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Amazing high protein cakes you can meal prep for the week, grab and go.
These tuna melt fritters are such a great way to use up your canned tuna. I love Ortiz brand’s quality and eat this at least once a week. This recipe comes together in 15 minutes and tastes a lot like crab cakes.
Love that this is super low carb and delicious. You can use the combination of mayo and Sriracha sauce OR use mayo and mustard for a less spicy option. Old Bay seasoning would work great here! I love a little lemon with this so I paired it with my lemon aioli sauce. If you like these, you will love my Best Crab Cakes or my Spicy Salmon Croquettes!
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Tuna Melt Fritters
Equipment
Ingredients
- 12 oz canned (340.19 g) tuna fish,, drained
- 1/4 cup (40 g) red onion, chopped
- 3/4 cup heaping (84 g) shredded mozzarella
- 2 eggs,, lightly beaten
- 3 tbs parsley,, chopped
- 1/4 cup (59.15 g) mayonaisse
- 1 tbs Sriracha sauce
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tbs olive oil
Lemon Aioli:
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 lemon,, half zested + full juiced
- 1 clove garlic,, minced
- 1/2 tsp dried mint
- pinch dried mustard
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, add the tuna fish and mash with a fork. Next add in the onion, mozzarella, eggs, parsley, mayo, Sriracha, garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste. Mix it all together to incorporate.
- Add a light drizzle of oil to a non stick pan and cook about 1/4 cup each fritter, flatten it out and cook 3 minutes per side. Serve with the aioli or some lemon slices.
Lemon Aioli:
- Whisk together the ingredients. Taste and adjust if needed.
Can’t wait to make it I have plenty of tuna at home s d I love tuna thank you
Hi Maria, youre going to love them!
Made it pretty much as is didn’t have partially used cilantro only true addition was a couple tablespoons of finely chopped pickled jalapenos give it a little acid and spice.
I just made it .delicious. but I baked not in griddle. I didn’t read it right. My fault still good .
Hi Dee, I’m so glad the fritters still turned out well!
Thank you so much!! The recipes sound so easy and yummy!!!
Recipe looks amazing. Curious what pan you are using when frying the patties. I love the size of it! Thanks.
Hi Bern, thank you! I use the Our Place Oven Pan. I will link it here:
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Giving this 4 stars for flavor, but I had a hard time cooking them as they would not hold together… many of the Pattie’s ended up as ‘hash’ . They were very tasty but impossible to flip!
Hi Stella I just made these and they were a hit!!! They are sooo good and so easy and quick!!!! Love your recipes!!! 😍
Thank you Diane! I’m so glad you guys enjoyed!
a really quick recipe. easy to make and taste great.
I love your recipes and just bought your cookbook! Excited to try new recipes this week! Thanks!!
Hi Lori, thank you for the support on my site and with my book! You’re going to love the recipes in there!
so good
Thanks for trying the recipe !!
I made these for dinner tonight. They were pretty tasty. I did make some adjustments. I added some plain breadcrumbs because they were to wet to stay together when cooking them.
Hello, Has anyone tried using a different type of cheese?
I just made these. They are bomb ass good! I didn’t use the aioli. But the patties are great!
HI Brian, that’s awesome! Thanks for the feedback!