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Tuna Noodle Casserole

Canned tuna, egg noodles and peas in a creamy sauce with a crunchy breadcrumb top.

Tuna Noodle Casserole, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
45 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.14

Ingredients

  • 10 oz canned chunk light tuna
  • 8 oz egg noodles
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 8 oz white button mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cup whole milk
  • 8 oz frozen green peas
  • 4 oz shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 375F and boil the egg noodles two minutes short of done.

  2. Melt 3 tbsp butter in a saucepan and cook the diced onion and sliced mushrooms until the liquid cooks off.

  3. Stir in the flour, cook one minute, then whisk in the milk and simmer until it thickens.

  4. Off the heat stir in the cheddar, drained tuna, peas, noodles, salt and pepper.

  5. Scrape into a baking dish. Toss the panko with the remaining melted butter and scatter it on top.

  6. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until golden and bubbling at the edges.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£23.35£5.8410 of 10 ingredients
Australia$42.58$10.6510 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$55.87$13.9710 of 10 ingredients
Greece36,48 €9,12 €10 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٩٦٩٫٠٠ ج.م.‏‏٢٤٢٫٢٥ ج.م.‏9 of 10 ingredients
Canada$72.37$18.099 of 10 ingredients
Spain17,33 €4,33 €9 of 10 ingredients
Germany25,02 €6,26 €9 of 10 ingredients
United States$32.57$8.148 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$489.18$122.308 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 25,43€ 6,368 of 10 ingredients

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