Stop searching - This is the best and yummiest Tuna Cakes recipe you’ll ever find. Only 8 ingredients and 30 minutes needed. Gluten-Free. Paleo. Whole 30. Makes 12 tuna patties.
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Serving Size 4servings
Ingredients
3cansTuna
Olive Oil(to taste)
2Sweet Potato(Approximately 2 Cups Chopped)
1Red Pepper(Finely Diced)
1Yellow Onion(Finely Diced)
1Garlic Clove(Minced)
1/4 cupChopped Fresh Chives
1/8cupLemon Juice
1Egg
1/2tbspSalt(I used course salt, so use less if you're using fine table salt)
1/2tspGround Black Pepper
1tspPaprika
Fresh Parsley(to taste, for garnish, optional)
Instructions
Dice the sweet potato into smallish cubes and boil for 10 minutes in salted water. They should be fork tender.
While the sweet potato boils, sauté the diced red pepper and onion in a little bit of oil until the onion is soft.
Now mix everything together in a mixing bowl until well combined. I use a wooden spoon to smash the potato as I mix, leaving slightly chunky.
Form the mixture into fish cakes. I used 1/4 cup per cake and this yielded 12 cakes.
Heat up oil in skillet over a medium high heat. Once the pan is hot - carefully place the fish cakes in the pan and allow them to get a good golden brown sear on each side. Let them sit for at least 3 minutes per side.
Once cooked, serve immediately with a drizzle of Sriracha sauce or a dollop of mayonnaise.
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Notes
I used 6oz water packed tuna cans. I drained the water. Although, it is not an exact science. Slightly smaller, or oil packed cans will work fine.
When draining the tuna, be sure to drain the tuna cans WELL, or the mixture might be too runny.
Mash the potato with the spoon while combining the ingredients. This help bind the ingredients together in order to form the cakes.
To help keep the Tuna Cakes from falling apart, prepare the patties well ahead and refrigerate until ready to cook. When the cakes are cold throughout before cooking, they tend to keep their shape better.