cooking tuna in its tin

[sandbag47]

Hi All, I was looking at a outdoorsie YouTube video the other day.
And the gent on it was showing what he carries in his bag. He mentioned a tin of tuna that he had for cooking in it's self. And spoke about it like we all should know about it already.
That got my attention as I had never heard of this before.

Quick search on YouTube and only one find. But wow what a find. Never knew this what a great idea.

Basically you open the of tuna with oil in it (not water!!!!) put a clean bit of tissue or toilet paper on the top.
Soak up the oil into the tissue.
Set fire to the tissue.
And the tissue acts like a wick soaking up the oil from the tuna cooking the tuna at the same time.

In the video the gent adds the tuna to some veg in a bag mixes them up and put them back in the tin, and then cooks the tuna.

What a great idea !!! I'm going to have a go at this in a couple of days and show the results on here

Anyway heres the link to the video

Enjoy

 

[crosslandkelly]

Must try that this weekend. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Clayze]

Superb! I'll have to try that with my son during the Easter holidays.
Might just add some chopped wild garlic. I have to say I was half expecting the tuna to be covered in flecks of burnt toilet paper...obviously not!

 

[Keith_Beef]

Some cans these days are lines with white plastic, probably mostly acidic foods like concentrated tomato paste, but it would be wise to check the inside of the can before setting fire to it. Any plastic will be officially considered non-toxic, but could become nasty-tasting and possibly toxic when it burns.

 

[santaman2000]

Is it just me, or wouldn’t this cook the oil off the tuna and dry it out?

 

[John Fenna]

It was a bunch of Irish Bushcrafters show that to me (and the others in the South Wales Bushcrafters) several years ago - it works a treat!
My main problem with cooking Tuna in it's own oil is that I do not like fish - especially Tuna and especially Tuna in oil....

 

[Dark Horse Dave]

Thanks for that Steve. I'm actually a subscriber to that guy's channel already; he's got some other good outdoor cookery ideas that people also might be interested in.

 

[sandbag47]

Some cans these days are lines with white plastic, probably mostly acidic foods like concentrated tomato paste, but it would be wise to check the inside of the can before setting fire to it. Any plastic will be officially considered non-toxic, but could become nasty-tasting and possibly toxic when it burns.

Good point worth checking

 

[sandbag47]

Is it just me, or wouldn’t this cook the oil off the tuna and dry it out?

I'll let you know

 

[sandbag47]

It was a bunch of Irish Bushcrafters show that to me (and the others in the South Wales Bushcrafters) several years ago - it works a treat!
My main problem with cooking Tuna in it's own oil is that I do not like fish - especially Tuna and especially Tuna in oil....

Lol

 

[Clayze]

I assume that this would work with other varieties of oily canned fish. I might even try poshing it up a bit with a tin of salmon.
A few peppercorns and a lemon can easily be accommodated in a day bag or rucksack A little of the fennel that we usually pass by on our jaunts to the coast probably wouldn't go amiss too.

 

[brambles]

Tinned tuna is already cooked.

 

[Janne]

Easier ways to warm the tuna, (if you like warm, tinned tuna...) and also avoiding getting semi burned bits of paper in it.


Youtube is full of insane stuff. Fun to watch though.

 

[oldtimer]

Tinned tuna is already cooked.

Yes. And he's wasting the nutritional content of the oil by burning it.

 

[dwardo]

Love the idea just don't see the point with Tuna.

 

[santaman2000]

It does look like a fun experiment in any case.

 

[mikehill]

Like it’s been said above .... cooking tinned Tuna that has already been cooked ? Is it April 1st ?

 

[Van-Wild]

I do this quite regularly. It gives the tuna a nice crispy topping, charred and tasty. It's a nice addition to any meal if you're in need of the protein. I add garlic powder or chilli flakes sometimes as well. It's good.

Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

 

[Ogri the trog]

Yup, been doing it for years, warms the meal up, imparts a barbecue flavor and doesn't really use up that much oil, there's still plenty left after 10 minutes of burning.

ATB

 

[mikehill]

Ok ok I’ll give it a go !