Tuna Muffins

Submitted by T-Sawyer

"This is a great change for fussy tuna eaters. Kids & grown-ups love them. You may want to make extra sauce which you'll find requests for. Also, grate extra cheese to microwave melt over muffins before adding sauce."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• Muffins

• 2 cups cooked rice, cooled (any variety, sticky white rice holds together better)
• 1 (170 g) can tuna in water
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1 tablespoon fresh onion, depending on taste (or more)
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 eggs

• Sauce

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon parsley
• 1⁄4 cup melted butter or 1/4 cup margarine

directions

1. Mix first eight ingredients together and lightly press into a very well greased muffin tin.
2. Bake at 375 F for 15 minutes. Tops should just start to brown & bubble. Note - baking time will vary with size of muffin tins.
3. Let cool about 5 minutes to allow for easier removal from pans then turn out onto individual serving dishes.
4. Combine sauce ingredients and drizzle over top of muffins.

Reviews

[M8R-1jaely]

I made this with wild rice, included the tuna water in the recipe, used colby-jack cheese (also topped with cheese), added a generous amount of fresh parsley and onion, cooked for 25 minutes. We had impromptu company just after making this, and enough to share. Excellent reviews all around. The butter sauce is exactly what I was looking for to serve over dolmades that I made recently.

 

[MaMaJan]

I've made this recipe since my kids were very young, they're now in their 30's. They still ask for it. A note to anyone trying this--don't omit the sauce. It's the sauce that really makes these delish! Yum!

 

[tara_richmond]

These were great, very flavorful. I used brown rice and two cans of tuna. The only problem I had was that they actually took about 30 mins. to cook.

 

[JESMom]

We found these to be rather bland. And they didn't retain the muffin shape at all, even though they were starting to brown slightly on top. Just okay, probably not something I'll make again without changing a lot.

 

[Stargazerlilly]

For some odd reason when I wrote the recipe down I omitted the rice so I fixed this without the rice and we LOVED it! I guess the rice would have made it stretch further but you certainly get all of the tuna taste when you leave it out! My kids loved it and they are a hard sell! We'll definitely be making this again and soon!