Dinner Tonight: Pasta aglio e olio with tuna
By wilting in an entire clamshell of arugula at the end, you’ve got a complete dinner on your hands.
Dinner Tonight
December 1, 2025

Pasta Aglio e Olio With Tuna

Pasta Aglio e Olio With Tuna
Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell.

Recipe by Sheela Prakash | Total time: 40 minutes

Adding flaked tuna to pasta aglio e olio (pasta with garlic and oil) turns the ultimate Italian pantry pasta into an even more satisfying meal that requires no added time or effort. While oil-packed tuna lends an especially nice lushness here, you can use tuna packed in water, too. That’s because marinating the tinned fish in lemon zest and juice while the pasta water comes to a boil and the pasta cooks helps even subpar tuna lose any muted canned flavor. But perhaps the biggest win here is that by wilting in an entire clamshell of arugula (or baby spinach or kale, if you prefer) at the end, you’ve got a complete dinner on your hands; no salad required. 

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