Garlic Lovers Lemon Garlic Tuna Fettuccine
This foodservice recipe featuring canned tuna flavored with lemon and garlic is a refreshing addition to your spring and summer menu offerings.
Ingredients
- 1 (66.5 oz) can Chicken of the Sea® Chunk Light Tuna in Water
- 4 Tbsp lemon zest
- 2 ½ Tbsp minced garlic
- 6 2/3 lb fettucine pasta, cooked to package instructions
- 1 2/3 c olive oil
- 1 ½ gal cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup minced garlic
- 32 ounces sliced black olives
- 3 1/3 c chopped parsley
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1 Tbsp pepper
Instructions
- Season tuna with lemon zest and minced garlic. Set aside.
- Cook fettuccini to package instructions and reserve about 6 1/2 cups of pasta water.
- Heat large pot on medium high heat. Add olive oil and cherry tomatoes. Sear cherry tomatoes until charred, stirring occasionally.
- Add garlic to the tomatoes and cook until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add cooked pasta, black olives, and pasta water. Stir the pasta and olives with the tomatoes, then fold in the tuna.
- Gently stir and cook until tuna and pasta are warm.
- Add chopped parsley and season with salt and pepper.
