These Asian Tuna Cakes are bursting with flavor from ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, and coconut aminos. They're easy to put together and completely paleo and Whole30 compliant.
Quick, easy, cost effective, and delicious Asian Tuna Cakes
If you've ever had a really good lump crab cake, these Asian Tuna Cakes are very similar in texture, just swap crab with tuna and add an asian twist. I love them served over a bed of cabbage with a dipping sauce.
the best dipping sauce for these gluten free asian tuna cakes
My favorite dipping sauce for these is a Wasabi Lime Mayo. It is super easy to mix up. Just combine mayonnaise with a little prepared wasabi and a squeeze of lime juice. Play with the amounts until it suits your tastes. This also makes an amazing salad dressing.
More keto friendly asian inspired recipes:
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- Chinese Sausage Fried "Rice
- Pork Egg Roll in a Bowl
- Pickled Red Onions
- One Pot Keto Sesame Chicken and Broccoli
- Paleo Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Asian Tuna Cakes - Paleo, Low Carb, Gluten Free
- Yield: Makes 4 Servings 1x
Description
Note before you begin... Make sure the tuna is completely drained and as dry as possible. Excess moisture will make the tuna cakes fall apart.
Ingredients
- 2 - 7 oz cans sustainable tuna, drained
- 2 large pastured eggs
- 1 shallot, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos or gluten free soy sauce
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- 2 tbsp olive oil, more if needed
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine tuna, eggs, shallot, garlic, parsley, coconut aminos, ginger, sesame seeds, red pepper flakes, sea salt and black pepper. Mix until ingredients are well incorporated.
- Form mixture into 8 equal sized patties. Place the patties in the freezer for about 30 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the patties to the pan.
- Fry the tuna cakes for about 3-4 minutes on each side. Use caution as you are flipping them over as they are very delicate and will crumble apart easily.
Notes
4g net carbs per serving
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cakes
- Calories: 176
- Fat: 4.25g
- Carbohydrates: 4.5g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 32g
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Roberta Hume says
Made these and served on a bed of shredded cabbage with a dollop of Mayo mixed with ginger and Asian chile garlic sauce...they were amazing. Will surely make again
Desiree M. Chambers says
I did half the recipe and mine were still a little wet so I added a little bit of gluten free bread crumbs.If someone decides to do the same,maybe they could use only the egg white to avoid adding carbs.Beside that it was amazing!
3petitsprinces says
Could these be baked instead of fried?
Peace Love and Low Carb says
I think they would be softer and may fall apart. If you try it, please report back how it works
Tess Alexander-Bono says
YUM! Cannot wait to try these but I think I'll fry in sesame oil as well to really up the Asian flavors! It's my new favorite frying oil.
Kim | Low Carb Maven says
I love tuna cakes - they are such an easy "get dinner on the table" dish. Frankly, I was getting tired of my recipe. I can't wait to try this one. Thanks for the recipe.