Herby Tuna Burgers With Wasabi (Low Fat and Healthy)

"These tuna burgers are a great way to get people that don't think they like fish to eat and enjoy it. These burgers are very low fat, particularly for a burger, easy to make and taste really good. The wasabi paste I used didn't overpower the other flavors but added a nice background taste but if you wanted a stronger strength you could certainly use more of the paste. The cooking time includes the 30 minute chilling time."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Put the onion, garlic, parsley, cilantro and soy sauce into a food processor or mini chopper and blitz together for about 20 to 30 seconds until everything is blended and the herbs are finely chopped.
  • Empty the herb mixture into a mixing bowl and set aside.
  • Put the tuna chunks into the food processor and blitz until the tuna is ground up but not yet a paste. This takes me about 30 seconds with the need to pulse a bit to get the stubborn chunks.
  • Scrape the tuna out into the same mixing bowl you put the herb mixture into.
  • Add the wasabi paste into the bowl and them combine with your hands to make sure everything is well mixed.
  • Divide the mixture into four and make into four even sized patties.
  • Put patties on a plate and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Take the burgers out of the fridge and heat a non-stick frying pan until it is hot and use either a bit of canola oil or a cooking spray if you want to save those extra fat grams. Though, if you keep it canola oil it is mostly unsaturated fat. So, whatever works for you.
  • Put the burger patties in the hot pan and cook for about 5 minutes on each side until they are cooked through.
  • Serve.

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Reviews

  1. This was good. I liked the wasabi and the soy sauce. I added an additional 1/2 tsp. wasabi to some low fat yogart dressing and drizzled it on top. Made for the Went to the Market Tag Game.
     
  2. I followed the recipe exactly, but did the patties on a grill pan. This screams for a condiment (maybe a spicy guacamole - that's my plan for the last 2 patties I have..). I had it with A1 original steak sauce. It definitely does not taste like fish and is tasty, but I felt my patties were a bit bland. I'm thinking a bit more cilantro and onion.. Maybe the guacamole will add a nice zing to it.
     
  3. Sarah_Jayne, this is a great recipe! I made it this morning so it actually was in the fridge for about 8 hours. I was concerned about the amount of the wasabi paste but it was perfect. I served this with lettuce and tomato, still thinking of a condiment. My son (15) had 2 of these on rolls with ketchup and american cheese and loved it! So how can you argue with that. Everyone enjoyed!!
     
  4. I made these burgers for dinner last night. They were fabulous! The wasabi paste was a great touch. It added a little "kick" as did the cilantro. My partner who I didn't think would be too crazy about them said he rated the meal an A+ so I had to give you a five star for this recipe. The only change I made was to use canned tuna which might have been the reason that they were so hard to form into patties but I just added about five stone wheat thin crackers crumbled and then they were fine. Liked the fact that they were healthy too! Thanks for posting.
     
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