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I like burgers. I try to eat healthy burgers such as chicken, turkey or vegetarian burgers. But every once in a while the dark side of me pops out and I get the organic beef and make cheeseburgers loaded with tomato, lettuce, cheese, pickles, salt, pepper, mayonnaise and ketchup. I pay for my downfall the next day and I always have to tell myself it was worth listening to my bad side. I was in the mood for a burger today but I decided to listen to my good side and created a healthy burger. I made it with tuna fish. I discovered Yellow Fin Tuna Fish packed in olive oil bought from Trader Joe’s and have determined this is my all time favorite tuna fish. This tuna fish has more flavors in my opinion than albacore tuna. I added different ingredients to the tuna and viola! The results: mega-healthy tuna burger. Enjoy!
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Tuna Burger
Created on 09/25/11
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2 tomatoes sliced about ½” thick
2 tablespoons Olive Oil (1 tablespoon for the tomatoes and 1 tablespoon for the tuna fish)
¼ cup of fresh Parmesan Cheese, grated
Salt / Pepper
1 – 6 oz can Yellow Fin tuna fish
1 tablespoon fresh or dried dill (I used dried for this recipe)
1 teaspoon chopped green olives
1 teaspoon chopped Kalamata olives
1 green onion minced (use the green and white parts)
1 tablespoon mayonnaise or Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon whole grain bread crumbs (I toasted 1 Thomas Whole Grain Thin bagel and then put the toasted bagel in my food processor and pulse until fine)
1 egg white
Preheat Broiler on low heat to prepare for the “Broiled Tomatoes”. Click here to see the “Broiled Tomato” recipe used here.
Open can of yellow fin tuna fish and drain olive oil. Leave a little bit in the tuna fish for flavor. Shred the tuna fish in a small bowl. Chop the olives and green onion and add to the tuna fish. Add the dill, mayonnaise or Greek yogurt, bread crumbs and egg white. Mix until all ingredients are combined. This makes about 3 to 4 patties. Put the rest of the bread crumbs on a small plate and lightly coat the tuna patties, both sides.
In an 8” or 10” frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium high heat. Put the tuna burgers in the pan and cook for about 5 minutes on each side until heated thoroughly and the egg white is safely cooked.
On a plate, place the tuna burger, add the creamy dill sauce. Click here for recipe link. Top tuna burger with broiled tomato.
Serve with salad or your favorite steam vegetables.
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I’m on low carb diet right now, and this recipe is perfect for that! Thank you so much. I’ve heard about tuna burgers but never seen one with tomatoes and cheese on the,