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Thought I would post an easy recipe which is delicious. Tuna and sweet potato burgers.

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450g of mashed sweet potato

2 tins of tuna

1 tsp of chilli flakes ( optional)

180g of onion, diced small

1 egg

I clove garlic crushed

Wholemeal flour

Boil sweet potato until just soft enough to mash. If you do them for too long they become a little too wet

Fry the onions, whatever method you like but I always use coconut oil until softened.

when the onions are done add them to a bowl with the mash, drained tuna, chilli flakes and egg then form into patties. To be honest the egg is there as a binder and I leave this out. They still bind together ok.

Dust the burgers with the flour or you can leave this off and fry until golden brown of both sides. Again I don't bother with the flour and still works fine.

Place the pan into a preheated oven at 180 degrees until the burgers are hot in the middle. I usually give them 15 mins.

I cook a big batch of these and freeze them uncooked.

My big batch recipe is two biggish sweet potatoes, one onion, 6 tins of tuna, chilli flakes to taste and that's it. The last time I made these I got about 14 burgers but depends on how big you make them

If you want to make them special you can coat with breadcrumbs before you fry them.

I coat in flour, dip,in beaten egg then coat in Panko breadcrumbs but can use any type.

I have them this way as a treat or breadcrumb them for others to eat while I have the none breadcrumbed.

They look really good coated and does add a nice taste and texture to the burgers.

I haven't a clue what the calorie count is but you people with your apps can soon work this out.

I tend to have a salad and tomatoes with these and limit myself to two smallish burgers.

My partner loves them with baked beans.

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Should have said use the tinned tuna in spring water.

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ZestHealthy BMI

Hi Andy,

Another really great recipe for me to add to my 'collection' - I've copied and pasted it, and I'm looking forward to trying it. I love the combination of tuna, onions and with sweet potato it sounds really delicious.

Thanks for sharing that.

Lowcal :-)

This sounds really great. I also make potato or sweet potato cakes without egg or flour. The natural starch holds them together if you compress them enough into patty shapes. But I haven't thought of mixing other things into them, such as tuna etc. I will definitely give this recipe a go - a great thing to prepare in advance and freeze in bulk. Thanks :)

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trafford1

Absolutely fabulous recipe Andy, love it :-)

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mummybrummy

Oooh they sound delish! Making me hungry!

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Fran182716

Oh this does sound good, was just wondering what to have for tea without having to go to the shops and I have all these ingredients here! Thank you☀️

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Portlandprincess

Oh, I love this forum...I've never eaten so. Any different types of food with such wonderful tastes....will be trying this out this week!

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Fran182716

Well I've just had my tea, as usual I can't cook anything without tweaking it, this is what I did: started off with Andy's recipe, I large onion fried in a tablespoon of olive oil, 2 medium sweet potatoes steamed with skins on, 2 cloves of garlic, one can of tuna, half teaspoon mild chili, decided it looked lovely as it was, a kind of hash, so didn't make into cakes, but added cooked frozen peas, a pinch of cinnamon, and 10 g creamed coconut ( measured carefully as it's hugely calorific, but a little goes a long way) total for the whole lot was approx 730 calories, and I ate just over half so about 400 cals, and the rest to heat up tomorrow maybe with some salad. Didn't look very much on the plate but was super filling! Thanks for the idea Andy ☀️

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Andyt2120

Sounds really good but I like a little more tuna so would add at least another tin

Thanks, Andy - they sound delicious 😃

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weedeepeachy

They sound delicious im defo going to try them

that sounds nice but without the garlic and onion.

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morelessAdministrator7 stone in reply to wendymortimer_1957

Just to let you know that this is a 3 year old post, Wendy, so you're unlikely to get a response :)

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