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.

We put this together for personal use. See the citations.