Healthy Tuna and Quinoa Patties Recipe
These tuna and quinoa patties are healthy, high protein, easy to make and very delicious. This easy recipe for tuna cakes is perfect for those who working out or just for a simple nutritious midweek dinner. You can fry these patties, or if you want an even healthier version, you can bake them. Serve them with your favorite dipping sauce and a salad and you have a delicious and healthy dinner.
Healthy Tuna and Quinoa Patties Recipe
Ingredients
For the patties:
- 2 cans 280 Tuna, drained
- 1 cup 175g Quinoa + 2 cups (480ml) water
- 3 Eggs
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic crushed
- 2 tablespoon chopped parsley
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- ½ teaspoon Cumin
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- Olive oil for frying
Dipping sauce:
- ½ cup 125g Yogurt
- 1-2 tablespoons raw tahini
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS1. Rinse the quinoa under cool water, until the water comes out transparent. Put rinsed quinoa in a medium saucepan. Add water, 1/2 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes until the quinoa is fluffy. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Let cool. Transfer to a large bowl. 2. To the quinoa add chopped onion, chopped parsley, tuna, eggs and spices. Mix until combined. Form into patties. 3. Option 1: In a large pan with olive oil. Fry the patties for 3-4 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel. 4. Option 2: preheat oven to 350F (175C). Place the patties on a baking trey lined with parchment paper, spray each patty with oil and bake the patties for 25-30 minutes, until golden. 5. Make the dipping sauce: in a small bowl whisk all sauce ingredients. More Healthy Recipes You May Like:
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Best Tuna Patties I’ve ever made! Whole family liked them . Even the picky eater. 🙂
Glad you liked it 🙂
Thank you so much! I had some canned tuna I didn’t like and needed a way to use it up. I mixed the tuna with a bag of cooked quinoa (thawed), eggs and the seasonings. It was so easy and came out great!
Soagy mess, that doesn’t stick together. Proportions are a bit off. Not edible either, and I love quinoa, it doesn’t seem to go well with tuna. Anyone had luck with this recipe ?
My mixture was soggy too!
Dumb bitch didnt drain qinua, LOL
Turned out great will definitely make again
Used 2 eggs instead of 3. Turned out great.
Just took these out of the oven and they turned out perfect. Halved the recipe, used 1 egg, 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa (cooled). Baked them instead of frying for 28 minutes.
Tasty and filling lunch or snack