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Tomato rice with tuna and peas

An everyday store-cupboard dinner: rice cooked in a tomato sauce with onion and pepper, with tinned tuna and peas. Some cooks stir in a splash of cream at the end.

Tomato rice with tuna and peas

Contains: Fish

Ingredients for 4 portions

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a wide pan and soften the onion, pepper and garlic over a medium heat for about 7 minutes.
  2. Stir in the rice and fry for 1–2 minutes, stirring.
  3. Add the crushed tomatoes, paprika and hot stock, season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil.
  4. Lower the heat, cover and cook for 13 minutes.
  5. Add the tuna in chunks and the peas and fold through gently.
  6. Cover and cook for 5 more minutes, until the rice is tender and still a little saucy.
  7. Serve straight away, with grated cheese if you like.

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