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Easy Tuna Cakes (gluten free + paleo)

Paleo and gluten free Easy Tuna Cakes come together in under 15 minutes and only take 5 minute to cook! These flavorful tuna cakes can be served as an appetizer or main dish. Make great lunches!

FLAVORFUL Easy Tuna Cakes are paleo + gluten free. Great for lunch or to serve as an appetizer! I was going to share a salad recipe with you today but then these Easy Tuna Cakes happened and I was like TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARE! It’s Monday. Easy and flavorful, gluten free + paleo tuna cakes will snap you right out of the Monday blues, should you be suffering from them. ;)

These happened because well, albacore tuna packets were BOGO free at the grocery store so I bought that albacore tuna and said YOU WILL NOT END UP AS TUNA SALAD! It seems like the only thing that tuna is used for in my house is tuna salad. Pretty boring, eh? It’s time tuna met a little variety.

Ken and I had these as a light lunch (2 cakes each) and dipped them in a sauce made with full fat sour cream and hot sauce (pictured in photos). These would make great appetizers, too. And if you’re okay with eating bread or gluten, you could serve these on buns and have tuna cake sandwiches! You could also serve them sandwiched between two lettuce leaves or two grilled portobellos to make paleo friendly sandwiches. ♥︎

FLAVORFUL Easy Tuna Cakes are paleo + gluten free. Great for lunch or to serve as an appetizer!

These Easy Tuna Cakes are filled with flavorful, paleo friendly ingredients:

  • roasted red pepper
  • green onion
  • stone ground mustard
  • fresh lemon juice
  • fresh cilantro
  • almond meal
  • and of course, tuna

Easy Tuna Cakes (gluten free + paleo)

Easy Tuna Cakes (gluten free + paleo)

Yield: 2 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

Paleo and gluten free Easy Tuna Cakes come together in under 15 minutes and only take 5 minute to cook! These flavorful tuna cakes can be served as an appetizer or main dish. Make great lunches!

Ingredients

  • 2 6.4oz packets of albacore tuna
  • 1/2 C almond meal
  • 2 tbsp chopped roasted red pepper
  • 2 tbsp sliced green onion
  • 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp stone ground mustard
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • ⅛ tsp ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except for olive oil and mix until blended. Form into 4 patties. Place the patties on a plate and then put them in your freezer for 10 minutes to chill.
  2. Heat the olive oil over medium high heat in a skillet. Add the chilled tuna cakes and cook 2-3 minutes per side.
  3. Place the cooked tuna cakes on a paper towel lined plate after cooking to drain excess oil and then transfer to a serving plate. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

Notes

Adapted from Simply Recipes Tuna Patties.

Nutrition Information:

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 385 Total Fat: 17g Saturated Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 75mg Sodium: 1619mg Carbohydrates: 10g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 3g Protein: 47g

FLAVORFUL Easy Tuna Cakes are paleo + gluten free. Great for lunch or to serve as an appetizer!

FLAVORFUL Easy Tuna Cakes are paleo + gluten free. Great for lunch or to serve as an appetizer!

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23 comments on “Easy Tuna Cakes (gluten free + paleo)”

  1. What a fantastic recipe with big bold flavors. Move over crab cakes. Tuna cakes are where it’s at!

  2. I’m not even a huge tuna fan, but I would go to town on these… so yummy!!

  3. These tuna cakes look yummy! And I like that you used almond meal instead of bread crumbs. I will be making these soon.

  4. Gluten Free and Paleo Tuna Cakes! Yes Please!

  5. I love making tuna fish sammies, so these cakes will be a great change up. That they are gluten free just makes them that much better!

  6. These tuna cakes look like he perfect apps, Julie! I love that they are gluten free and paleo! I could easily eat the entire batch all by myself :)

  7. This looks super awesome. Totally up my alley. I bet these can also be frozen and consumed later to make even more!

  8. Sounds like a great recipe to have on hand Julie. We like crab cakes so I know we would love these!

  9. This looks like such an easy protein packed little dish. LOVE that they are so easy to make.

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  11. If you add extra spices and follow the recipe it makes great tuna meat for lettuce wraps but definitely NOT patties. It needs something to hold them together otherwise they just fall apart… Kinda disappointing. Great idea but it didn’t really work. I was hyped up by the comments on how easy it was and how good it was but it did not turn out that way.

  12. This was my first-time trial to cook this. The results were good. It was easy to prepare. Now that it was my first time, I know I will do it more perfectly the second time. I will cook again soon. I highly recommend this recipe to first timers. Do it right the first time with this recipe.

  13. These tuna cakes are very delicious. My kids will love it :) . Thanks for your sharing :).

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  15. Is there an egg missing or something? The flavor was good but they were tuna crumbles and didn’t remotely hold together… Disappointing!

  16. Julie, these tuna cakes are the cutest!! what a lovely idea!! loving these! :)

    • Flavors are good, but the cakes are dry and do not hold together at all unless you add eggs. I added an egg and a little mayo and mustard to hold them together and make them moist. Not a good recipe if it doesn’t actually work out…

      Rating: 1
      • Hi Marie,
        I am sorry the recipe did not work for you. I’ve made these a few times and while they are delicate, they stayed together for me. May I suggest you check out my Easy Paleo Salmon Cakes recipe? They may work better for you and if you would rather use tuna, you could replace the salmon with tuna.

        Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment. I appreciate it!

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