Grammy's Kitchen · Tuna Noodle Casserole · Lightened-Up Tuna Casserole
One of 16 tuna noodle casserole recipes we measured
It ranks #15 of 16 for sauce stability among the tuna noodle casserole recipes we compared. 23 cooks on www.gimmesomeoven.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 16.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 50% | 67% |
| dairy | 161% | 161% |
| fat | 13% | 25% |
| thickener | 13% | 9% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| aromatics | 70% | 66% |
| topping | 12% | 12% |
| different cheeses | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| melt idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| stretch idx | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 1/4 cup toasted Panko breadcrumbs |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons butter |
| 227 g | 8 ounces baby bella mushrooms (sliced) |
| 122 g | 2 medium carrots (diced) |
| 150 g | 1 medium white onion (diced) |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 30 g | 1/4 cup all-purpose flour |
| 360 g | 1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock |
| 366 g | 1 1/2 cups plain milk |
| 4 g | 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning (homemade or store-bought) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper |
| 145 g | 1 cup frozen peas |
| 227 g | 8 ounces wide egg noodles |
| 425 g | 3 (5-ounce) cans tuna (drained) |
| 113 g | 1 cup (4 ounces) grated sharp white cheddar cheese |
| optional garnishes: chopped fresh parsley or fresh thyme (lemon slices) |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.gimmesomeoven.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Loved the flavor of this recipe! To cut down on stove use I converted it to a pressure cooker recipe. I layered the sauce on bottom, then dry noodles, followed by the tuna and then mushrooms. I cooked it on high pressure for 3 minutes for soft noodles, and let” — a cook, 5.0★
“I used this recipe last night for someone who has hated tuna casserole all his life. Because it is lighter than the usual cream of mushroom soup recipe and has other veggies, it turned out quite wonderful and got a positive response. I only used one can of a” — a cook, 5.0★