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Onion & Herb Keto Tuna Cakes

Onion & Herb Keto Tuna Cakes
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Keto tuna cakes made with onion and herb are a quick option for a dinner or lunch recipe. Tuna patties are protein packed but adding olive oil, mayo or cheese makes them great for the keto diet!

onion and herb tuna cakes

Some quick tips I learned while working with tuna patties is that they are very dry. Or should I say absorbent?

In order to make these keto tuna cakes with onion and herbs I knew I had to bring in different types of fat. Frying them in olive oil is a great option. But, the touches of blue cheese really changed things.

I actually had some blue cheese leftover from my chicken meatballs recipe when I made these.

Ingredients in tuna cakes:

  • Canned tuna
  • Diced onion
  • Blue cheese or cheese of choice
  • Chopped mint leaves or herb of choice
  • Garlic, salt and pepper for seasoning
  • Large eggs

How to make keto tuna cakes with onion and herb

  1. Drain tuna then toss in a large bowl made for mixing.
    drained chunk white tuna
  2. Toss in with drained tuna, then add cheese, salt, garlic powder, pepper then combine.
    add in all seasoning, onion and herb of choice
  3. Mix egg in bowl on the side if you like or crack them right over the mix. Then incorporate the eggs and mayo.
    toss in egg then mix
  4. Cook on medium high heat in a sauté pan with a little olive oil to help reduce sticking. Flip when one side has browned.
    fold into patties then place in frying pan
  5. Cook the other side then remove from heat. You can eat them as soon as they are removed or wait for them to cool a little.
    flip when edges brown

broken in half keto tuna patties with onion and herb

Which tuna is best for the keto diet?

There are a few different types of tuna in your grocery store. On average you will find 3 different kinds:

  • Solid white albacore tuna
  • Chunk white albacore tuna
  • Chunk light tuna

Chunk white albacore will be the best for this keto tuna cakes recipe. The solid white is more steak-like which will make it more difficult for mixing. Chunk white will give you bits of chunked tuna patties with great texture.

The chunk light will be very mushy and shredded. This may be more ideal depending on the cook themselves.

Is canned tuna keto approved?

Yes, the only downside I can say about tuna is that there isn’t much fat. Fat is the basis for the keto diet. So adding in more moisture such as eggs, mayo and the cheese crank up the flavor as well as the fat too.

Tuna to avoid!

Avoid all canned tuna in vegetable oil! This includes cottonseed, soy and rapeseed. Tuna in water or olive oil is best. Be sure to read the ingredients on the nutrition label to make sure they don’t sneak anything in.

Does it fit your macros?

Below you will find full nutritional facts vis Cronometer. These keto tuna cakes with onion and herb come out to only 1g net carbs each! Recipe makes 8-10 tuna patties.

keto tuna cakes with onion and herb with mint leaves

Other seafood recipes you may like!

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Low carb salmon cakes

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onion and herb tuna cakes

Onion and Herb Keto Tuna Cakes

Keto tuna cakes made with onion and herb are a quick option for a dinner or lunch recipe. Tuna patties are protein packed but adding olive oil, mayo or cheese makes them great for the keto diet!
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Servings 8 tuna patties

Ingredients
 

  • 10 ounces chopped canned tuna
  • 1/2 diced onion (small-medium)
  • 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles (or cheese of choice)
  • 1/4 cup chopped mint leaves (or herb of choice)
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoon mayo
  • 2 large Eggs

Instructions
 

  • Drain tuna then toss in a large bowl made for mixing.
  • Dice 1/2 of an onion and chop up mint leaves.
  • Toss in with drained tuna, then add cheese, salt, garlic powder, pepper then combine.
  • Mix egg in bowl on the side if you like or crack them right over the mix. Then incorporate the eggs.
  • Cook on medium high heat in a sauté pan with a little olive oil to help reduce sticking. Flip when one side has browned.
  • Cook the other side then remove from heat. You can eat them as soon as they are removed or wait for them to cool a little.

Notes

There are a few different types of tuna in your grocery store. On average you will find 3 different kinds:
  • Solid white albacore tuna
  • Chunk white albacore tuna
  • Chunk light tuna
Chunk white albacore will be the best for this keto tuna cakes recipe. The solid white is more steak-like which will make it more difficult for mixing. Chunk white will give you bits of chunked tuna patties with great texture.
The chunk light will be very mushy and shredded. This may be more ideal depending on the cook themselves.
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Written by Darius Pittman in August 11, 2019 / 3821 Wiews
Tags | herb, keto tuna cakes, keto tuna patties, keto tuna recipes, onion, seafood, tuna cakes, tuna patties
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Hi, I'm Darius. I am aware that I'm rather young but I started caring about my health years ago. I think it's truly important because at a young age I knew the food they were feeding us was complete b.s, can I curse up here?

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3 Comments

  • Billie W. May 31, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    I was needing to cut carbs and wanted something different. Ate these actually for breakfast. Tired of same old breakfast food. I usually hate Blue Cheese, but boyfriend loves it, so I decided what the heck try it. Didn’t have mint so did not put any herbs in. Super easy recipe. We both loved them. Thanks for the recipe

    • Darius Pittman June 1, 2020 at 11:41 am

      I’m happy you enjoyed them!

  • Denise November 6, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    The tuna patty where great…I added almond flour to hold them together better turned out great.

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