Transform your canned tuna into a scrumptious tuna brunch burger or spectacular dinner with this easy recipe. A glorious Crispy Tuna Burger, flavored with lemon, parsley and capers and topped with a spiced aioli tartar sauce!EASY - This is a great way to dress up canned tuna. It's an easy to make recipe, perfect for beginners. US based cup, teaspoon, tablespoon measurements. Common Measurement Conversions.
226gcanned tunachunks not flakes, drained (8 oz / 2 cans)
½onionfinely chopped
½tspsugarwhite or brown sugar
1 ½tbsplemon juice
2tsplemon zestgrated
2tbspcaperschopped
1large egg
3tbspbread crumbs
Handful of parsley leavesroughly chopped (about ¼ cup loosely packed)
2tspchili flakescrushed red pepper, add less if you prefer it less spicy
2tspbrown sugar
Extra bread crumbsfor breading
Oilfor frying
Aioli Tartar Sauce
½cupmayonnaise
2tbspsweet picklechopped
2clovesgarlicfinely chopped
2tbspshallots / red onionfinely chopped
1tbspcapersfinely chopped
¼tspcayenne pepper
¼tsppaprika
Burger
2 burger buns
Lettuce
Tomato
Avocado
2 poached eggs
Instructions
Tuna Patty
Heat a pan to medium heat with a tablespoon of oil. When the pan is hot, add the onion and sugar and cook until the onions are soft and lightly caramelized. Set aside to let it cool down.
½ onion, ½ tsp sugar
Place the drained tuna in a bowl. Add the softened onion and the rest of the ingredients (except for the extra bread crumbs).
226 g canned tuna, 1 ½ tbsp lemon juice, 2 tsp lemon zest, 2 tbsp capers, 1 large egg, 3 tbsp bread crumbs, Handful of parsley leaves, 2 tsp chili flakes, 2 tsp brown sugar
Mix all the ingredients until well combined. Be careful not to crush all the tuna - it’s good to have some nice chunks in there. The tuna should be a wet mix.
Shape the tuna into 2 patties. You can use an egg ring to help form uniform-sized patties.
Sprinkle some bread crumbs on a plate and place the tuna patty on top. Press more bread crumbs on top of the patty as well (so that both top and bottom are coated with bread crumbs).
Extra bread crumbs
Heat a pan with a shallow amount of oil. Carefully place the tuna patty in the hot oil and fry until golden brown. Using a wide spatula, flip the patty over and fry for a few more minutes until golden brown on both sides.
Oil
Place on a rack or paper towel to drain.
Aioli Tartar Sauce
Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix to combine. Keep it in the fridge, covered, until needed.
½ cup mayonnaise, 2 tbsp sweet pickle, 2 cloves garlic, 2 tbsp shallots / red onion, 1 tbsp capers, ¼ tsp cayenne pepper, ¼ tsp paprika
Burger
Halve the burger buns and toast the cut sides on a pan or grill.
2 burger buns
Place lettuce leaves on the bottom burger bun, top with a tuna patty, tomato slices, avocado slices, egg and tartar sauce.
Lettuce, Tomato, Avocado, 2 poached eggs
Salad
The tuna patty can also be served over your favorite salad, topped with tartar sauce.