Chinese Seafood Recipes - Chinese Tuna Recipe

Ingredients

• 30 ml/2 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 200 g/7 oz canned tuna, drained and flaked

• 2 stalks celery, chopped

• 100 g/4 oz mushrooms, chopped

• 1 green pepper, chopped

• 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup stock

• 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce

• 100 g/4 oz fine egg noodles

• salt

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 45 ml/3 tbsp water

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and fry the onion until softened. Add the tuna and stir until well coated with oil.

2. Add the celery, mushrooms and pepper and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the stock and soy sauce, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, cook the noodles in boiling salt water for about 5 minutes until just tender then drain well and arrange on a warmed serving plate.

4. Mix the corn-flour and water, stir the mixture into the tuna sauce and simmer, stirring, until the sauce clears and thickens.