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Spaghetti with tuna, tomato sauce, and capers

Name: Spaghetti with tuna, tomato sauce, and capers
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400 g Spaghetti; 2 cans Canned tuna (160 g, drained); 400 g Chopped tomatoes (canned); 3 Garlic cloves; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 1 tbsp Capers; 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes (optional); 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp Parsley (chopped)

Spaghetti tossed with a tomato sauce made with canned tuna, garlic, capers, and parsley. A pantry-friendly meal ready in 25 minutes. Serves 4.

Italian cuisine · Quick recipes in 35 minutes · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026 · High-protein recipe · 32 g protein per serving

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Italian

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Spaghetti with tuna is a quick meal made with pantry staples: briefly simmer a tomato sauce with olive oil and garlic, add canned tuna and capers, and toss everything with spaghetti. The sauce is ready in the time it takes to cook the pasta.

Ingredients

4 servings

Spaghetti 400 g
Canned tuna (160 g, drained) 2 cans
Chopped tomatoes (canned) 400 g
Garlic cloves 3
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Capers 1 tbsp
Red pepper flakes (optional) 1/2 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Parsley (chopped) 2 tbsp

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Instructions

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Cook the spaghetti
10 min
Cook the spaghetti in salted water according to the package directions until al dente. Before draining, reserve about 100 ml of the pasta cooking water.
Make the sauce
10 min
Meanwhile, briefly sauté the sliced garlic and red pepper flakes in the olive oil without letting the garlic brown. Add the tomatoes and salt and cook for 8 minutes.
Add the tuna
3 min
Stir in the drained tuna and capers and heat the sauce just until warmed through, taking care not to break the tuna into tiny pieces.
Combine
Toss the spaghetti with the sauce, thinning it with the reserved pasta cooking water as needed, and sprinkle with parsley.

Tip: The starch in the pasta cooking water helps the sauce cling to the spaghetti. Oil-packed tuna gives the sauce a richer flavor than tuna packed in its own juices.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 605 kcal
Protein: 32 g
Carbohydrates: 80 g
of which sugars: 5.4 g
Fat: 17 g
of which saturates: 2.6 g
Fiber: 4.7 g
Salt: 1.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Špagety s tuniakom v paradajkovej omáčke s kaparami