Make Ahead Tuna Burgers

Submitted by MizEmerilLagasse

"These are some of the world's best tuna burgers. I came up with the idea when I had some tuna in my pantry and needed to use it up. I just threw the ingriedents into a big bowl, mixed it up, made some patties, and sauteed them in butter. And what came out was one of the best recipes I had yet to make. ENJOY!"

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Ready In:: 11mins
Ingredients:: 17
Yields:: 4 Tuna Burgers
Serves:: 4

ingredients

2 (7 1/16 ounce) packages of starkist flavor fresh tuna in water
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon mustard
¹⁄₄ teaspoon turmeric
¹⁄₂ teaspoon garlic powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon black pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon Equal sugar substitute or 1/2 teaspoon Splenda sugar substitute
4 atkin friendly hamburger buns, plus
1 extra atkin friendly hamburger bun
1 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs (see note below)
4 tablespoons butter
Toppings
iceberg lettuce
mayonnaise
mustard
onion
pickle
hard-boiled egg

directions

Place the first 7 ingriedents in a medium bowl and stir to comebined; flake the tuna as you stir.
Take the extra hamburger bun and toast it in the toaster until browned.
Using a bow cheese grater, grate the bun into the tuna mixture and then stir to comebined.
Form the mixture into 4 patties and place on a plate, cover with foil or plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for atleast 2 hours and up to 2 days.
When you are ready to use them, remove them from the refrigerator, pat them in the bread crumbs, and saute them in the butter in a preheated (medium-high) skillet until golden brown on both sides (this won't take long so don't leave them).
Place on hamburger buns with your choice of toppings.
Note: If you do not want to use bread crunbs you can take 2 more Atkin's friendly buns, toast them, and chop them in your food processpr for low carb bread crumbs.

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Reviews

Good stuff! The only thing I did differently was leave out the turmeric because I didn't have any. I do think the serving size is off unless you like your servings small. We used 4 cans of tuna for 4 people. I also added a slice of cheese and popped these under the broiler for a minute.

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