Draining Oil from Canned Tuna (This is Not a Recipe). Cut open can normally, take lid, and mash down the tuna, draining it into a bowl, squeezing the water out. (push down slowly to mash out water, if you do it too fast it "squirts"), then I poor the tuna water into the doggy bowl. I've making my own pan bagnats for many years. Usually I just drizzle the oil from the can right on to the bread.
The supermarket "Genova" brand, if you read the fine print, is made by Chicken of the Sea.
The best way to drain water from a tuna can is by lightly pressing the top (so that you do not lose any tuna) of the can but in different areas of the can as you are holding it tilted so that the water can drain down into the sink.
Then elsewhere the same recipe calls for extra-virgin olive oil as an ingredient in the dish.
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Ingredients of Draining Oil from Canned Tuna (This is Not a Recipe)
- Prepare 1 can of Canned tuna.
A can strainer works very well. It fits inside a can of tuna for you to squish it really hard to drain it well (I hate mushy tuna!) -- my tuna comes out very dry using this. The strainer also fits on top of a regular size can, if you want to drain something without using a big strainer. I have saved the olive oil from my canned tuna because I hate to waste food.
Draining Oil from Canned Tuna (This is Not a Recipe) step by step
- Open the lid.
- Put it upside down on a plate. The can stands upright!.
Drain, the water off when fork tender. Tuna - Any canned tuna will work, but I like using chunk tuna (a misnomer because it's more like mashed tuna) in oil. Be aware that canned tuna comes in a variety of sizes. I normally press the lid against the tuna for draining. I don't know if they're adding more water to the tuna but I actually had to take tuna out of can and press w/my hand against the colander to remove the water.