1 cup brown or white rice
1 can mushroom soup, 10 1/2 oz
1 can light tuna or bonito 6 1/2
1 oz can, drained
1 tsp butter or margarine
1 1/2 tbsp dry bread crumbs
2 oz cheddar cheese, or more to
1 taste, grated
Directions
Cook rice following package directions. Stir soup into rice. Mash
tuna and stir into rice mixture.
Spread butter over inside of 1 3/4-quart casserole; sprinkle bread
crumbs over butter. Pour tuna-rice mixture into casserole and
sprinkele with grated cheese. Bake on middle shelf of preheated
375-degree oven 30 minutes. Serves 4 to 6.
Variation: Add any vegetables you fancy to the rice mixture. It's a
good way to use up leftover peas and/or carrots.
Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Casserole; Fish; Main Dish; Seafood; Tuna
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