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California Chicken (Tuna) Casserole 1940

Here's how you make California Chicken (Tuna) Casserole 1940
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 60m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 1/2 cups carrots, diced
  • 1 1/2 cups potatoes, diced
  • 1/2 cups onions, diced
  • 1 cup peas, frozen
  • 6 ounces tuna fish (1 can)
  • Sauce
  • 2 cups milk
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
  • Topping
  • 1 cup Ritz cracker crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Boil onions and carrots together in a small amount of water.

  • Step 2: After 15 minutes, add potatoes and cook until tender.

  • Step 3: Make a white sauce of the butter and flour, milk and salt & pepper.

  • Step 4: Add the peas to the other vegetables (drain the peas first if using canned).

  • Step 5: Break tuna fish into pieces, not too small. (You might want 2 cans, undrained).

  • Step 6: In a buttered casserole, put layer of vegetables, white sauce and tuna until all is used.

  • Step 7: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  • Step 8: Bake 25 minutes then add toppings and bake for 10 minutes more.

  • Step 9: Cover with buttered cracker crumbs and bake until crumbs are brown.


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