A 45-minute Mexican dinner may be prepared quickly and easily. Dinner will be served if you add some salsa, sour cream, and lettuce shreds to it. Verify the ingredients you chose are free of gluten. Additionally, you can cook your own chili and use it.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 patties |
Ingredients
- 2 (5 ounce) cans tuna, drained and flaked
- ¾ cup dry bread crumbs
- 3 green onions, minced
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Mix tuna, bread crumbs, green onions, egg, and garlic. Blend in soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, ketchup, sesame oil, and pepper until well combined. Form tuna mixture into 6 patties, about 1-inch thick. Lightly sprinkle each patty on all sides with cornmeal.
- Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Fry patties in batches in hot oil until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 214 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Cholesterol | 44 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 427 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
An excellent savory alternative to a traditional beef burger. Just as satisfying and a great umami flavor. Would make again!
not alot of flavor
I really thought it would come out salty with the soy, teriyaki and ketchup, but they were surprisingly bland. Also, I made 4 small patties, there’s no way you could stretch this to be 6 unless they were medallions. We still ate it, though. Enough food for only 2 people for dinner/lunch.
Too much cornmeal. We won’t be making these again.
I tried it with chili garlic sauce, gyoza sauce and sweet chili sauce for dipping. All good. I can also see that broken up in a lettuce wrap.
So good!
I reduced the fresh ground pepper to 1/2 tps and added 1/2 tsp of ground ginger and 1/2 tsp of five spice. My husband has requested this become a part of the regular rotation and he usually hates anything with tuna in it.
My guy and I loved this and will definitely make it again. Tossed in some finely chopped water chestnuts, toasted sesame seeds and cilantro because I needed to use them up but it would have been great without them. Love the texture of the cornmeal coating. Thank you for a great recipe!
I am not a big tuna fan but found these to be very tasty. I only got 4 decent sized patties from the ingredients listed. Hubby loved them.
Easy and delicious. I did, however, add about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes and ginger as suggested by other reviewers. Also, to add to the moistness, I added more Teriyaki sauce. But you cannot go wrong for a quick mid week fix,
Great recipe! The only things I do different is use chives instead of green onions because I grow them & use panko bread crumbs in place of the corn meal for a slight crunch. I usually try & refrigerate the patties at least hour to harden a bit before frying.
Very interesting.. I enjoyed these a lot. Instead of waiting to shop for teriyaki sauce, and, because I like spicy foods, I decided to sub Szechuan sauce, otherwise I followed the recipe as it was written. I served them in lettuce wraps with ramen on the side. Next time, and there will be a next time, I think I’ll make them more of a 1” meatball size and serve them with extra sauce. Maybe incorporate more heat with dried red pepper or a little sriracha. Overall, very good. I’m glad I tried this unusual, intriguing recipe!
These were pretty bland… It definitely needs some stronger flavors, or at least an increase in the ones it has.
I am not a huge tuna fish fan, and these had a great blended flavor.
I’m making this for dinner tonight. I have high hopes for this .
Absolutely delicious patties, I ended up with more patties than the recipe says because I used more tuna and onion than the recipe called for, and it went excellently. My family loved them.
This was the second time I made this great recipe, though I made the following additions: 1/2 a medium red bell pepper, finely chopped 1 carrot, grated (I wound up adding some extra breadcrumbs and egg due to the added volume) dried red pepper flakes (to taste) and finally I went with 3 tablespoons of teriyaki sauce instead of one. FINAL TIP: Make a double batch because they’re awesome as a leftover!
this is fantastic!!!
Surprisingly tasty! I had doubts about 1 egg being enough to hold it together, but it worked out beautifully. I subbed black bean/garlic sauce for the teriyaki sauce, a full tablespoon, which was a bit too much; probably 2 tsp. would have been better. Overall a great recipe; thank you!
As is, it’s maybe a 4 star, but it needs flavor additions. I’ve made several times with different variations. You can add almost anything Asian. I’ve also added 1/3 stalk minced celery, 1/4 c. minced carrots, 2 T. tuna liquid, 1/2 t. lemon juice, 1 t. peanut butter with 1 t. olive oil as substitute for sesame oil. Others suggested croutons for the dry breadcrumbs & that’s what I use. Plus, some crushed French fried onions f (bagged) beat out the green onions any day! You can use 1/2 flour for the cornmeal or a combo of these. Then you’ll have a 5 star recipe!
i have a new addiction. these are AMAZING. Didnt change a thing!