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Tinned fish dinners: 25 recipes that make the most of tinned tuna, anchovies and sardines

You'll never be stuck for dinner if you have a tin of tuna, anchovies or sardines in the pantry.

30 recipes
Taking the chickpeas to a dark colour when roasting helps them to hold their crunch.
EASY

Green goddess tuna salad with crispy chickpeas

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Chicken tonnato salad.
EASY

Chicken tonnato salad recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This anchovy sauce is great on a variety of vegetables.
EASY

Grilled steak, asparagus and anchovy sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Bucatini with sardines and fennel

Bucatini with sardines and fennel

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Pantry pasta.
EASY

Sardine pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
This dressing is inspired by spicy tuna sushi handrolls.
EASY

Spicy tuna roll bowl

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Neil Perry's ultimate tuna sandwich.
EASY

Neil Perry's tuna salad sandwich

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Spring vegetables with tuna and turmeric dip.

Spring vegetables with tuna and turmeric dip

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Vary this go-to pasta dish by adding some cherry tomatoes or even a sprinkling of toasted breadcrumbs.
EASY

Linguine with spicy tuna, olives and capers

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Grilled greens with tuna mayo.
EASY

Mixed grilled greens with tonnato sauce (tuna mayonnaise)

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
X marks the spot on these cheese puffs.

Gruyere cheese gougeres with anchovy crosses

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
A few freezer and pantry staples become a delicious no-shop meal.
EASY

Canned tuna and frozen pea spaghetti

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Slow-roasted chicken with anchovy, lemon and capers.
EASY

Slow-roasted chicken with anchovy, lemon and capers

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's garlic and anchovy beef skewers.
EASY

Garlic and anchovy beef skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Blitz up some roasted fennel and tinned tomatoes for this pantry pasta.
EASY

Roasted fennel, tuna and chilli pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Tuna, brown rice, sumac and green bean salad.
EASY

Tuna, brown rice, sumac and green bean salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Penne with preserved chilli tuna.
EASY

Penne pasta with preserved chilli tuna recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's tuna, borlotti bean and red onion salad,
EASY

Tuna, borlotti bean and red onion salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Anchovy with tomato and garlic on grilled bread.
EASY

Anchovy toasts with tomato and garlic

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Take a well-dressed salad in a jar and smash it into a freshly bought bread roll or baguette.
EASY

Tunisian casse-croute (spicy tuna salad sandwich)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Andrew McConnell's anchovy, onion and olive tart.

​Pissaladiere (anchovy, onion and olive tart)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Broccoli and anchovy penne.
EASY

Broccoli and anchovy penne

  • < 30 mins
Hot Food: Tuna and egg empanadas.

Tuna, green olive and egg empanadas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Penne with tomato sauce and tuna.

Penne with tuna and tomato sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
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Chickpea and tuna fritters.
EASY

Chickpea and tuna patties

  • < 30 mins
  • Jane and Jeremy Strode
Adam Liaw's grilled gem lettuce with anchovy vinaigrette.
EASY

Adam Liaw's grilled gem lettuce with anchovy vinaigrette

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Anchovy toasts (served with gildas, right).
EASY

Anchovies and tomato-capsicum relish on rye toast

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pantry pasta: Bigoli in salsa.
EASY

Bigoli in salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Herb and anchovy stuffed lamb with feta and vegetable crisps.
EASY

Herb and anchovy stuffed lamb with feta and vegetable crisps

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Gutting, cleaning and skinning the squid yourself always yields a more tender, tastier outcome, says Karen Martini.

Grilled calamari with lemon puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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