Chipotle-Habanero Cheesy Tuna Casserole Recipe
This time of year I begin craving hot comfort foods for dinner but definitely still appreciate easy to make recipes. I created this recipe to fulfill a need for both spice and comfort. To be honest I was never a fan of Tuna. Growing up I never once was served a Tuna casserole! After being starved in the hospital for hours and hours when my water broke and being given the most wonderful meal of my life which involved a Tuna sandwich, I’ve been addicted.
Chipotle-Habanero Cheesy Tuna Casserole
Ingredients
3 Cups Elbow Macaroni (or other suitable pasta)
2 Cans Clover Leaf Chipotle Chunk White Tuna* (Do not drain oil)
1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup (Ready to Enjoy or Prepare with Milk as directed on can)
2 Cups Kraft Habanero Heat Shredded Cheese** with another 1/2 Cup Reserved
*You can Substitute 2 cans plain white tuna and add a Chipotle pepper finely chopped along with 1 TBSP Olive Oil
**You can Substitute a mix of Pepper Jack, Cheddar and Mozzarella cheeses
Directions
1) Prepare the Pasta as per package directions then drain.
2) Preheat Oven to 350 degrees Fehrenheit
3) Mix prepared soup, tuna and 2 cups shredded cheese in casserole dish.
4) Mix in drained pasta and then level out mixture for even cooking.
5) Top evenly with reserved shredded cheese
6) Bake 30 minutes. If you prefer a crunchy top allow cheese to brown slightly. (Approx. another 10 minutes)
Serves: 8
Sounds delicious. I prefer to use whole grain pasta and I’m sure this recipe would be great with that.
That is so simple! I think my husband would love it.
I personally would love this! My kids would complain it’s too spicy though and my husband wouldn’t be able to eat it due to dietary issues. But I might just save this recipe for the (rare) day I am all alone! 🙂
This looks so very good. Thank you for posting it. I’m going to share this too 🙂
Yum! Gonna be trying this out. Thanks!
Looks delicious – thanks for the recipe.
My sons 2 favourite ingredients thanks so much for posting
Oh, yum! This sounds like a delicious (and spicy!) twist on tuna casserole.
We made this and it was a big hit just wanted to let you know
That’s great to hear Jo-Anne!
looks and sounds delish, sure kicks up a reg boring tuna casserole
This sounds sooooo much better than the plain old tuna casserole I normally make. YUM!
I just tried making tuna casserole and mine was too dry. This looks cheesy and perfect!
I think this is about to be lunch. I stocked up on chipotle tuna this week, and was torn between attempting to make something asian-inspired with it, or just a good ol’ tuna noodle casserole. Happy that you tried it and have posted this recipe – I wasn’t sure what else to mix in. For the record, I HATED tuna-anything growing up. Only as an adult did I grow to love it (I think extreme hunger had something to do with the shift for me, too!) Strange how our tastes can change so much, isn’t it!