Tuna Cakes

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CGVeronica
CGVeronica Posts: 13 Member
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I’ve wanted to try making tuna cakes for a while now and I finally tried it the other night and loved the result!

Ingredients for one serving (2 cakes):
1 can of tuna
Chopped red onion, celery, and bell pepper (I used maybe 1/4 cup of each? Chop to your liking!)
1-2 tbsp of bread crumb
1/2 a whisked egg
Black pepper

Mix all the ingredients and shape into 2 patties.

Heat up 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and place your cakes in the pan. Flip after a few minutes, when the cake is golden brown.

I also made a remoulade sauce. I thought to myself, a remoulade sauce kind of defeats the purpose of trying to make healthy tuna cakes, but it’s really only another 150ish calories and I’m trying to enjoy my food!

For the sauce, I used:
1 tbsp of mayo
1/2 tbsp of yellow mustard
Paprika
Black pepper
A splash of pickle juice
1/2 tsp of prepared horse radish


I served my cakes with roasted veggies and really enjoyed my meal!

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  • CGVeronica
    CGVeronica Posts: 13 Member
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    These would be great on a toasted English muffin or bun as well!
  • neugebauer52
    neugebauer52 Posts: 1,120 Member
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    just_Tomek wrote: »
    How do you whip / whisk HALF an egg???

    "With one eye - keep the other one closed with your :) free hand..."
  • TuesdayLucero
    TuesdayLucero Posts: 85 Member
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    My guess is you whip the whole egg, then use half ;)
  • sammidelvecchio
    sammidelvecchio Posts: 791 Member
    edited April 2019
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    Adding too much egg as a binder to any recipe like this can completely change the texture.
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,239 Member
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    So is the canned tuna in water or oil? I prefer in water but if it's important to the recipe I'd try tuna in oil.
  • pessxx
    pessxx Posts: 1,246 Member
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    In my opinion it does not matter ,but personally if they are fried then I would use tuna in water, if they are made in the oven, tuna in oil
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
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    Are you using the other half of the egg? My thought would be to fry it in an egg ring with the tuna cakes and use an egg layer between the two patties in a bun. You know, I think I'm going to try this today.
  • avlucia
    avlucia Posts: 66 Member
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    Also delicious with canned salmon.
  • CGVeronica
    CGVeronica Posts: 13 Member
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    TuesdayLucero wrote: »
    My guess is you whip the whole egg, then use half ;)
    Lol - you are correct!
    DWBalboa wrote: »
    So is the canned tuna in water or oil? I prefer in water but if it's important to the recipe I'd try tuna in oil.
    I used tuna in water but I drain it.

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