Plant-Based No Tuna Casserole
Ditch the tin and the "fishy" aftertaste for this version of Plant-Based Tuna Casserole that actually tastes fresh. This upgrade swaps heavy canned scents for umami-rich, whole-food ingredients that perfectly mimic that classic texture and flavor. You get all the creamy, noodle-packed comfort of the original, but with a cleaner flavor and a much crispier finish, making it the ultimate high-protein vegan comfort meal.
Ingredients
Filling
- 1 cup Butler Soy Curls
- 1 ½ cups vegetable broth low sodium
- 1 onion diced
- 8 ounces mushrooms chopped
- 1 ½ cups cabbage finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup peas frozen or fresh
- ½ sheet nori broke into small pieces
- ½ tsp cracked pepper
- 8 ounces pasta noodles curly
Sauce
- ½ cup cashews or almonds or sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp tamari low sodium
- 2 cup soy milk unsweetened, or plant based milk of your choice
Topping
- ¼ cup almond flour or finely ground sunflower seeds
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
Instructions
- Soak the Butler Soy Curls in the vegetable broth for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Cook the pasta noodles to al dente, drain and set aside.
- Sauté the onions mushrooms and cabbage together until soft, about 10 minutes.
- Add the remaining filling ingredients including the soaked Butler Soy Curls and cook for 5 minutes.
Sauce
- Add the sauce ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Mix the filling, pasta and sauce together in a large mixing bowl.
- Pour mixture into a 9 x 9 inch baking dish and smooth the top.
Topping
- Stir the almond flour and nutritional yeast together and sprinkle the mixture on top of the casserole.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 295kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 17gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 417mgPotassium: 645mgFiber: 7gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 975IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 181mgIron: 4mg
Oh I haven’t had tuna casserole in years! Can’t wait to make this!
I can’t eat onions and garlic, are they essential for the recipe? Are there any suitable options for this and any other recipes calling for onions and garlic, thanks!
Sorry, there really isn’t anything that can replace that flavor.
suggestions for those of us who can’t have soy but are missing tuna casserole?
thanks
You can use jackfruit, hearts of palm or even chickpeas.
Do you have an estimate on how much it would cost to make this? I see several ingredients that I don’t use and would have to buy specific for this dish.
Also, there is very little contrast between the background and text, making it difficult for post cataract surgery eyes to read. When I switch to Reading Mode, the page renders with only the instructions, no ingredients. Your website will not convert to dark mode so I can read it.
Thank you, Jill! My whole family loved this casserole. I served it tonight and it is amazingly delicious!
Perfect recipe. Thank you.
Thank you Jill. My wife and I loved it. Very comforting. It has ingredients that we have on hand, so like that.
This is so good I can’t stop eating.
Yhank you very much for a super delicious recipe.
This was really good. My 80 year old parents thought it was great and authentic to the “SOS” they used to eat. I didn’t bother adding the pasta and it was great as is. My husband can’t eat onion or garlic so I use FODMAP friendly powdered onion and garlic- there are quite a few kinds on Amazon.