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Tuna Noodle Casserole archive · dinner · american Host: Simply Recipes · Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole → Budget Bytes · Tuna Noodle Casserole → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Servings: 6 to 8 servings · Yield: Serves 6 · Prep 10 min · Cook 40 min · Total 50 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Noodles, tuna and cheese baked under a potato chip topping. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Cook the noodles and broccoli In a large (6-quart) pot, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil. Add a tablespoon of salt: 1 tablespoon salt Return to a boil, then add: 12 ounces wide egg noodles Cook uncovered on high heat on a rolling boil. Just before pasta is al dente (firm but cooked through, earliest cooking time minus 2 minutes), add the broccoli: 2 cups chopped broccoli (about 1/2 pound) Cook for 2 more minutes. Drain in a colander and set aside. Saute the mushrooms While the pasta is cooking, dry saute in a frying pan on medium-high heat: 8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms Add no butter or oil; the mushrooms cook in their own juices. When the mushrooms have given up their moisture (about 5 to 10 minutes), remove from heat and set aside. Cook the onion When the pasta is draining in a colander, heat a large oven-proof pan on medium heat. Add and melt: 2 tablespoons butter Add the onion and cook until translucent: 1 medium onion, chopped Combine all the ingredients Put the pasta and broccoli mixture back into the pot. Stir in the mushrooms and: 2 (6-ounce) cans tuna, drained 1 (10.5-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup 2 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese 1/3 cup milk 1 tablespoon cream Add salt and pepper to taste: Salt and pepper, to taste Top with the crushed potato chips Spread over the top of the mixture: 1 cup crushed potato chips Bake Cook for 20 minutes in the oven at 400°F, until the topping has browned. Source: Simply Recipes · Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole tags: tuna,noodles,broccoli,mushroom-soup,cheese,potato-chips · popularity: evergreen · meat: yes	Tuna Noodle Casserole Book: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931) crumb: noodles and tuna baked in creamy sauce Joy of Cooking includes “Tuna Noodle Casserole”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. Differences: Popular internet tuna noodle casserole bakes egg noodles, tuna, broccoli and mushrooms in canned mushroom soup. It adds lots of cheddar and tops it with crushed potato chips. The ancestor is Joy's tuna noodle casserole. Joy bakes noodles and tuna in a creamy sauce with a crumb topping. Both build the dish the same way. The canned soup, broccoli and chip topping are the web shortcuts.

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Tuna Noodle Casserole
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Host: Simply Recipes · Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole → Budget Bytes · Tuna Noodle Casserole → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Servings: 6 to 8 servings · Yield: Serves 6 · Prep 10 min · Cook 40 min · Total 50 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Noodles, tuna and cheese baked under a potato chip topping.

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Cook the noodles and broccoli

In a large (6-quart) pot, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil. Add a tablespoon of salt:

1 tablespoon salt

Return to a boil, then add:

12 ounces wide egg noodles

Cook uncovered on high heat on a rolling boil. Just before pasta is al dente (firm but cooked through, earliest cooking time minus 2 minutes), add the broccoli:

2 cups chopped broccoli (about 1/2 pound)

Cook for 2 more minutes. Drain in a colander and set aside.

Saute the mushrooms

While the pasta is cooking, dry saute in a frying pan on medium-high heat:

8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms

Add no butter or oil; the mushrooms cook in their own juices. When the mushrooms have given up their moisture (about 5 to 10 minutes), remove from heat and set aside.

Cook the onion

When the pasta is draining in a colander, heat a large oven-proof pan on medium heat. Add and melt:

2 tablespoons butter

Add the onion and cook until translucent:

1 medium onion, chopped

Combine all the ingredients

Put the pasta and broccoli mixture back into the pot. Stir in the mushrooms and:

2 (6-ounce) cans tuna, drained

1 (10.5-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup

2 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese

1/3 cup milk

1 tablespoon cream

Add salt and pepper to taste:

Salt and pepper, to taste

Top with the crushed potato chips

Spread over the top of the mixture:

1 cup crushed potato chips

Bake

Cook for 20 minutes in the oven at 400°F, until the topping has browned.

Source: Simply Recipes · Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole

tags: tuna,noodles,broccoli,mushroom-soup,cheese,potato-chips · popularity: evergreen · meat: yes

Tuna Noodle Casserole
Book: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931)

crumb: noodles and tuna baked in creamy sauce

Joy of Cooking includes “Tuna Noodle Casserole”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions.

Differences:

Popular internet tuna noodle casserole bakes egg noodles, tuna, broccoli and mushrooms in canned mushroom soup. It adds lots of cheddar and tops it with crushed potato chips. The ancestor is Joy's tuna noodle casserole. Joy bakes noodles and tuna in a creamy sauce with a crumb topping. Both build the dish the same way. The canned soup, broccoli and chip topping are the web shortcuts.

Match: Somewhat close

Online recipe

Tuna Noodle Casserole

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Servings: 6 to 8 servings · Yield: Serves 6 · Prep 10 min · Cook 40 min · Total 50 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Noodles, tuna and cheese baked under a potato chip topping.

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Cook the noodles and broccoli

In a large (6-quart) pot, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil. Add a tablespoon of salt:
1 tablespoon salt

Return to a boil, then add:
12 ounces wide egg noodles

Cook uncovered on high heat on a rolling boil. Just before pasta is al dente (firm but cooked through, earliest cooking time minus 2 minutes), add the broccoli:
2 cups chopped broccoli (about 1/2 pound)

Cook for 2 more minutes. Drain in a colander and set aside.

Saute the mushrooms

While the pasta is cooking, dry saute in a frying pan on medium-high heat:
8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms

Add no butter or oil; the mushrooms cook in their own juices. When the mushrooms have given up their moisture (about 5 to 10 minutes), remove from heat and set aside.

Cook the onion

When the pasta is draining in a colander, heat a large oven-proof pan on medium heat. Add and melt:
2 tablespoons butter

Add the onion and cook until translucent:
1 medium onion, chopped

Combine all the ingredients

Put the pasta and broccoli mixture back into the pot. Stir in the mushrooms and:
2 (6-ounce) cans tuna, drained
1 (10.5-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
2 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon cream

Add salt and pepper to taste:
Salt and pepper, to taste

Top with the crushed potato chips

Spread over the top of the mixture:
1 cup crushed potato chips

Bake

Cook for 20 minutes in the oven at 400°F, until the topping has browned.

Citations
- Simply Recipes · Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tuna_casserole/
- Budget Bytes · Tuna Noodle Casserole: https://www.budgetbytes.com/tuna-noodle-casserole/
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=tuna+noodle+casserole+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501169718?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931). Publisher: Scribner, 2019 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1501169717.

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Dish: Tuna Noodle Casserole
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Tuna Noodle Casserole
Source: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931)
Differences: Popular internet tuna noodle casserole bakes egg noodles, tuna, broccoli and mushrooms in canned mushroom soup. It adds lots of cheddar and tops it with crushed potato chips. The ancestor is Joy's tuna noodle casserole. Joy bakes noodles and tuna in a creamy sauce with a crumb topping. Both build the dish the same way. The canned soup, broccoli and chip topping are the web shortcuts.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: Simply Recipes · Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole (https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tuna_casserole/)
Budget Bytes · Tuna Noodle Casserole (https://www.budgetbytes.com/tuna-noodle-casserole/)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=tuna+noodle+casserole+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931).
This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. This site cites three editions. One is the classic 1975 Rombauer–Becker text (Plume 1997 printing). The others are the 1997 All New edition and the 2006 75th-anniversary edition. Each dish names its edition.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931). Publisher: Scribner, 2019 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1501169717.