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Olive and Tuna Rotini

December 5, 2016 By Tekesha Leave a Comment

Olive and Tuna Rotini

My husband and I were laughing last night about how we used to complain about being stressed and busy. Now that we have a baby, we realize how much free time we used to have! So with even less time to get dinner on the table, I gravitate toward recipes that pack a lot of flavor in just a little bit of cooking time. This olive and tuna rotini is a little bit spicy, really bright from the lemony flavor, satisfyingly salty from the olives and a touch sweet from the marsala wine. It’s great for people who don’t like saucy pasta and can also be eaten cold from the fridge in the middle of the night. 🙂

Olive and Tuna Rotini
 
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Prep time
2 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
12 mins
 
Spicy olive and tuna rotini with fried capers, sweet marsala and a lemony vinaigrette.
Author: Tekesha @ EatMoreFoodProject
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 16oz box of Rotini pasta
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 4.5 oz cans of tuna in oil (MUST BE IN OIL)
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
  • ¼ cup capers
  • 5.75 oz jar of sliced green olives with pimentos, drained
  • ¼ cup marsala wine
Instructions
  1. Boil the pasta per package directions and drain.
  2. In a nonstick skillet, add olive oil, tuna with the oil from the can, lemon zest, garlic, red pepper, capers and olives and pimentos.
  3. Fry on high heat for 2-3 minutes, until fragrant.
  4. Lower heat to medium, add marsala wine and squeeze in lemon juice.
  5. Sauté for an additional 3 minutes.
  6. Serve over warm pasta.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 698 Fat: 23.6 Saturated fat: 3.8 Carbohydrates: 89.9 Sugar: 3.3 Sodium: 654 Fiber: 6.1 Protein: 32.6 Cholesterol: 20
3.5.3208

 

Gather up:

  • 16oz box of Rotini pasta
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 4.5 oz cans of tuna in oil (MUST BE IN OIL)
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
  • ¼ cup capers
  • 5.75 oz jar of sliced green olives with pimentos, drained
  • ¼ cup marsala wine

 

Boil the pasta per package directions and drain.

In a nonstick skillet, add olive oil, tuna with the oil from the can, lemon zest, garlic, red pepper, capers and olives and pimentos.

Olive and Tuna Rotini

Fry on high heat for 2-3 minutes, until fragrant.

Olive and Tuna Rotini

Lower heat to medium, add marsala wine and squeeze in lemon juice.

Olive and Tuna Rotini

Sauté for an additional 3 minutes.

Serve over warm pasta.

Olive and Tuna Rotini

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