Transform your boring canned tuna into scrumptious tuna burger patties and make the best brunch or dinner burger! I use my brioche buns recipe to make the most amazing burger!
Canned tuna has so much potential
There are always a few cans of tuna in our house. Not just because we love eating tuna (one of our absolute favorites is this ahi tuna poke bowl, and also these tuna melt mini quiches!), but also because there are few other protein options with as much potential. Canned tuna isn’t just for quick, convenient snacks – although they work quite handily that way too. Back when I was a student, there were times when I just took a can of tuna with me to university, and that was my lunch with a side salad. Even now, they often make for a quick and healthy lunch for Mr K too.
Tuna burger
But with a couple of ingredients and a teensy bit of thought, you can easily transform your canned tuna into a substantial and spectacular meal. Like these Tuna Burger Patties that make for the best Crispy Tuna Burger!
Imagine a crispy tuna burger like this for brunch, on a lazy weekend, with a perfectly poached egg on top. Just like these breakfast chorizo burgers, these burgers are also a weekend breakfast favorite for us.
This crispy tuna burger is flavored with lemon, capers and parsley, and served on a toasted bun with avocado, tomatoes and a poached egg.
I often use my brioche bread recipe or easy brioche buns recipe for the burger buns, but you can just as easily use store-bought burger buns. All topped with an easy, spiced aioli tartar sauce that makes it that much more juicy, zesty and flavorful!
These tuna brunch burgers were made with Wild Selections Solid White Albacore Tuna in water (or olive oil is an option too). This is a brand that I love and have used consistently before, like when I made these scrumptious tuna melt mini quiches that are perfect as party appetizers or even as a simple weeknight family meal.
Wild Selections tuna is packed with meaty chunks of delicious tuna, unlike those cans where all you get is just a lot of liquid with some squishy tuna pieces as a bonus.
What I also really love about Wild Selections Tuna is that it’s certified sustainable tuna. Their tuna comes from well-managed fisheries and healthy fish stocks and it’s 100% traceable.
How to make tuna burgers
These crispy tuna burgers are easy to make. The tuna is mixed with lemon, capers, parsley, eggs, bread crumbs and other seasonings to form a loosely packed burger, which ensures that you have a juicy, flavor-packed burger without having to mash up all the meat. Bread crumbs are pressed onto the burger on the top and bottom, and then the patty is fried until crispy on both sides. These are incredibly juicy and filling, I’ve also had them just with lettuce leaves instead of burger buns. The tartar sauce here is a cheats version of tartar – just get your favorite mayonnaise, and mix in sweet relish, softened grated garlic, paprika and cayenne pepper. The garlic and the spices add a really great punch to the tartar sauce. The poached egg is optional, and we usually leave it out when we have this tuna burger for dinner. But it always features in our brunch tuna burgers!
