Chicken or Tuna Tempter
Amazing chicken or tuna noodle casserole recipe using peas, pimientos or red bell peppers, cream of celery soup, and buttered, seasoned bread crumbs on top.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup onion chopped
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1/2 cup celery thinly sliced
- 1 can Campbell's cream of celery soup
- 2 tbsp. diced pimientos or ½ red bell pepper, diced
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup peas
- 7 oz. can tuna drained, or two cups diced chicken
- 1/4 cup dry Italian bread crumbs
- 8 oz. box sea shell macaroni cooked 6 minutes, drained (can also substitute bow-tie or rotini)
Instructions
- In saucepan, melt 2 tbsp. butter over medium heat.
- Add celery and onion. (If using bell pepper, add now).
- Cook, stirring, 3 minutes.
- Stir in soup, milk, pimientos until blended.
- In 2-qt. greased casserole toss macaroni, tuna and peas.
- Pour sauce over macaroni mixture.
- Mix bread crumbs with melted butter.
- Sprinkle over top of casserole.
- Bake in 350° oven for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly.
Notes
NOTE: Also very good with chicken or turkey (use about 2 cups).
Recipe source: adapted from Mueller's pasta.
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