Tuna burgers with cucumber salsa
Serves: 2
Prep time: 30 mins
Total time:
Recipe photography by Martin Poole
Tuna burgers with cucumber salsa
Transform a tin of tuna into delicious fishcakes for midweek
Serves: 2
Prep time: 30 mins
Total time:
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
418Kcal
Fat
17gr
Saturates
2gr
Carbs
39gr
Sugars
8gr
Fibre
4gr
Protein
26gr
Salt
1.6gr
Emanuelle Lee
Emanuelle Lee is a recipe developer, food blogger and founder of the blog Manu's Kitchen. She loves experimenting with seasonal ingredients, often putting a Middle Eastern flair on her recipes.
Emanuelle Lee
Emanuelle Lee is a recipe developer, food blogger and founder of the blog Manu's Kitchen. She loves experimenting with seasonal ingredients, often putting a Middle Eastern flair on her recipes.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ burger buns
- 1x160g tin tuna in spring water, drained
- zest and juice of 1 lime
- 3 tbsp coriander
- 3 tsp sunflower oil
- 1 tsp sriracha
- 3 tbsp light mayonnaise
- ½ cucumber
- 2 ripe tomatoes, sliced
- A handful of iceberg lettuce, shredded
Step by step
- Blitz the half burger bun (or 25g any bread, if easier) into crumbs in a small food processor. Tip into a bowl and add the tuna, the zest and juice of 1⁄2 lime, half the coriander, 1 teaspoon of oil, 1⁄2 teaspoon of sriracha, 1 tablespoon of mayo and seasoning. Mix well with a fork, breaking up the tuna roughly.
- Shape and press firmly into 2 burgers. Chill in the freezer while you prepare the other ingredients.
- For the salsa, cut the cucumber in half lengthways. Scoop out the seeds, then dice the cucumber. Mix with the rest of the lime zest, juice, coriander and seasoning, in a bowl. Mix the remaining sriracha into the mayonnaise, to taste, in another bowl.
- Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a frying pan and fry the burgers for 2-3 minutes each side until golden brown and piping hot. Lightly toast the burger buns.
- To assemble, spread a little spicy mayo on the base of each burger bun and add the tomato slices and some shredded lettuce. Top it with a tuna burger, more of the spicy mayo and a spoonful of salsa, then add the bun lid. Serve with the rest of the salsa and more shredded lettuce on the side.