Easy Slow Cooker Tuna Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, onion, sweet pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; cook and stir until tender, 6-8 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually whisk in broth. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes., Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in cream and noodles. Cook, covered, on low until noodles are tender, 4-5 hours. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine tuna, lemon juice and remaining salt and pepper. , Remove insert from slow cooker. Stir cheese, tuna mixture and peas into noodle mixture. Let stand, uncovered, 20 minutes. Just before serving, sprinkle with potato chips.

Steps:

• Follow pasta package directions to cook pasta.
• Drain pasta.
• Meanwhile, in a sprayed slow cooker combine soup with 1/4 cup water.
• Choose between the following two methods (steps 5 and 6 below) of assembling the casserole, with the first yielding the prettiest result but both working well.
• Pour cooked, drained pasta in slow cooker in the first layer; add onion for the next layer; add tuna for the third layer; and add thawed frozen peas for the top layer (1st method).
• In a large bowl, mix cooked, drained pasta and onion and tuna and peas and put into sprayed slow cooker (2nd method).
• Cover and cook on High 1 1/2 to 2 hours to heat through; and, if you like, add cheese during the last 1/2 hour of baking.