Do you boil canned tuna or salmon?

Question

Hi there,

I was wondering does any of you boil canned tuna or salmon and is it OK to do it? Is there any harm in having it cold?
Sometimes I open the can of tuna and fry the contents using its own oil.

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

The canning process cooks the fish so you can eat it cold from the can if you want. If you add it to your cooking, you only need to reheat it.

Answer 2

I always buy the Tuna in water, just because I don't like all the added fat from the oil.

You can eat Tuna and Salmon right out of the can it is all cooked and prepared. But you can also boil it if that's how you like it. It's all in how you like to eat it..

Answer 3

No dont boil canned fish unless you are going to make up a pot of soup. Then use 1/2 milk and 1/2 water, add a big spoon of butter, add a bit of cornstarch pre mixed with water for thickening, then add the canned tuna or salmon.

To add veggies, saute the veggies first in a bit of the butter, and don't let the butter burn, when the veggies get soft, add the milk mixture let get hot to almost a boil, then add the cornstarch mixture, and let thicken a bit, add in the canned meat/fish, stir and add salt and pepper to taste. If you season with anything go lightly, as many seasonings will overpower the delicate flavor this soup will have. ENJOY....

Answer 4

boiling will only loose the flavours and nutrients. Cold canned tuna or salmon is safe to eat it cold. frying is good. if you really want it steamed by the samon or tuna in fillet form. don't ever boil fish unless you are making a soup or stock.

Answer 5

It's already cooked! Boiling is awful, loses consistency and the subtle flavour is lost. Cold has a stronger flavour, but as it's easy and versatile to use, here a a couple of quick and easy ideas my family loves;



1. On bread (garliky): Fry a chopped onion, add a lot more olive oil (tuna soaks up oil like blotting paper), add drained tuna in chunks, stir a bit, add drained & rinsed can of sweetcorn & ditto your favourite pale beans, eg. butter beans or cannellini. Serve on grilled thick slices of bread (drizzle a bit of oil, burns easily!).



2. With pasta & passatta & spinach (spicy): In large pot fry 1 choped oinon. Add drained tuna, slat, peper, garlic and chilli power. Stir. Add jar of passatta. Let simmer 15 mins. Meanwhile start boiling the pasta, eg. spirali, fussili. Rinse and roughly chop young spinach leaves, about a good double handfull. Add to the mix. If too wet, reduce. Drain pasta. Serve tuna mix on pasta.



3. With cheese (casserolle). In mixing bowl combine drained tuna, small pot of single cream, 1 bunch of spring onions chopped roughly, salt & peper, pinch of garlic. Mix. Grate substancial ammount of mild (or mature) cheddar, about 1/2 large block of cheese. this will be your topping. Boil pasta al dente, make sure it's not too soft. Drain and cool down. Add cold pasta handsfull at a time to the tuna mix, stir thoroughly. If it looks too dry add some milk, just a little.Transfer all this to an oven proof caserolle. Liberally sprinkle the cheese on top, patting it down. On a preheated oven, place this on upper shelf, gas mark 7 for about 1/2 hr +/-, aim for the cheese to go slightly brown at the edges.

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Bon apetit. Tuna is terrific!

Answer 6

I will often heat it if I want to make up a quick fish sauce for pasta or fried rice.



It is ready to eat straight out of the can. I use it in sandwiches. We need to flake and mash salmon and some cans if tuna.

We have "sandwich tuna" which is already finely prepared, ready to be forked out of the tin onto your bread.

Answer 7

Boiling is a great idea --- why not?



You might also try mixing canned tuna or salmon with just a teaspoon of mayonnaise ---- just enough to hold it together. It will taste fab, fab, fab just like that or on a piece of bread or toast --- straight from the can.

Answer 8

Why would you do that? If you like it warm, I'd prepare it cold, and then microwave it. Or prepare a sandwich and grill that off.



Grilled sandwiches and Tuna Noodle Casserole are the only ways I've ever heard of eating tuna warm.

Answer 9

Mock chicken Haddy: (I cook this all in a non stick saucepan to save dishes) 1/2 onion finely chopped & slightly cooked, then add 1 can mushroom soup 1 can Tuna drained a few peas liquid smoke to taste pepper to taste When flavours are blended,spread on toast and enjoy.

Answer 10

You don't need to cook either one. Boiling it would be just gross. Try some tuna salad or some salmon patties.

Answer 11

It's VERY important to thoroughly cook canned tuna or salmon!

Answer 12

canned means that it is cooked so yes eat it from the can but if you want a warm dish add to a sauce at the last min or mix with bread crumb and a egg make patty and fry or top with cream and buttr or cheese and bake til warm but watch out twice cooked fish will dry out quickly just warm to serving temp not nessesary to cook it

Answer 13

no you dont have to cook it--it's already cooked.



but theres nothing wrong with frying it (however i would not boil it--that sounds like a mess). i have fried canned tuna and then added tomato sauce and eaten it with spaghetti and that was pretty good.

Answer 14

If you like your tuna hot , I think it would be better to warm it in the microwave,as cans are known to explode with too much heat.

Answer 15

It's already cooked. Why would I want to boil it, it's mushy enough right out of the can.

Answer 16

nahh you dont have to cook it, its already cooked in the the can, and its really nice on its own.. or with a salad. (cold)



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Answer 17

It is cooked when you get it. Eat it cold for the best flavour.

Answer 18

I've only ever had it cold from the tin and its lovely!

Answer 19

Hello,



well i just eat it like that i think it is already been processed.



have a nice day

Answer 20

It's already cooked, heating it further will just ruin it.

Answer 21

No, i have never done that before. i just eat it cold!!!1

Answer 22

its already cooked so dont worry you wont get ill eating it!

Answer 23

It is cooked and ready.

Answer 24

HI THERE waves!!! hi there! =D do you say TOONA or TUNA?