Quick Tomato Tuna Pasta with Capers

Tomato tuna pasta is a quick, simple & delicious meal featuring a silky tomato sauce, capers and canned tuna, less is definitely more!

Cooking this easy pasta recipe takes just 20 leisurely minutes making it a perfect light midweek meal.

Tuna Pasta That Ain’t a Bake

Quick and easy pasta recipes are often the bedrock of many a cooks repertoire… I am not all that different.

Sub 30-minute dinners are a breath of fresh air, even for folk like me that love being in the kitchen.

It does not matter whether it is my chorizo and leek pasta, tuna pesto pasta, nduja pasta, crab linguine or my garlic spaghetti with blue cheese they are typified by a few ingredients with little done to them.

Pasta in tomato sauce is a magical combination, one that has straddled the world and there are countless examples.

I have three other distinct pasta in tomato sauce recipes on my site.

This tomato tuna pasta recipe joins a spaghetti alla puttanesca, penne arrabbiata and a take on bacon and tomato pasta.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is tomato passata?

Tomato passata in the purest sense is nothing more than sieved tomatoes. I prefer to use it in this recipe as it delivers a silky smooth sauce.

Depending on where you are it could be called tomato puree or tomato sauce, but passata should be hidden on the label somewhere. Mutti and Cirio are fairly global brands, and in the UK all of the major supermarkets have home-brand passata.

You can use tinned tomatoes but they are better blended and strained for this recipe in my opinion.

Can I use different types of pasta?

Yes, I almost always make this a tuna spaghetti recipe, but it is a versatile sauce. You can pretty much get away with most shapes of pasta.

This is a clingy sauce rather than a runny sauce so pasta like penne or rigatoni is not as good as tagliatelli or even conchiglie.

What sort of oil should I use?

If you are not using the oil from the tin of tuna you are missing a huge trick!

But if for some reason you choose not to, use olive oil

Can I add cheese?

Of course, it’s your dinner.

I am not a fan of cheese and fish at all, but some grated parmesan would work for those that like the combination. You could also add some buratta!

Serving Suggestions

This tomato tuna pasta recipe is a simple one-bowl dinner and anything you pair with it should be equally easy.

For me, that usually means bread of some description, some warmed ciabatta or focaccia are both perfect.

Another great option would be garlic bread or cheesy garlic bread if you prefer.

Equipment Used

I do not recommend specific brands of equipment unless I think that it makes a material difference to a recipe. If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments section below the recipe.

• Stovetop.
• Frying pan 24cm or 10″, a larger pan is fine.
• Saucepan, I use a 24cm pan that holds 2.4 litres of water.
• Colander.
• Chopping board.
• Sharp kitchen knife.