I can only assume this recipe is a Southern dish. My Grandma made it. My
momma made it. Now I make it. Growing up we called it Tuna Gravy. I've
heard some folks call it Creamed Tuna. Either way...it's delicious and
so easy to make!
I remember, many nights, my momma made a big skillet of this gravy. We'd sit down at the table to eat and she'd bring the toaster with her and plug it in beside her. We loved it and would eat it so fast, she'd get tired of getting up and down to make more toast.
It's one of those "don't knock it 'til you try it' recipes.
I remember, many nights, my momma made a big skillet of this gravy. We'd sit down at the table to eat and she'd bring the toaster with her and plug it in beside her. We loved it and would eat it so fast, she'd get tired of getting up and down to make more toast.
It's one of those "don't knock it 'til you try it' recipes.
Those that have frowned about eating it,
have ended up really liking it!
Tuna Gravy
4 tsp butter/margarine
1/8 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup of milk
1 5 oz can tuna, drained
salt and pepper to taste
1/8 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup of milk
1 5 oz can tuna, drained
salt and pepper to taste
In a medium size skillet, over medium heat, melt butter.
Add flour and whisk until all flour is covered in butter.
Add milk and whisk together will flour
mixture. Stir constantly. As soon as it bubbles around the edges, turn
your fire down to medium/low. Continue to stir as it thickens. There
will still be a few lumps of flour mixture..but that's okay. It'll all mix
together in the end.
Add tuna and stir until combined. Allow
to thicken for 5 minutes. If it is too thick for you (we like it thick)
you can add 1/4 cup of milk at a time until it's as thin/thick as you
like it.
Add salt and pepper.
Add salt and pepper.
Serve over toast or biscuits!
Yum!
You'll be surprised at how yummy this is!!
I don't make tuna gravy ...but make corn beef gravy...over biscuits. Made the same way...We choose this over sausage gravy any day..
ReplyDeleteyou'll be destroyed
DeleteI grew up on cream tuna too. I still make it to this day. Sadly, I'll mention it to friends and they say it'll gross. I love it and it's so simple to make. I do add a little garlic to it though
DeleteIt was just Mom and I growing up, and she worked all day. She could throw together our 'creamed tuna' in a couple of minutes. I just made a sandwich out of it. Thanks for bringing back 55 year old memories!
ReplyDeleteMy grandma always made this growing up and added peas. Thanks for the memories!
ReplyDeleteSo very good! We were served this in grade school, over shoestring potatoes! I add a little garlic powder to mine.
ReplyDeleteThinking it's not just a southern thing! I grew up in Pennsylvania and my grandmother made this often! I was thinking of this the other day and am excited to make some next week. I'm sure my husband has never had it and I haven't had it in years! The only difference for us...she called it "sh** on a shingle". :) Soo funny to hear this come out of my (very) Christian grandmother!
ReplyDeleteMy very Christian mom called it S.O.S.! I called it that for years not knowing the meaning of the acronym. Delicious!
DeleteI grew up with my grandpa making it. He called it shit on the shingle and said it was fed to the soilders a lot during WW2. I always loved it.
DeleteMy father cooked in the army in WW2 he made s.o.s alot and I've lived in Oregon all my life.so it's not just a southern thing
DeleteSuch a colorful name for such a down home recipe! We would use the same gravey base and then substitute dried beef (which came in a little glass jar), or sausage, or tuna. My husband was a cook in the Army and they called it the same thing!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds good
ReplyDeleteIt was a staple in my house growing up in east Texas. My kids love it, too! It is sooo good!
ReplyDeleteWe also called this Tuna Foo Foo. And yes we added a can of peas too .
ReplyDeleteTry adding Velveeta to the gravy.
ReplyDeleteThis is the BEST Tuna Gravy recipe ♡ It's just like my mother used to make when I was a child! So good!!!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom made this and taught me when I was young, We don't use butter we use tuna in vegetable oil and use the oil as our base. We also pour it over rice, potatoes or my kids favorite crispy fried potatoes. Cheap to make such a delicious meal. We grew up calling it Cream Tuna. My grandkids love it on rice.
ReplyDeleteWe grew up on this but my mom would add frozen pea’s and sometimes put it over mashed potatoes...🥰
ReplyDeleteI grew up eating this for breakfast. We used bacon 🥓 drippings instead of oil or butter and served over biscuits!!!
ReplyDeleteMy granny always used bacon drippings as well and it was served for breakfast over extra crispy waffles that my papa made while granny made the gravy!! Sooooo yummy!!! And yes, it sounds gross, but all who have tried it, LOVE IT!! The tradition continues on in my family🤗
DeletePut on rice noodles
ReplyDeleteYes very good I loved it.
ReplyDeleteIt’s DELICIOUS on baked potatoes!!!
ReplyDeleteMy Granny made this ALL THE TIME!! And we all LOVED it!! She used bacon drippings instead of the butter, and served it over crispy waffles. Hence Waffles and Tuna Gravy!! YUMMMMM
ReplyDeleteMany of us girls in the family continue to make it as a special treat!!!