Tuna Cakes (crab cakes with tuna instead of crab)
Ingredients
1 egg
1 teaspoon seafood seasoning (recommended: Old Bay Seasoning)
1 teaspoon lemon pepper
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
1 teaspoon ginger powder
1 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)
1 lemon, juiced
3 tablespoons grapeseed oil (not the the shit in your prop)
1 pound lump tuna, approx. (i used 1 x 12 oz can + 1 x 5 oz can, well drained)
All-purpose flour, for dusting
Directions
In a large bowl, thoroughly mix the egg, seafood seasoning, mayonnaise, breadcrumbs, ginger juice or powder, hot sauce, lemon juice, and oil. Add the crab and blend into the mixture, being careful not to break up the lumps of meat. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Portion the crab into 2-ounce cakes and lightly dust with flour. Heat a skillet over medium heat with the oil. Add the cakes and saute until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip and cook on the second side until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat the process until all the cakes have been cooked.
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PhishphanI have ate these so many times and are sooo good! Thanks+1
Def good brother
PhishphanDamn these snd good as fuck! Gonna make sum this weekend! Thanks for the recipe.. Always willing to try new amazing treats! Kudos!!!
You'll love them. No doubt
PhishphanIll get back to ya. After this weekend. Fonna make em saturday and my son is gonna loe em to. He loves seafood!
It's a spin off of crab cakes. Seasonings can always be tweaked to alter the flavor or improve it. I like old bay season bc it goes great with seafood and chicken. Fresh lemon juice and/or fresh lemon zest is also a plus here, especially if you use the chunk lite tuna, which is more fishy than white tuna. White tuna is more chunked tho, so you'd have to run it thru a food processor to break it down to a consistency more suitable for patties. Def a better flavor with whit tuna but also a bit more dry.
Altogether, tuna has more protein gram for gram than crab does, and is a bit more cost effective.
just made these, and wound up eating half of them straight from the pan. never made it to a plate...