Canned Tuna Stir Fry Recipe

This canned tuna stir fry is little bit spicy and it suits our Sri Lankan taste buds. 🙂 In this recipe post I share the basic tuna fish stir fry recipe as we cook in Sri Lanka. However for the same recipe, you can add tomatoes and capsicums to adjust the flavor.(Even if you look for Sri Lankan sardine stir fry or sardine thel dala recipes,try this recipe.Only you will use canned mackerel instead of canned tuna)

Canned tuna recipes are popular among foodies due to its easiness for cooking and due to the easy availability of ingredients. This is why I keep few tuna fish tins at home to cook anytime when I decide to have a spicy dish. Yes, in Sri Lanka this stir fry is cooked with more chili and pepper to make it hot and spicy. But, below is my recipe with less spiciness. You can adjust the spices to suit your taste. 🙂

How to cook tuna stir fry?

Cooking this canned tuna stir fry is really easier than you think. Simply gather ingredients in the below recipe before you start. Once you have all the ingredients, start coking tuna stir fry by heating some oil in a frying pan.

Remember to drain your tuna before cooking.Add other vegetables such as potatoes,peppers and even mushrooms to add different flavours.

Ways to add flavor to this canned fish stir fry

If you want to have different flavours and tastes, then try adding chopped tomatoes. For the below recipe 1 medium sized tomato is enough. However make sure to cook the tuna stir fry as a bit dry dish.

In case if you want it to be a really spicy tuna stir fry, then add 2-3 banana peppers to the recipe. You can add banana peppers when the onions are tender. Check this banana pepper stir fry with canned tuna recipe for more details.

Do you want to add more flavours and colours to your tuna stir fry? Then add bell pepper to this stir fry. Finally, you will have a colourful canned fish stir fry.

Other canned tuna recipes

As I stated at the beginning of this recipe post, canned tuna is a popular choice for me when I want a quick dish. Below are some other canned tuna recipes I have shared in this fod blog. Try these recipes if you want more ways to add canned tuna for your meal.

Canned tuna fish curry: This tuna fish curry is another Sri Lankan curry cooked with tuna. It is spicy. But you can adjust the chili amount to make it less spicy.

Canned tuna fish with banana peppers (Malu miris): As mentioned above, banana peppers is an easy way to add spiciness and flavours to the tuna fish stir fry. Try this recipe for more flavours.

Cutlets with canned tuna : In Sri Lanka,fish cutlets are so much popular.Usually canned fish is used for the filing.

Sri Lankan Canned Tuna stir fry Recipe

Finally, here is the recipe for Canned Tuna stir fry which is a popular Sri Lankan recipe.

Ingredients: (2-3 servings)

1 tin Canned Tuna Fish  

1 medium sized Onion  

2-3 cloves of garlic

1-2 Green chili

1 tspn crushed black pepper

1 tspn Red chilli powder  

1-2 tspn chili flakes

¼ tspn Turmeric powder  

½ tspn Mustard seeds

Salt – to taste

2 sprigs of Curry leaves

1-2 Tbspn Cooking Oil  

Method:

Step 1 : Preparation

Drain water from the tuna tin. Keep aside.(If you use tuna in oil, then you can use that oil for cooking tuna stir fry)

Remove skin, Wash and Slice the onion

Crush the black peppercorn coarsely.

Slit the green chilies. Keep aside

Step 2 : cooking

 In a pan, heat oil in a medium flame.

When oil is hot, add mustard seeds.

When mustard seeds starts spluttering, add garlic.

Then add curry leaves. Then add sliced onion.

Sauté till onions   are translucent and till they start emitting aroma.

Add green chili and mix well.

To this onion mix, add turmeric powder. Mix well.

Then add red chili powder, chili flakes and black pepper. Mix well.

Finally add drained tuna fish.

Mix well cover and cook for few minutes until the tuna absorb the flavours.

Then add salt as per taste.

Cook for another few seconds until the stir fry is ready to serve.

Serve with plain rice, roti or bread.

Canned tuna stir fry cooking tips

Drain tuna fish before you cook.

If you use canned tuna in olive oil or soya bean oil,you can use this oil for cooking the stir fry.However you have to drain tuna before cooking.

Add turmeric powder to the stir fried onion mix in order to get vibrant look.

Adjust chili and salt as per your taste.

Canned Tuna stir fry Recipe

This canned tuna stir fry is
little bit spicy and it suits our Sri Lankan taste buds. In this recipe post I
share the basic tuna fish stir fry recipe as we cook in Sri Lanka. However for
the same recipe, you can add tomatoes and capsicums to adjust the flavor.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, Sri Lankan

Servings 3

Calories 45 kcal

Equipment

• Frying pan

Ingredients

  

• 1 tin Canned
  Tuna Fish  
  
  
• 1 no medium sized Onion  
  
  
• 3 cloves of garlic
  
  
• 2 no Green
  chili
  
  
• 1 tspn crushed black pepper
  
  
• 1 tspn Red
  chilli powder  
  
  
• 2 tspn chili flakes
  
  
• 1/4 tspn Turmeric
  powder  
  
  
• 1/2 tspn Mustard
  seeds
  
  
• 2 sprigs Curry leaves
  
  
• 2 tbsp Cooking Oil  
  
  
• Salt as per taste

Instructions

 

Preparation

• Drain water
  from the tuna tin. Keep aside.(If you use tuna in oil, then you can use that
  oil for cooking tuna stir fry)

  
  
  
  
  

  Remove skin,
  Wash and Slice the onion

  
  
  
  
  

  Crush the
  black peppercorn coarsely.

  
  
  
  
  

  Slit the
  green chilies. Keep aside

  
  
  

Cooking

•  In a pan, heat oil in a medium flame.

  
  
  
  
  

  When oil
  is hot, add mustard seeds.

  
  
  
  
  

  When mustard seeds starts spluttering, add garlic.

  
  
  
  
  

  Then add curry leaves. Then add sliced onion.

  
  
  
  
  

  Sauté till
  onions   are translucent and till they
  start emitting aroma.

  
  
  
  
  

  Add green
  chili and mix well.

  
  
  
  
  

  To this
  onion mix, add turmeric powder. Mix well.

  
  
  
  
  

  Then add
  red chili powder, chili flakes and black pepper. Mix well.

  
  
  
  
  

  Finally
  add drained tuna fish.

  
  
  
  
  

  Mix well
  cover and cook for few minutes until the tuna absorb the flavours.

  
  
  
  
  

  Then add
  salt as per taste.

  
  
  
  
  

  Cook for
  another few seconds until the stir fry is ready to serve.

  
  
  
  
  

  Serve with plain rice, roti or bread.

  
  
  

Keyword Canned tuna, Sri Lankan food, Tuna, tuna stir fry

I hope you will try this. Please leave me a comment about your cooking experience if you try this canned tuna stir fry recipe which I cooked in Sri Lankan style.

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