheese, peas, tuna, soup and mushrooms.
• Transfer to a 9" x 13" inch baking dish, and top with potato chip crumbs and remaining 1 cup cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, for 15 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese is bubbly.

MOM'S TUNA CASSEROLE WITH RITZ® CRACKER TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rapid boil. Cook egg noodles at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, 7 to 9 minutes.
• At the same time, melt 1/4 cup butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and bacon and cook until onion is tender and bacon is crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Add flour; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Whisk in chicken stock, milk, mayonnaise, and soy sauce until combined. Remove from the heat and transfer sauce mixture to a large bowl.
• Drain pasta and add to the sauce mixture. Stir in Cheddar cheese, corn, celery, cashews, salt, and pepper. Transfer to the prepared casserole dish and spread crushed Ritz® crackers over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.

MOMS TUNA MELT CASSEROLE.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400. Spray a 9" x 13" casserole dish w/ cooking spray. In saucepan, over low heat, melt butter. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Stirring, cook 1 mins.
• Spoon mix into casserole dish. Arrange tomatoes on top. Sprinkle w/ breadcrumbs. Cover dish w/ foil and bake 20 mins. Uncover and bake 10 more mins, or until bubbly.

TUNA-MELT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large saucepot, cook pasta in boiling salted water for 5 minutes; add broccoli to pasta and cook another 5 minutes or until broccoli is tender and pasta is al dente. Drain well and return to saucepot; set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a 3-quart saucepan, melt butter or margarine over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper until blended and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Gradually stir in milk; increase heat to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil 1 minute, stirring frequently. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in 1 cup of cheese until blended.
• Add cheese sauce and tuna to pasta and broccoli in saucepot; toss until evenly mixed. Transfer mixture to a 13"x9" glass baking dish. Arrange tomato slices on top, overlapping if necessary. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Cover baking dish with foil and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Makes 6 main-dish servings.

MOM'S EASY TUNA CASSEROLE WITH RICE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread rice in the bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle with oregano, salt, and pepper. Layer tuna over top, then diced onion.
• Drain tomato juice into a 2-cup liquid measure. Add enough water to reach 1 1/3 cups liquid. Layer 3/4 of the diced tomatoes over the onion, then pour the tomato juice-water mixture over top. Save remaining tomatoes.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir flour into milk in a liquid measure. Pour milk mixture into the skillet and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add hot pepper sauce and season with salt and pepper. Add cheese and stir until melted.
• Pour cheese sauce over the casserole. Garnish with extra tomatoes and paprika.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbly, about 30 minutes.

MOMS EASY TUNA MELT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400. Spray a 9" x 13" casserole dish w/ cooking spray. Cook pasta as directed, drain, return to pot.
• In saucepan, over low heat, melt butter. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook 1 min, stirring constantly. Slowly whisk in milk. Increase heat to med-high. Cook until thickened, stirring.
• Remove pan from heat. stir in 1-1/2 cup cheese until melted. Add cheese sauce to macaroni. Add tuna to macaroni mix. Stir well. Transfer to casserole dish. Place tomato slices on top of casserole. Sprinkle w/ remaining cheese. Cover w/ foil. Bake 20 mins. Remove foil, bake additional 10 mins.

MOM'S TUNA NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook noodles and drain. In a 2 quart casserole dish combine noodles, tuna, celery, onion, and green pepper.
• In a medium sauce pan combine salt, mayo, soup, milk, and cheese; stirring until cheese has melted and mixture is smooth. Pour over noodles and stir to combine.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes.

MOM'S EASY TUNA NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Combine noodles, tuna, peas, soups, milk and butter in a 1 quart casserole dish.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.