Don't work so hard!

Mongo - May 28, 2007 07:02:09 PM PST

You can create a great tasting sandwich by simply searing both sides of a small tuna steak and eating it like a burger. No choping or mushing meat together...very easy and very tasty. Try regular trimmings (lettuce, tomato, and onions) topped with a light mayo with dill seasoning. Quick and easy!

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Great taste, but prepare to work

waxmango - May 28, 2007 01:23:42 PM PST

I really dont undertand the first two reviews. Did you guys even try the recipes? why would you rate it if you didnt even try it? At least number four tried it. If you guys are looking for "Quick Meals," there is a tab for it on the front page. This recipe was not in there.

About the Burger, it did taste pretty good. It was fairly exotic. It had a good herby taste, and the ginger/wasabi really opens up the nose. I think that some of the ingredients got lost in the mix, especially the sesame seeds, which were a lot of work to use. Maybe you can just cook the tuna in sesame oil or something. Also, the mizuna was really hard to find, and I dont know how to use it in anything else, so i\'ll probably end up throwing the rest away.

Finally, if you like reinventing tuna and dont mind getting all the ingredients and doing all the work involved, then this will be great for you. As for me, unless I can get someone else to prepare the burger for me (im kind of lazy) I probably wont be making this again.

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This looked great, but.....

cbrat1554 - May 28, 2007 09:15:05 AM PST

As a mother with growing teens who are always hungry, I\'m looking for foods that are A: fast, B: easy to cook and most importantly C: cheap, since feeding three teens can run up a grocery bill......so when I saw the idea for tuna burgers, I was thrilled, thinking it was using canned tuna....boy was I wrong!

Fresh tuna is too cost prohibative for us, not to mention I would never have another occasion to use half the other odd ingredients listed so they\'d end up being wastes of money as well.....

I should have seen the fact that this is a Martha Stewart recipe, that would have tipped me off to the fact that it wouldn\'t be suitable for the average American family!

Try again, please, this time with a recipe designed for the average working-class family?

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Expensive but Worth it!

Trish - May 28, 2007 09:16:54 PM PST

Great recipe! I also like the less labor intensive version offered by one of the reviewers as well! Thank you!

Frankly, I was stunned by the people who wanted a recipe for tinned Tuna. Why bother looking for a recipe? Just open the can and slap the contents between two pieces of mayo covered bread with a lettuce leaf! Quick! Easy peasy! Its a no brainer!

I come to this site to get real recipes! I cannot afford this burger every day of the week, but maybe once a month!

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tuna burger. right.

Coventry K - May 28, 2007 08:43:08 AM PST

I clicked on the recipe hoping to get a quick-and-easy way to use canned tuna. After all, that\'s tuna\'s appeal, right? Tuna burger sounds nice and healthy and easy.

Imagine my surprise to discover a recipe that calls for exotica like wasabi, anchovy fillets, and whatever-the-hell that green was, not to mention pricey tuna fillets.

Do us a favor, Martha. Give your upscale dishes upscale names, okay, so we don\'t confuse them with real world food. Maybe Tuna Exotica on Fresh Bread Avec Fancy Greens You Can Neither Find Nor Afford. Yeah. That\'ll do it.

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an easy tuna can recipe

alazan3%40verizon.net - May 28, 2007 05:54:28 PM PST

For those of you out there looking for a can recipe I have one.
When I saw this recipe I said I could never use a tuna fillet.
So, a quick alternative is:
2 cans of tuna
1 med onion, finely chopped
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp. ginger, finely chopped
a dash of black pepper
1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
1 small boiled mashed potato(optional)
1 or 2 beaten egg

Combine all ingredient except the beaten egg together in bowl.
Make about 5-6 patties, dip in beaten egg.
Fry in med size frying pan with oil covering surface of pan.
Cooked when brown on both side, eat as a side dish or as a burger with a bun.
Add lettuce and tomatoes, if desired.

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Tuna burgers are good (for you)!

Winston J - May 28, 2007 04:01:47 PM PST

Originally, I wasn\'t going to leave a comment, but I was compelled to after reading some of the other comments and, of course, having (and loving) tuna burgers on occasion. While I do concur with the commentary on the high expense of the ingredients for this recipe, sometimes treating oneself to new recipies that may, at first, seem "exotic" isn\'t a bad thing. Eating a healthy variety of foods can be a positive influence on having a balanced diet. I like a good hamburger every once and a while, too. However, as an alternative, fresh tuna is not only tasty, but it has so many health benefits!!!

In terms of budget, one can always put some money aside occasionally to purchase groceries that may be a little more expensive. Why shouldn\'t we treat ourselves to good food? The more I learn about eating healthier, and getting more for my money, the more I realize how much crap we are force-fed in this country. The next time you travel outside the United States, make note of the type of foods and groceries that are available to the respective citizens and residents. Seriously, you\'ll understand what I am talking about. That\'s not to say that good American food and produce don\'t exist anymore. Of course they do. However, more often, it seems as if healthier, fresher, and usually better-tasting food is so much more expensive than the over-processed food and so-called "fat-free" food? Perhaps we should really let our money be our voices by cutting out the spending on processed foods and junk ladened with so much sugar, high fructose corn syrup (!!!), processed salt, chemicals and steroids (especially in the meats).

I don\'t work for any special-interest group, nor am I out to sabotage anyone or any industry. Like everyone else, I enjoy cooking and eating food that is fresh, organic, healthy and palatable. I would like even more if that could become the norm rather than a treat in my daily eating practice.

I imagine we all want that.

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um

mouffasa - May 28, 2007 05:44:33 PM PST

It SOUNDS completely alright, for rich people who have all the time in the world on their hands.
While on the subject-- Since these are being advertised as "easy" why do we have to be shown recipes that are NOT easy, while being led through hoops (like a 2-minute commercial for a cleanser...I\'ll never touch another Martha Stewart button again!). Just a question..

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Why all the negativity?!

sara-swank - August 10, 2009 11:12:06 AM PST

I\\'m perplexed by the hating of this recipe (particularly by people who haven\\'t even tried it). These are all ingredients that I happen to have on hand anyway so it\\'s convenient for me and probably would be convenient for many people I know. The fact that it\\'s not as convenient for you doesn\\'t make it a bad recipe, it just makes it one you don\\'t particularly care to try. No biggie. It\\'s also not a particularly labor intensive process if time is the issue. I think it\\'s a great idea and easy to prepare so if you don\\'t like it don\\'t make it. No need to blast something because it doesn\\'t particularly appeal to you.

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Re: easy tuna can recipe

sheba_jd - March 11, 2009 01:03:07 PM PST

Back when my parents were struggling growing up 5 kids, this was a great recipe my mother used to use. It helps stretch a dollar. I in turn used it with my family. Even better is that my husband only eats fish, so this is a great recipe that doesn\\\'t require having to make multiple meals. I like the different ingredients used. The keys to making it "stick" are egg and bread crumbs. Flour can also be used, but not too much or else it becomes too cakey.

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Martha!! Live in the real world!

Sam - March 11, 2009 12:22:40 PM PST

Just because your merchandise lines are now in stores that the everyday, average person can afford (particularly in this economy) does not make you an average person. So please show recipes with ingredients that are affordable and cost efficient. Like other reviewers, we purchase the "odd" ingredients at what are usally high prices and use for only one recipe and the rest will go to waste.
No, I did not even try the recipe! I have come to live by a rule of kitchen economy. If a recipe calls for an ingredient that I have no idea of what it is, I don\\\'t even try it. I can\\\'t afford to let those ingredients go to waste and not to mention risking making a "tuna burger" recipe and not even liking the recipe. Who can afford to waste anything in today\\\'s economy? Maybe you can Martha, but not me, and average, everyday working person. And it is with that "motivation" that I won\\\'t even consider purchasing anything with her name on it.

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Tuna!

marcopolos1 - May 28, 2007 01:14:52 PM PST

I agree with the rest of the comments. Everybody is expecting to use a can of tuna,you can hold the tuna together with eggs to make tuna patties.. Why the recipe needs to be too complicated.
I looks really healthy thogh.

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I thought the ginger, and wasabi overpowered the tuna

tbdw_tbdw - June 5, 2007 02:12:17 PM PST

Let\'s face it tuna, especially fresh, sashimi-grade tuna is an expensive treat. I love it on those times when I decide to splurge a bit and treat myself, but the wasabi and ginger and seasame oil really tend to mask the great taste of fresh tuna.

I actually prefer it fairly plain either quickly seared, or raw with minimal seasoning

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i dont know how u would see that and think u would be able to get this from a can of tuna

wdb3wilmington - May 28, 2007 01:26:37 PM PST

just form frist looks if u know any thing a bout cooking with fish u would know u cant get some thing that looks this good from a can of tuna and in all turth to the subject this would not take more than 30 mins to make and cook and i must say i just cant wait to give this a try tuna is one of my favorte things from the sea to eat.

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Yeah! Tuna!

Deedy G - May 28, 2007 01:14:41 PM PST

I also agree with the other comments. I was hoping for a quick, easy and inexpensive recipe. Not according to this. Do you have any idea how much fresh tuna costs in my area? But for a dinner party, this would be good.

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No Offence

xxxdeathofbladesxxx - May 28, 2007 01:36:46 PM PST

No offence but Fish does not go with cheese.

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ok the name got me too

Paula - May 28, 2007 02:15:46 PM PST

I was thinking wow a good recipe for canned tuna
I guess I was not the only one that was fooled - is it just eggs to bind it or bread crumbs too? just asking?
thanks
PW

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A tuna can cannot do that

Michael H - May 28, 2007 01:56:34 PM PST

I thought this tuna recipe was with canned tuna. That would have been easy. But no: this is a very hard-to-do recipe with fresh (very expensive) tuna, and lots of other exotic ingredients that no other easy recipe will call for: not reusable.

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