Easy Tuna and Rice

[skylark]

Roger Taylor wrote that he tries to combine maximum taste and nourishment with minimum use of time, effort, fuel and water in food preparation.

Here is a recipe that is not in his book but it follows his formula for cooking aboard a small boat while passagemaking.

Open 1 14oz can of green beans, pour the liquid into a saucepan.  The brand that I used had about 3/4 cup "broth".

Turn on the flame, start heating the broth.

Add one cup of Minute Rice.

Put the beans on top of the rice.

Add a 5oz can of tuna on top of the beans.

Simmer 3 minutes from the time the liquid starts to simmer.

Turn off flame, let stand for five or ten minutes.

Serve.

This is quite tasty and far better than opening a can of soup or spaghetti-o's.  It is also easy to do on a moving boat.

[Bill NH]

This sounds good with green beans, but don't try this with most types of beans (black, pinto, kidney, chick peas, lentils, etc).  These canned beans should always be drained and rinsed or you'll end up with wicked gas (not the useful kind...)

[skylark]

Here are some notes I made from the book on the main meal of the day:

Dinner - hot meal
waterproof containers packed with single serving ingredients for a number of meals
one packet of precooked rice or pasta (minute rice, ramen?)
one tin of tuna, salmon or smoked oysters
one tin of peas, beans, carrots or sweet corn
one steamed pudding or custard or riced pudding
one hot meal of day
combine maximum taste and nourishment with minimum use of time, effort, fuel and water in its preparation
Example recipe for dinner:
open tin of peas
light spirit stove
drain fluid from peas into small nonstick saucepan
put saucepan on stove
add packet of precooked flavored rice
add tin of smoked oysters
add peas
stir gently for 3 minutes until piping hot
turn off stove
eat from pan
after main course, pudding
energy bar for late night snack
water as beverage

[tomwatt]

This looks a lot like a variant of a recipe I have used backpacking... except instead of rice, I used angel hair pasta (super-quick cooking, great for hot days when having the stove going for long periods isn't a great idea).

[geneWj]

Try this one Buy REAL corned Beef, no potatoes in it!  In a pot cook shell macaroni for 8 minutes until done, add corned beef cook until beef is hot and warm.  Eat it directly or add catsup or favorite BBQ sauce.