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Spicy Tuna Tray Bake with Potatoes

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Spicy Tuna Tray Bake with Potatoes

A homemade spicy tuna tray bake that's so easy and a perfect solution when you're out of ideas or short on time. It tastes like the traditional spicy fish dish, but is much more economical. Give it a try.

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MainsInternationalPescatarianDairy freeNut freeEgg freeMediumFish

Recipe story

Spicy tuna tray bake that's so easy to make at home and a perfect solution when you're out of ideas or short on time... It tastes like the traditional spicy fish dish, but is much more economical. Give it a try.

Ingredients

  • 2 cans tuna
  • 3 potatoes, cut into cubes
  • 1 bunch coriander, chopped
  • 1 head garlic, crushed
  • 1 tablespoon hot pepper molasses (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon fish seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon finely ground garlic and coriander spices
  • Salt, to taste
  • 1 cup tahini
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon oil

Method

  1. First, fry the potato cubes in plenty of oil... lift them out of the oil and spread them in a pyrex dish or tray.
  2. In a frying pan, sauté the coriander and garlic in 1 tablespoon oil, then add the hot pepper molasses and spices and stir until softened.
  3. Add the tahini, lemon juice, water, and salt, stir, and leave to simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
    Timers: 10 min
  4. Distribute the tuna after draining it from the oil or water in the can, and spread it over the potatoes in the pyrex dish.
  5. Pour the tahini sauce over the tuna in the pyrex dish once it has finished simmering for 10 minutes.
    Timers: 10 min
  6. Turn on the oven broiler only and place the pyrex dish under it for 15 minutes, until the tuna takes on a nice color on top before serving.
    Timers: 15 min
  7. Also learn from Rweida how to make Vegetable Sambousek

Notes and serving ideas

  • Vegetable Sambousek
  • Tuna with Nuts and Coriander
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Ruwaida Al-Haj Al-Rifai

Homemaker and mother who loves cooking and everything to do with the kitchen. She enjoys working with dough and learning new dishes from around the world to present them beautifully to her family and guests.

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