Tomato and Tuna Pilaf

Recipe from Canned Food UK

Ingredients

• 185g can tuna, drained and broken into large pieces
• 227g can chopped tomatoes
• 75g green beans, halved
• ½ small red pepper, roughly chopped
• 25g butter
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 small red chilli, finely chopped (optional)
• 150g Basmati rice
• 200ml vegetable stock
• 1 Tbsp coriander or parsley, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

STEP 1:

Heat the butter and oil in a pan.

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

Add the chopped onion and fry until it is softening, then add the pepper and chilli (if using) and continue frying for two minutes.

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

Add the rice and mix well to coat it with the butter and oil,

STEP 6:

STEP 7:

Then add the tomatoes and vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Cover with a tight-fitting lid, reduce the heat and simmer very gently for about 15 minutes or until the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is cooked.

STEP 8:

STEP 9:

Heat a pan of boiling water, plunge the beans into the water, then boil for a minute and drain.

STEP 10:

STEP 11:

Gently stir the beans and tuna into the cooked rice mixture, replace the lid and leave to cook through for five minutes.

STEP 12:

STEP 13:

Delicious served garnished with chopped parsley or coriander.

STEP 14:

STEP 15:

You can replace the green beans with frozen peas. For an even healthier dish, replace tuna with canned oily fish such as salmon, sardines or mackerel, which contain Omega-3 fatty acids. Use sustainable canned fish when possible.