Mommas Tuna Patties
From pollymotzko 16 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 56
My mom used to make Tuna Patties when I was growing up and then I made them when I was married. When you make them up in advance you can make sandwiches out of them later or just heat them up for a nutritious lunch or dinner. Read more Also, I’ve substituted crab for the tuna making Crab Cakes that are really good! As good as any restaurant in Maryland that I went to. The trick is in not putting too much cracker crumbs in them but enough so that the patties hold together so when you pan fry them they come out crisp and brown. Hope you enjoy them Martha! See less
Ingredients
- 1 large can of tuna or crab shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- Optional seasonings: ¼ cup minced onion shopping list
- ½ teaspoon lemon pepper or ½ teaspoon Mrs. Dash is good too shopping list
- Ritz crackers or seasoned breadcrumbs like garlic or Italian shopping list
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- Ritz crackers-a couple handfuls made into crumbs in a plastic bag and then rolled with a rolling pin shopping list
- (Or you can use garlic seasoned breadcrumbs which works really well. Just add enough so that it blends with the egg and holds the shape of the patty in your hands. shopping list
- (You can tell by the “feel” as I was telling a friend on here this afternoon. You want the patties to hold their shape but not be too wet nor fall apart from being too dry either. The more you make em’ the better you’ll get at it.) shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Shape into small patties that will fit in the palm of your hand. Lay all the patties out on a plate and slide them in a non-stick skillet with a few tablespoons oil in the pan on medium/high heat. Cook the tuna patties about 5 minutes or so on each side or more, until they are browned and done on each side. It depends on how many crackers you added to the patties and how hot your skillet is.
- 2. Serve on dinner plates and serve with ketchup, barbecue sauce or tartar sauce, whichever you like.
- You can double this recipe, make them up ahead of time and then freeze them or store in the meat tender for easy, healthy lunches.
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
Yum! These sound awesome. I'll be giving them a try tomorrow and let you know how I like 'em.
Simple and quick... gotta love it. :) Thanks for sharing.
grumblebee
in victoria loved it
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These are perfect! Thank you so much for working this up. I love salmon patties and I think this will give me a little change in taste.
Martha
marthacheves
in Charlotte loved it
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great recipe different quick and easy thanks high5
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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