Tuna Cake Burgers-Secret Recipe Club

 

My assigned blog for October’s Secret Recipe Club was Fit Mama Real Food.   I suppose that this is kind of a redo as this is the same blog that I had in August.  Now this was OK because I got to make another recipe from Heather’s blog.  Besides I enjoy reading the posts about her adorable little boy.   Of course, I found several new recipes that I want to try, especially  Creamy Cheddar Broccoli Bean Soup, Whole Wheat Cheddar Crackers, and that Chocolate Dutch Baby looks as if it is to die for.

I mentioned in my post back in August that  one of Heather’s recipes that had captured my eye was Tuna Cakes.  My hubby does not eat fish so I rarely make anything from fish at home.  If I do have fish, it is usually something frozen from Groton’s or Van de Kamp's.  Fortunately, hubby was going 4-wheeling this weekend and was not going to be home for lunch.  The perfect time for me to try the Tuna Cakes.

I made a few changes to Heather’s recipe.  First of all, I only had 5-oz. cans of tuna on hand, not the 7 oz. can that the recipe called for.  I chose to up the amount of tuna to two cans or 10 oz.   I added a tablespoon of instant minced onion and 1/4 t. coarse black pepper.

I did not have the chickpea flour that Heather used so chose to go with her recommended substitute of ground oat flour.  I always have both old-fashioned and quick oats on hand.  I used 1 c. of old-fashioned rolled oats ground into flour in my food chopper.  This amount still made quite moist cakes so I think that next time I will use 1 1/2 c. of rolled oats
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I wanted an extra crispy exterior on my cakes so I coated them with some panko crumbs before frying them.

I ate a tuna cake burger style, with a toasted bun, tartar sauce, pickle slices and tomato slices.  Since I like cheeseburgers, next time I may melt a slice of cheddar cheese over the tuna cake.  The tuna burger was very good, and I have three cakes left over to warm up and make more burgers for my lunches at work this week.

Thanks, Heather, for a great recipe that will be in my regular round up of recipes for lunch at work.

Tuna Cake Burgers
adapted from Fit Mama Real Food
2 eggs
1 T. instant minced onion
1/4 t. coarse ground pepper
2 t. Old Bay Seasoning
2 cans (5 oz. ea.) tuna in water, well drained
1 to 1 1/2 c. old fashioned or quick oats
1-2 T. vegetable oil
1/2 c. panko bread crumbs
4 hamburger buns, toasted
tartar sauce or mayonnaise
pickles and/or tomatoes as desired

Break eggs into a small bowl and beat well.  Add instant minced onion, ground pepper, and the Old Bay Seasoning.  Let stand 10 minutes to soften the onion.  Add the well drained tuna.  In a food chopper or blender whirl oats until very finely ground.  Add to tuna mixture and mix well.  Let stand a few minutes to allow the mixture to thicken slightly.  Cover the bottom of a 10-12-inch frying pan with vegetable oil.  Heat..  While oil is heating, place panko in a shallow pan.  Form tuna mixture into four patties and coat on both sides with the panko crumbs.  Cook on one side in the hot oil, about 3 minutes.  Turn and cook on second side another 3 minutes until both sides are golden brown.  Makes 4 cakes.  Serve on toasted hamburger buns, spread with tartar sauce or mayonnaise and pickles and or tomatoes as desired.

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