Creamed Tuna or Chicken With Peas

Submitted by 3KillerBs

"This classic, budget-friendly dish from the past is just as good at is always was -- especially if you skip the salty, canned mushroom soup and make it with good, homemade chicken stock (I suggest Recipe #219819 ), and frozen peas instead of canned peas. This particular version is a bit richer in meat than strictly necessary so if your budget is especially tight you can cut it down and it will be fine. Use water-packed tuna to be diet-friendly as well as budget-friendly. Note -- cooking time includes the 5 minute rest at the end."

 

• Ready In: 14mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 4 (6 ounce) cans tuna in water or 1 cup cooked chicken
• 4 cups chicken stock (I suggest Crock Pot Chicken Stock )
• 1⁄8 teaspoon celery seed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
• 1 cup milk
• 4 -5 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1⁄2 cups frozen peas
• 1 tablespoon sherry wine (optional)
• 1⁄4 cup chopped mushroom (optional)
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. Drain tuna or chop chicken finely.
2. Bring chicken stock (and optional mushrooms if desired), to a boil. Add celery seed and thyme.
3. Use a fork or a whisk to combine cornstarch with cold milk. Adjust amount according to whether you want a thicker or thinner sauce. Add to boiling stock, reduce heat, and stir until the sauce simmers gently.
4. Add tuna/chicken, peas, and sherry.
5. Heat through and season to taste with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
6. Remove from heat. Let sit, keeping warm, for 5 minutes to blend flavors.
7. Serve over the starch of your choice -- rice, toast points, noodles, cornbread (I suggest recipe Recipe #277295 ), biscuits, etc.
8. Note -- if you have no homemade chicken stock I suggest using a good soup base (Tones brand is available in Sam's Club). Both bullion cubes and canned chicken broth are inferior substitutes for real stock and a dish this simple depends on the quality of the ingredients for good flavor.
9. Tip -- if you enjoy tuna casserole but have give it up because of the salt in the mushroom soup try using a suitable quantity of this recipe (with or without the peas), as a substitute for the diluted soup.