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Show r. . s v , Try this new way with tuna! Blend it with celory, green pepper, mushrooms, onion and cottage cheese, to make a ilavorful Tuna Chow Mein. Serve over rice with crisp chow mein noodles for a satisfying Chinese-American dinner. Tuna Takes On An Oriental Look Do you consider Chinese cooking much too complex lor your cooking talents? Not at all! It's really very simple, its appeal is based on a carefully planned contrast of colors, flavors and textures worked out by generations of Oriental cooks. While this Tuna Chow Mein is a modern American variation that's far from, the authentic Cantonese cuisine, it does bear the Chinese touch in its use of texture, color and flavor. Serve in pretty Chinese or Japanese bowls with a textured tex-tured cloth or straw place mats. An unusual ingredient in this dish is cottage cheese, which helps make a pleasingly creamy sauce when combined with the tuna and other ingredients. ingre-dients. Onion, celery and green pepper are lightly cooked in the manner of Chinese vegetables vege-tables which are always crun-chy crun-chy and fresh tasting. Mushrooms Mush-rooms add their subtle flavor. Cottage cheese is added at the last minute, and Tuna Chow Mein is served over rice with crisp chow mein noodles. Green pepper rings provide a colorful garnish. Many families prefer tuna to any other fish, fresh or canned, can-ned, so this new tuna recipe is sure to find a warm welcome. wel-come. The dish rates high in nutrition, loo, thanks to tuna's many food values and the bonus of extra proteia in the cottage cheese. (Jive tuna an Oriental look in this colorful Tuna Chow Mein, and you'll be sure to please your family. TUNA CHOW MEIMT 1 can (4 oz.) sliced mushrooms mush-rooms 1 cup cottage cheese 2 tablespoons butter Ja cup chopped onion 2 cup celery, cut diagonally in Ji-inch lengths V-i cup chopped green pepper 1 can (7 oz.) tuna, drained 3 tablespoons cornstarch. 2cuis cooked rice 1 can (6 oz.) chow mein noodles Green pepper rings Drain mushrooms and cottage cot-tage cheese; reserve liquids. In large skillet melt butter and saute onion until transparent; add celery, green pepper, mushrooms mush-rooms and tuna. Measure) liquid from cottage cheese and add mushroom liquid to equal V-i cup. Add soy sauce. Blend liquids into cornstarch to make a smooth paste. Pour paste into skillet with vegetables and tuna; cook until thickened; reduce re-duce heat and cook 3 minutes. Blend in cottage cheese carefully. care-fully. Serve on rice with chow mein noodles; garnish with green pepper rings. Makes 4-5 servings. |