Sweet and Sour Tuna

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"Here is a delightful recipe from the Better Homes and Gardens 'so good with FRUIT' cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks
• 1⁄4 green bell pepper, cut into 2-inch strips
• 1 vegetable bouillon cube
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 (6 1/2 ounce) can albacore tuna, drained
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 (3 ounce) can chow mein noodles

directions

1. Drain the can of pineapple, reserving the juice.
2. In a saucepan combine 1/3 cup of the pineapple juice [set aside the rest], bell pepper, pineapple chunks, bouillon cube & water.
3. Heat the mixture to boiling, then reduce heat & simmer 5 minutes.
4. Mix the cornstarch with the remaining pineapple juice, soy sauce, vinegar & sugar, then stir that mixture into the hot pineapple mixture.
5. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened & bubbling.
6. Add the tuna chunks & butter, carefully stirring. Heat through.
7. Heat the chow mein noodles, & spoon the tuna mixture over the noodles before serving.

Reviews

[Michelle_My_Belle]

I made this a bit different by throwing in a flavored tuna package along with the regular tuna. I also used ziti noodles. A very nice change of pace for tuna, will be making again possibly with chicken instead.

 

[Tash77]

Was ok got eaten but wasn't as great as I thought was the flavour a bit over powering. The DD that won't eat tuna ate it which was suprising might make it again not too sure.

 

[Brooke the Cook in]

Yum! This was so very good and easy to make. I used the entire green pepper and cut it into chunks instead of strips and used chicken broth in place of the bouillion/water and my DH and I absolutely loved it. We ate the entire thing for dinner tonight, he had his over brown rice and I served mine over noodles as kiwidutch had suggested, both ways were terrific! I really enjoyed the sweet sauce combined with the albacore tuna and green peppers! I plan to make often! Made for 1-2-3 Hit Wonders tag game.

 

[kiwidutch]

Wow ! 5 Excellent stars ! This was SO easy and tasty. I assumed from the first that it might be rather too sweet, but I was wrong and everything balanced out very nicely indeed. You do have to like fruit in your meal (and my DH doesn't) so I made this for my lunch and left him to his bread was I delighted to have had the better tasting lunch LOL. My DD unexpectly eats green bell pepper as a "new vegetable" and I didn't want to discourage her enthusiasm so she got the green ones and I made this with red bell peppers instead... and the only other change I made was that instead of the bullion cube and water, I added homemade vegetable stock for less salt. Please see my rating system: the reasons I have given this recipe 5 stars are: It's totally totally easy to make, beginner cooks starting out would not have any problems with it, it's a storecupboard recipe that could be made in a flash for unexpected guests, whilst it is not a chic or sophisticated recipe at all, it uses very basic ingredients to achieve a surprising level of flavour, and could well please kids and fussy eaters, it is cheap and cheerful and very tasty for anyone looking to stretch a meal on a tight budget, students and backpackers would find this recipe to be a very good find indeed. I added mine to a little leftover rice, I can already see me adding in my favourite egg noodles too. A very nice surprise of a recipe that delivered more than the sum of it's parts. Wonderful ! Thanks!

 

[Stacee R.]

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this recipe. I've never been a fan of Sweet and Sour, especially those weird orange/reddish dishes served at Chinese restaurants. This recipe, however, was very tasty and quite easy to make. I doubled the recipe and put the chow mein noodles on top of every bowl because I love the crunchy texture. Wonderful recipe, Sydney Mike! (And I even made it with the green pepper which I don't normally like cooked!) ;) Thanks for posting!