10-Minute Lemon and Piri-Piri Tuna Spaghetti: The Ultimate Cupboard Dinner

This is the dinner for the night the fridge is empty. A tin of good tuna, a pack of thin spaghetti and a lemon, and you are eating in about 10 minutes.

We use Tenorio tuna in olive oil with Azores lemon and piri-piri, so the flavour is already in the tin.

Ready in about 10 minutes, serves 2

You will need

• 200g Nacional thin spaghetti (thin pasta cooks faster)
• 1 to 2 tins Tenorio tuna fillets with Azores lemon and piri-piri
• 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
• 1 lemon, zest and juice
• A handful of chopped parsley, salt and black pepper

Method

1. Cook the spaghetti in plenty of salted boiling water following the pack time. Save a mug of the cooking water before draining.
2. While it cooks, pour a little oil from the tuna tin into a frying pan and gently fry the garlic for 1 minute without letting it brown.
3. Flake in the tuna and warm it through.
4. Add the drained spaghetti with a splash of the cooking water, the lemon zest and a squeeze of juice. Toss until glossy.
5. Finish with parsley and black pepper and serve straight away.

Make it your own

• Add a drained tin of sweetcorn or peas for extra veg.
• Stir in a few cherry tomatoes or a spoon of capers for a salty kick.
• Prefer it milder for the kids? Use plain tuna in olive oil for their portion.

Explore Tinned Fish at Yum Biltong

Portugal is famous for its tinned fish, and our range covers tuna, sardines, mackerel and more.

Keep a few tins in the cupboard and dinner is always 10 minutes away.

Shop the Range

• Tenorio Tuna Fillets in Olive Oil with Azores Lemon and Piri Piri 120g
• Nacional Thin Spaghetti 500g
• Milaneza Spaghetti 500g
• Bonduelle Sweetcorn 3 x 150g

Tuna | Sardines and fish | Spaghetti

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