Grammy's Kitchen · Tuna Noodle Casserole · Easy Tuna Casserole
One of 16 tuna noodle casserole recipes we measured
It ranks #3 of 16 for richness among the tuna noodle casserole recipes we compared. 2,126 cooks on www.spendwithpennies.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 16.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 100% | 67% |
| dairy | 223% | 161% |
| fat | 17% | 25% |
| thickener | 0% | 9% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
| aromatics | 88% | 66% |
| topping | 32% | 12% |
| different cheeses | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| melt idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| stretch idx | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Adapts cleanly: nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 170 g | 3 cups egg noodles (measured dry *approx 6 ounces ) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon butter |
| 150 g | 1 small onion (diced) |
| 80 g | 2 ribs celery (diced) |
| 97 g | 2/3 cup frozen peas (thawed) |
| 142 g | 1 (5 ounce each) can tuna (drained) |
| 298 g | 1 (10.5 ounce each) can condensed cream of mushroom soup |
| 81 g | 1/3 cup milk |
| 113 g | 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (or 1 teaspoon dried parsley) |
| 54 g | 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon melted butter |
| 56 g | 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (or 1 teaspoon dried parsley) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is an excellent recipe ! I’ve made it twice now and the first time it turned out great. The second time I made it I used more narrow noodles and I think that was the problem. I weighed the noodles out to be 6 ounces and I think that 6 ounces of a larger ” — a cook, 5.0★
“This was absolutely delicious! I used cream of chicken and Kinders buttery garlic panko. I added a bit of extra butter to the panko topping. I like the cream of chicken because it cuts the fish taste from the tuna. Her measurements for the ingredients were” — a cook, 5.0★