Low-Carb Tuna Cakes

Submitted by Artboy34

"Tasty tuna cakes, with a subtle. spicy blend of cheese and mustard to keep things interesting. I needed to find a low-carb alternative to the tuna noodle casserole the rest of my family was having, so I came up with these. Mission accomplished!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 4-5 cakes
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1⁄4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 3⁄4 cup pork rind, crushed, divided

directions

1. Mix tuna with egg, mayonnaise, mustard,cheese, and 1/2 cup of the pork rinds in a large bowl, being sure to break up tuna into finer pieces. If mixture seems too dry, add a little more mayonnaise.
2. Form patties with the mixture and press into reserved pork rinds on each side to coat.
3. Fry in medium hot oil until golden, about 4-5 minutes per side.

Reviews

[windhorse23]

I needed to make more than 2 tuna cakes, so I doubled everything and I was pretty generous with the mayo. As a result, I had trouble with the part where you press the cakes into the extra pork rinds. Solution: add the extra pork rinds to the mixture. I did have a bit of trouble with them holding together, but I found that the batter that sat while the first batch was cooking held together better. This made a lot of tuna cakes, and I could easily have gotten away with 3 cans of tuna and then improvised about the egg. I found these were very tasty and helped fill the void left by my favorite tuna cakes recipe #47504. I will make these again. Thank you Artboy34.