It’s FRIDAY!!!! 🙂
*Cue in Hallelujah chorus*
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Wanna know the best part of today and this weekend? My family is coming to see me perform!!
And bring me food. 😉 Or maybe take me out for ice cream…:)
Or just dinner, because I am feeling the seafood love today!!!
Yes, happy Fishy Friday to all! 🙂
I think I may have just found one of the easiest dinners ever that is not only delicious, nutritious, but kid-friendly too!
So if you and your little crew love canned tuna, you’re in for a treat.
Elise says, “What I love about the recipe is that I almost always have the necessary ingredients in the pantry and fridge, the patties are incredibly easy and quick to make, and they’re budget friendly too. Oh yes, and they taste great! (At least to us. Big fans of canned tuna here.)”
Ingredients
- 2 6-ounce cans tuna
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup white bread torn into small pieces
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp water (or liquid from the cans of tuna)
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives, green onions, or shallots
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- A couple squirts of Crystal hot sauce or tabasco
- 1 raw egg
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon butter
Method
1. Drain the liquid from the tuna cans. If you are using tuna packed in water, reserve a tablespoon of the tuna water, and add a teaspoon of olive oil to the tuna mixture in the next step.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together the tuna, mustard, torn white bread, lemon zest, lemon juice, water, parsley, chives, and hot sauce. Sprinkle on salt and freshly ground black pepper. Taste the mixture before adding the egg to see if it needs more seasoning to your taste. Mix in the egg.
3. Divide the mixture into 4 parts. With each part, form into a ball and then flatten into a patty. Place onto a wax paper lined tray and chill for an hour. (You can skip the chilling if you want, chilling just helps the patties stay together when you cook them.)
4. Heat the olive oil and a little butter (for taste) in a cast iron or stick-free skillet on medium high. Gently place the patties in the pan, and cook until nicely browned, 3-4 minutes on each side.
Serve with wedges of lemon. You can also serve with tartar sauce on slider buns for a tuna burger.
Simple enough, right? I’m going to have to try this one night when I really don’t feel like cooking myself a gourmet meal.
Because I cook myself gourmet meals every night…haha not.
Have a fantastically wonderful Friday!!!!
XOXO