Did you know the first burgers were made in Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. Now, it's one of the mostly widely know and loved food all around. I've mentioned this before when I posted the 10 fun food facts for the month of April. Their burgers are flame broiled and served between two slices of toasted white bread with cheese, tomato and onion as a garnish. No ketchup allowed. It's frowned upon. I'm serious with that last sentence, which makes me want to visit the place even more.
What does that have to do with these burgers? Absolutely nothing. Thought I'd share that with you all. No...wait...I lied. Back up a bit. Ok, so I had made a mini loaf of pan de sal over the weekend. I didn't have enough room on the baking pan and thought it'd be cute to make a mini baby loaf. For those interested, I got my mini-loaf pans at Sur La Table. I bought 4 for $2 each. It's a 2"x4" size. They do look cute when the bread comes out of the oven. You just want to go "aww...".
I wanted to make crostinis with it, but I didn't really have an idea what to top it with. I got a craving for tuna, yet I didn't want it on my usual salad fix. I cut loaf into 1/8-inch slices and as I did, burgers came into mind. I had some grape tomatoes left in the fridge as well as a block of manchego cheese.
I decided to made a simple sweet and sour sauce for the "ketchup". Mixed up the tuna with an avocado instead of mayo and added some sweet relish, panko crumbs and some ground pepper.
You can make the regular sized version of these burgers. Just double up the ingredients and use regular sized bread. Adjust broiling time accordingly. These fit me just right. You can use them as starters, too.
Makes 7 mini burgers.
Broiled Mini Tuna Burgers
1 7oz can tuna in oil.
4 tsp sweet relish
1 small avocado
1 c panko crumbs
pepper
14 small slices of bread
grated cheese
4 grape tomatoes (sliced)
sweet and sour sauce
Preheat your broiler.
Make the sweet and sour sauce. This can be done ahead of time and will keep for a long time in the fridge.
Drail most but not all the oil from the tuna. Mix in the sweet relish, avocado and panko crumbs. Season it with some pepper.
Mold the tuna mixture in 7 small patties. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
Toast the slices of bread either in the toaster oven or the conventional oven for 5 min.
Put into the broiler for roughly 10-15 min then flip and cook the other side for another 5-10 min. You want to see a good char crust on it. 2 min before removing sprinkle the cheese over the patties and let it melt into gooey goodness.
Putting it together:
Spread some of the sweet and sour sauce on both slices of bread. Top with the tuna patty and tomato slices.
30 comments:
So cute, and i always have tons of tuna around. Its a staple here at my house :). Hope you had a great 4th of july.
These little slider type tuna burgers sound and look delicious. Love it with the sweet and sour sauce!
huh. I'll have to try these.
Good idea Jenn! Having eaten so much of meat from the party, tuna seems like much healthier and delicious.
Sounds great! Although as an aside, I'm always annoyed by places that get upset when you want something they don't like on your food. They aren't the ones eating it, why do they even care? Grumble.
What tasty little sliders! The flavors sound so yummy!
These look really appealing. Tuna is a wonderfully healthy alternative to beef.
Heavenly: Thanks, I did.
Donna: Thanks.
hummingbird: You should
Elra: Definitely!
Bob: Ya I see your point. I guess the reason they don't want you to put ketchup on there is to keep the tradition of how it was first made. Plus I hear you don't really need the ketchup on there anyway.
Reeni: It is.
Mary: I couldn't agree more.
Burger with sweet and sour sauce sounds delicious!
Tuna is a great idea in burgers! Never tried, never even thought of it although I adore it. And these burgers look definitely so cute!
Oh wow this looks so good! Great idea, and I love the food facts too!
Parita, Zerrin: Thanks.
Teresa: Food facts are awesome!
These sound tasty! I might have to give these a try as part of my $100 challenge since I have some tuna in the pantry that I need to use!
these are so cute
Oh my darling, Oh my darling, oh my darling tuna burgers! These are BEYOND what I expected! Avocado, and sweet and sour sauce..Me LOVE!!
I bet your little loaves of bread were so sweet! Very yummy tuna burgers!
I think I watched a show once on Food Network about that burger joint.
Jen: You should!!
Chow and Chatter: Thanks.
burpandslurp: Me love it too.
ungourmet: yeah. i really want to go visit it.
I love your lens work on the photos! The burgers look fabulous!
What a original recipe! I never tried something like that!
Just look at the beautiful color on these! They sound delicious! Always nice to find another use for tuna, too...love it (and so does my daughter, so double bonus)!
Dana: thanks
Talita: give it a try. :-)
Girlichef: the many uses of tuna. LOL.
Yum! Seeing this recipe is making me think of the Grilled Tuna Burgers at M Cafe in LA. Great recipe!
Nutmeg: I haven't been to cafe M yet. I gotta go.
these are adorable
Jenn, these look amazing! I would have never thought to combine canned tuna, avocado, panko into a patty! When's the cookbook coming out? :)
Great thought here! The tuna with avocado sounds pretty great, and on the homemade bread, these must have been stellar.
Lovely burger! Loved the combo of tuna and avocado! Makes it double healthy!
Justin: Thanks
Phyllis: Dunno. But I've bee toying with the idea. ;-)
Lisaiscoooking: They were.
Pooja: No guilt in eating these. ;-)
These are so cute!
Very useful piece of writing, much thanks for your post.
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