Make Ahead Tuna Burgers

These are some of the world's best tuna burgers. I came up with the idea when I had some tuna in my pantry and needed to use it up. I just threw the ingriedents into a big bowl, mixed it up, made some patties, and sauteed them in butter. And what came out was one of the best recipes I had yet to make. ENJOY!

• Ready In: 11 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 4 Tuna Burgers

Ingredients

• 2 (7 1/16ounce) packages  of starkist flavor fresh tuna in water
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1  teaspoon mustard
• 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon Equal sugar substitute or 1⁄2 teaspoon Splenda sugar substitute
• 4  atkin friendly  hamburger buns, plus
• 1  extra atkin friendly  hamburger bun
• 1  cup  unseasoned breadcrumbs (see note below)
• 4  tablespoons butter

• Toppings

•  iceberg lettuce
•  mayonnaise
•  mustard
•  onion
•  pickle
•  hard-boiled egg

Directions

1. Place the first 7 ingriedents in a medium bowl and stir to comebined; flake the tuna as you stir.
2. Take the extra hamburger bun and toast it in the toaster until browned.
3. Using a bow cheese grater, grate the bun into the tuna mixture and then stir to comebined.
4. Form the mixture into 4 patties and place on a plate, cover with foil or plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for atleast 2 hours and up to 2 days.
5. When you are ready to use them, remove them from the refrigerator, pat them in the bread crumbs, and saute them in the butter in a preheated (medium-high) skillet until golden brown on both sides (this won't take long so don't leave them).
6. Place on hamburger buns with your choice of toppings.
7. Note: If you do not want to use bread crunbs you can take 2 more Atkin's friendly buns, toast them, and chop them in your food processpr for low carb bread crumbs.