Del Monte Sweet Peas Juliette 1959
Created by dienia b on May 8, 2025
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 45m
- Recipe #44566
Ingredients
- Sauce
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup onions
- 4 ounces pimento, save juice in cup (1 jar)
- 5 ounces peas, save juice in cup (1 can)
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Rice
- 12 ounces white rice, dry
- 3 cups water
- 6 ounces tuna, undrained (1 can)
- Garnish
- 4 ounces parmesan cheese, shredded
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
How to Make
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Step 1: Start rice, mixing in can of tuna; cook on low simmer covered 20 minutes. (I'm using rice cooker) they also blended in tuna later I'm not)
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Step 2: Take off heat leave covered 5 minutes.
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Step 3: Mix in cheese and pack in a Pam sprayed bowl (see original below)
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Step 4: Meanwhile, heat butter.
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Step 5: Sauté onion in butter until tender.
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Step 6: Add cornstarch dissolved in liquid from peas and pimento.
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Step 7: Whisk, stirring constantly until thickened.
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Step 8: Add peas and pimiento and heat.
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Step 9: Combine hot rice, tuna, and cheese.
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Step 10: Season to taste.
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Step 11: Pack into 1 quart ring or other simple mold.
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Step 12: Turn out on a hot serving dish.
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Step 13: Serve with hot pea mixture over the top.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (347.9 g)
- Calories 434.1
- Total Fat - 12.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.4 g
- Cholesterol - 35 mg
- Sodium - 758.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 61.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.8 g
- Sugars - 5.5 g
- Protein - 17.6 g
- Calcium - 208.3 mg
- Iron - 1.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 19.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg