Sweet Potato Tuna Patties Recipe
These Sweet Potato Tuna Patties are very soft inside and crispy on the outside. It is delicious, easy, quick, gluten-free, and healthy too!
One day this week, I came back home from work and I was very tired. I opened my pantry and my fridge and I didn’t see much. So, I thought I could go do some groceries, but I was too tired and lazy to do anything ;-(
So, I saw two sweet potatoes and two tuna cans in my pantry. I thought to myself, “what can I do for dinner with these two ingredients?” Immediately these Sweet Potato Tuna Patties crossed my mind. I opened my fridge again and I saw I still had half of a red onion and a yellow pepper that was just waiting to be cooked. So, I cooked them and they turned out so delicious! I know this is an appetizer recipe, but if you serve them with some grilled veggies you will have a great, light summer dinner after a long, tiring, and busy workday.
About the recipe:
What I like most about this recipe is you probably have all the ingredients you need in your pantry and fridge. I also love the fact that they don’t fall apart when you cook them like most fish cakes. I think it is because of the texture of the sweet potato.
These Sweet Potato Tuna Patties are so easy to make and taste so good. It is incredible how they are soft inside and crispy on the outside. I also think this recipe is great for those who like to leave everything almost ready before you leave for the day because you can combine all the ingredients together, leave the mixture/patties in the fridge, and then just sauté them right before dinner.
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Sweet Potato Tuna Patties Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes — peeled and sliced into chunks
- 2 can (180g) tuna in water, drained and flaked
- ½ cup green onions
- ½ cup gluten-free breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup red onions
- 1/2 cup yellow pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon chili pepper
- Salt and pepper for taste
- Olive oil cooking spray
Instructions
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In a medium pan, bring water to a boil and add sweet potatoes.
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Cook them for about 10-15 minutes or until tender.
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Drain and run them under cold running water. Transfer to a large bowl and mash with a fork.
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Add the tuna, green onions, breadcrumbs, eggs, red onions, yellow pepper, garlic powder, chili pepper, salt, and pepper. Mix well until all ingredients are combined.
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Use your hand to shape mixture portions into patties.
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Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat and add cooking spray.
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Cook patties for 3 minutes on both sides or until golden brown.
Nutrition Information
Amount per serving (1/12) — Calories: 90, Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 39.2mg, Sodium: 298.6mg, Carbohydrates: 9g, Sugar: 1.5g, Protein: 8.8gIf you make this recipe, follow @primaverakitchen on Instagram, snap a photo and hashtag it #primaverakitchen. I'd love to see what you're making!
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I love when inspiration arrives like this!! And these look seriously awesome. I never would have thought of it, but I’m sure I’d love this!!
What a creative dish, Olivia! I always have tuna in my pantry, so this sounds like it would be a perfect meal for me. Love how easy this is to whip up, too. Looks delicious!
Wow, such a creative recipe Olivia. I want to try the combo to see what that tastes like. Sounds so easy too, love it.
This looks awesome. I wish I had a few of these ready to go in my freezer because I think they will freeze really well.
I love that you were able to think of this recipe on the spot! It’s kind of like a cooking challenge, where you only have a few ingredients and you have to create a recipe. These sweet potato tuna patties sound delicious! I bet they would make awesome tuna patty sliders too. Yum!
We make these when we don’t know what else to make, as we pretty much always have tuna and sweet potatoes in the kitchen.
Love your photos!
I absolutely have all the ingredients for this recipe at any given moment! I’ve always been a HUGE fan of crab cakes, and these patties would definitely hit the spot! Love this, Olivia!
Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite foods. Pairing them with tuna to make patties sounds so good! They really do make a great binder!
I love tuna but have never put it with sweet potatoes! These look so great!
I would have never thought to pair these two together!! But even though these are meant to be apps, if I have enough of them, then they count as dinner, right?
I love it when inspiration from the fridge strikes at dinnertime like that! 😀 These patties look amazing, Olivia. I love sweet potatoes so much and I’ll bet they’re amazing with tuna!
This is a delicious creative dis. I love tuna and I love sweet potatoes.. this will be a perfect dinner for me when hubby is working late.. he is a tuna fan.. 🙁 thanks for sharing Olivia!!
These are so pretty! They make tuna look elegant! Love this!
I found you via Sarah @ Whole and Heavenly Oven and I’m so glad I did!!! I am always looking for new Tuna recipes and this looks easy and fabulous. I am all about easy AND fabulous! Great photos too! So great to find a new blogger!
Thans a lot for your visiting 😉
Love the sweet potato incorporation! These look great.
I love when my husband says “we have no food!” and then I rustle through the pantry and come up with something like this! It’s the best!! These look awesome! Sweet potatoes are one of my faves… I would never think to pair them with tuna, but it looks and sounds awesome!
Love how creative you got with what you had in your pantry:) These sweet potato tuna patties sound wonderful! I love how easy they are and the flavors sound awesome!
I would never have thought to pair these ingredients together, but now that you made these patties they look amazing and sound even better! I’m so intrigued that I must try them out for myself! I could definitely be happy eating these as an entree 🙂
Love the sounds of these tuna patties, I think they would be a perfect protein packed back-to-school lunch! What a great idea.
Hello!
I made these tonight with a borrowed can of Tuna from my roommate and a Sweet potato and other veggies from the local farmer’s market, they were absolutely wonderful! I never would have thought to combine these things but I will from now on! Thanks for a great idea 🙂
~Kat
So glad you like this recipe, Kat! Thanks a lot for your comment 😉
These sound delicious! I’m wondering though how many patties it makes? Just trying to get an idea of size.
Thanks!
Hello, Barb. It is about 12-15 patties. It will depends on the size you make the patties. Thanks for your question.
Just made these for our evening meal and they were absolutely delicious. My son is a very fussy eater and he also cleared his plate. I initially thought they appeared a bit wet So I chilled them for half hour before cooking. I need not have worried, they cooked perfectly. I will be making these again and again, thankyou for posting. I got 10 large fish cakes for my batch so have plenty left for lunch tomorrow
Just made these – amaaaaaazing! Mine fell apart a bit when I fried them (due to my bad catering skills, rather than the recipe), but they still taste fab.
I have a lot of mixture left over, so I’m gonna have more tomorrow, but I was wondering if they would freeze well once they’ve been fried?
They are delicious, but I baked the patties , and for faster cooking I microwave the sweet potatoes.
These didn’t bind very well for me 🙁 I don’t know what’s up with them but I can’t flip them without them falling apart. Is it me or the recipe?
Jordan, I don’t know why it happened to you. It never happened to me. Do you add the right about of sweet potato and breadcrumbs? Or what was the type of sweet potato you used? If you add more breadcrumbs it will help to stay together. Let me know if it solves the problems 😉
While I’m sure that your exact recipe is delicious, I just made these and they were awesome!!! I used three large sweet potatoes, and five cans of tuna. I seasoned them with salt, pepper, thyme, garlic and onion pwd, and cayenne. I didn’t even add bread crumbs or eggs because I didn’t have them. This made the patties a little looser, but they stayed together and came out fine. I tried them in a hot cast iron skillet with olive oil. On some,i sprinkled some shredded cheese, and on others I squeezed on a little lime juice. Both were delicious. Super easy, super delicious base recipe that lends itself to endless variations.
Before I went gluten free, I always loved making a tuna patty that used ‘Saltine crackers’ as the binder, which is obviously not healthy. I think from now on I’ll always use sweet potato instead…such a better option. I always seasoned them very heavily with lemon and thyme, and served them with a white sauce with green peas in it. Delicious!. (Now I just need to learn how to make a gluten free white sauce.) Thank you for improving my family recipe!. Well done!
lovely!
Thanks 😉
I used leftover couscous instead of the breadcrumbs and they came out nicely. Thanks for this recipe
Wow that’s great. I’ve never thought about adding couscous in this recipe. Thanks for the feedback 😉
Would this recipe work for school lunch?
I believe so, Karen!
These look delicious, would they freeze ok?
I think so, Sharyn. Although I can’t say for sure since I’ve never froze them before.
We used fresh tuna (perks of living on the coast!), and we used about twice the amount the recipe called for. We also used real garlic & these were delicious!
Amazing!
I made these and they turned out delicious! But, do you think they would work with canned yams to save time?
I’m not sure since I’ve never used canned yams, but I don’t see why not.
I just made my own version of these due to not having some ingredients/unable to have some of the ingredients and I couldn’t ram them in my face quick enough! I used one large sweet potato, two tins of tuna, frozen peas, almond flour instead of bread crumbs, asafoetida instead of onions, chilli flakes, GF worcester sauce and black pepper. I sauteed some kale for them to sit on in olive oil and GF worcester sauce. As i was eating them and glanced over the recipe again, i realised i’d forgotten the eggs! Nevermind though, they stayed together very well and they were super tasty. Thank you for the inspiration!
You’re very welcome and your version of my recipe sounds amazing 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
Have made these several times. Who knew sweet potato was so good in so many ways. really liked these. Thank you
That’s amazing. Happy you liked it 😉
O , I look at your website and another ,your’s for the carb’s , I’m 74 yrs. young . I saw a recie pt tthat had two pork chops in a dish ,it was in a cooker (repecit)with apples ,brown suger and some other main thing???? I cannot find it and I looked at the other site with no luck????
The only two pork chop recipes I have on my site are these one:
1. Easy Oven Pork Chop recipe
2. Garlic Butter Baked Pork Chops
Hope it helps 😉
These are SO GOOD! Life changer, seriously. I always have tuna and sweet potatoes at home, and this is a fantastic “I have nothing in the fridge” meal. I will definitely make them again. Who would have thought they went so well together? Great recipe!
It’s a great combo 😉