Super Healthy Tuna Burgers With Lemon Garlic Mayonnaise

Submitted by John D.

"Make healthy burgers out of canned tuna, and spice them up with a lemon garlic mayonnaise! Use whole wheat sandwich thins and low fat mayonnaise to bring this down to 250 calories per burger."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 8 burgers
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 35 ounces canned tuna, drained (see note)
• 1 bunch scallion, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 8 whole wheat hamburger buns
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons garlic
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

directions

1. Sautee garlic in pan until brown.
2. Combine garlic, lemon juice and mayonnaise.
3. Combine tuna, scallions, bell pepper and eggs in a bowl.
4. Separate tuna mixture into 8 patties.
5. Grill patties.
6. Put a patty on each sandwich thin with about a tbsp of the mayonnaise mixture.
7. Note: You may want to put the tuna in a sieve with something heavy on top for a couple of hours to get it to drain, otherwise it's harder to get these burgers to stick together.

Reviews

[Debbwl]

A tasty burger that is healthier then the tuna burgers I have enjoyed in the past. I made as written and we were both surprised at what a nice tasty accent the garlic mayo was to the tuna. The only thing I would do different next time is to make a little mayo as we had quite a bit left. Thanks for the post.

 

[Everything Sweet]

This was pretty good. I wasn't to interested in tuna burgers but they turned out great. I put in ritz crackers to bind but it was still watery. I cooked on the griddle and even though they fell apart, we scooped it up with a fork and ate everything together. we also had some salad greens on the burger.

 

[PaulaG]

This were nice and tasty. I do think that a binding agent is needed as did tend to fall apart. Made for PAC 2012.

 

[breezermom]

This is delicious! Love the smokey flavor from the charcoal grill. I decided to add a few crushed saltines to bind the tuna patties, since lqspam stated that they tended to fall apart. I didn't want to lose them through the grill! Thanks for sharing! Made for PAC Spring 2012.