Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe

This easy Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe is an easy casserole recipe and a great comfort food meal! We love easy meals and this easy dinner recipe is the best tuna casserole recipe for busy days!

I love the idea of easy Casserole Meals, going into your kitchen cabinets or pantry if you are fortunate enough to have one, digging deep to see what you have left and what is about to expire...

Tuna Noodle Casserole with garlic bread on a plate

Why We love this EASY Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe

I was so happy with the Broccoli Ham Casserole Recipe that I shared with you guys last month – I mean, it came out really yummy!

My Broccoli Ham Casserole Recipe has been equally popular on Pinterest, so, I thought that I would take this time to share more casserole style meals with all of you! With the cost of groceries going sky high - thanks inflation!! - We are getting creative in the kitchen!

With stores being out of stock for so many items – oh, we are talking about staples like eggs, butter, meats, etc – not just toilet paper and disinfecting wipes! – and let us be honest as well, many people are struggling financially and food resources are limited…

It’s time to go through our pantries or kitchen cabinets and get creative at mealtime, and our Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe is not only an easy comfort food recipe, but it is a cheap meal idea too!

Can this Tuna Noodle Casserole be made ahead of time?

You can totally make this Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe ahead of time and just reheat it. I wouldn’t recommend freezing it, though! This easy dinner recipe is a simple one to make in advance for dinner and tastes just as good when reheated.

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Ingredients You Need to make the best Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe

To make this easy Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

1 - 10.5 can of cream of chicken soup
2 - 2.5 oz tuna pouches
1 can of milk - use the cream of chicken soup can to measure!
12 oz noodles, any shape (for this recipe I used penne pasta, but you could easily use egg noodles, which I think I will try next!)
salt & pepper to taste

How to make Easy Casserole Recipe

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the pasta according to package directions (about 10-12 minutes).

While the pasta is cooking, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a medium size baking dish, combine the cream of chicken soup, milk and tuna. Add salt & pepper to taste (see photo).

milk, cream of chicken soup and tuna fish in a bowl

Once the noodles have finished cooking, drain and add them to the soup and tuna mixture (see photo).

Bake uncovered 25-30 minutes until heated through.

This Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe makes 4-5 servings, but you can easily double the recipe to make it for a bigger family.

Can you use canned Tuna in this easy Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe?

Of course you can use canned tuna instead of pouches, I know that many of us are really struggling to find the products we love in stores lately, and we gotta do what we gotta do!
You can use canned tuna. I just had pouches on hand because all of the stores had run out of canned tuna.

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