Make Ahead Tuna Burgers

Submitted by MizEmerilLagasse

"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: 11mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 4 Tuna Burgers
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 (7 1/16 ounce) 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.

Reviews

[VA3212]

Good stuff! The only thing I did differently was leave out the turmeric because I didn't have any. I do think the serving size is off unless you like your servings small. We used 4 cans of tuna for 4 people. I also added a slice of cheese and popped these under the broiler for a minute.