Tangy tuna burgers

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1. Chop the tuna into small chunks, then carry on chopping until the tuna is roughly minced. Tip the tuna into a bowl and mix with the garlic, ginger, soy sauce and coriander. Shape into two burgers, place on a plate, then freeze for 10 mins to firm up.
2. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan, then cook the burgers for 1-2 mins on each side or until done to your liking. Serve the burgers in toasted buns with lettuce, tomato and avocado.

Cooking tuna

Like beef, tuna can be cooked to your liking. To keep the burgers succulent, cook them for 1 min on each side over a moderate heat, leaving them pink in the middle.

Per burger

97 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 1g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, salt 0.74 g

'The end result was a moist, attractive burger that looked healthy and modern. Next time I would add chilli, and pulse the tuna in a food processor.

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• Grym

  06 November 2007

  Grym rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These were delicious asnd simple to prepare, just remember to chop the tuna /incredibly/ small or you'll have trouble moulding it.

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• Jo

  09 November 2007

  Jo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great, healty and quick, always a favourite in our house

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• jenny

  14 November 2007

  jenny commented on this recipe

  the flavour was fab, might consider using a food processor to get smaller chunks next time. they certainly need to be very small so it hold together.

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• Lisa

  27 January 2008

  Lisa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious, really easy & healthy. Much tastier than just grilled tuna steak.

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• Vicky

  05 February 2008

  Vicky rated and commented on this recipe

  

  It was great and easy to eat but as far as healthy burgers go; benburgers steak burgers are the best for for flavour and good eating now sold online in the uk.

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• bayleaf1963

  23 February 2008

  bayleaf1963 commented on this recipe

  Absolutely lovely - I've cooked it twice now and cant wait to try it again. I am going to try it with tinned tuna to see what that its like and will report back P.S. tip - cut the ginger up finely - my food processor didnt cope with big chunks!!

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• bayleaf1963

  23 February 2008

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  Oops forgot to rate it!

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• Mag

  13 March 2008

  Mag rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My very fussy 5 year old LOVED these in spite of a sore throat! They did need very careful handling, but well worth it. We'll be having lots more of these!

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• Caroline

  31 March 2008

  Caroline rated and commented on this recipe

  

  One of my favourite recipes - the only problem I have is assembling everything fast enough as it gets cold quite quickly.

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• Neena

  09 February 2009

  Neena rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This has to be one of the best burgers i have tasted. I added extra garlic and ginger, finely sliced onions and some green chilli for extra flavour. My only problem was tying to keep the burger together, it kept seperating.

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• faykceb

  07 May 2009

  faykceb rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely delicious but I didnt cut my tuna small enough so the burger kept falling apart. Will definately cook again!!

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• mmmmmmmmlekker

  25 July 2009

  mmmmmmmmlekker commented on this recipe

  I'll make them tonight. Small chunks of everything (I'll us e a foodprocessor), a little bit of onion, those are my improvements. Let you know how it was!!

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• mmmmmmmmlekker

  25 July 2009

  mmmmmmmmlekker rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The foodprocessor worked great. I always have a tub ginger in the house, that's so much easier. But the burgers lacked flavour, I didn't have fresh coriander so I used dried but that doesn't have much taste and I probably didn't use enough soysauce and ginger. So next weekend I'll try these again because they tasted very nice, really.

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• Fiona

  26 July 2009

  Fiona rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didn't cut the tuna small enough so the burgers fell apart, I thought they tasted ok but nothing startling and the tribe didn't like them at all so won't be making them again.

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• Annelies

  02 August 2009

  Annelies rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The tuna burgers looked and tasted lovely! Chopping the tuna into small enough pieces was hard work though, so it took me a bit longer (unfortunately I don't have a food processor). I left out the ginger and it still tasted good!

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• Christy:)

  10 August 2009

  Christy:) rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I tried this with tinned tuna and used extra of pretty much everything (couldn't resist) but stupidly forgot that tinned tuna is already salty and with extra soy sauce that ruined it a bit :( Good recipe though - quick and easy and good texture, though I added an egg white to hold it together so not sure how it would have gone without. The burgers were a nice change, I may experiment with other herbs and spices and maybe tinned salmon.

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Ingredients

• 200g fresh tuna steaks
• 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
• small knob fresh ginger , peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• handful coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• burger buns , lettuce leaves, sliced tomato and avocado, to serve

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Prep 20 mins

Cook 5 mins

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Ingredients

• 200g fresh tuna steaks
• 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
• small knob fresh ginger , peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• handful coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• burger buns , lettuce leaves, sliced tomato and avocado, to serve

Per burger

97 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 1g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, salt 0.74 g

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