Tuna, Rice & Peas

 Tuna, Rice & Peas

    I wanted some 'comfort' food. This very, simple dish is one my father used to make when I was growing  up.  I haven't had it in decades, but felt like making it recently.  It is a dish with few ingredients and is inexpensive to make. Growing up,I think we probably also had bread or something with it.  It's been so long, I don't really recall, but I know we had lots of starch-y foods growing up. Rice is in the title, but you can definitely make the sauce and serve it over hot,buttered toast or biscuits. Let me know if you have ever heard of this and/or if you try it and like it.  

Ingredients:

One can tun fish (in water/drained)

One can green peas (drained

1 cup rice (cooked)

White sauce 

    1/4 Cup butter (melted) 

    2 cups milk

    1/4 cup flour 

    1/2 teaspoon salt

    1/8 teaspoon pepper 

• Make a medium white sauce by melting butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour and once it is bubbling, slowly pour in milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened. Season with salt and pepper. 
• One trick I've used for white sauce, is to heat the milk in the microwave for a one to two minutes before adding. It has helped it to thicken quicker in the past. 

Directions:

    Leaving your pan of white sauce on low heat, stir in the tuna, followed by the peas. Simply serve your tuna and peas sauce over rice (or toast) or you can mix the sauce and rice together.  Either way, this is a simple, comfort food and I hope you try it. 

Tuna, Rice and Peas

I made a batch of my Cheesy Garlic Butter Balls to go with leftovers the day after. What was it I was saying about lots of starches growing up?