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Easy Tuna Croquettes Recipe (Crispy Southern Tuna Patties)

Tuna Croquettes

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These crispy Southern tuna croquettes are one of the easiest budget-friendly dinners you can make for your family. Made with canned tuna, breadcrumbs, simple seasonings, and fried until golden brown, this old-fashioned tuna croquettes recipe is packed with comforting flavor and comes together in just minutes.

  • Author Alison Wood
  • Prep Time 5 mins
  • Cook Time 20 mins
  • Total Time 25 mins
  • Yield 12 croquettes 1x
  • Cuisine American

Ingredients

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  • (1) five ounce can of tuna or (1) five ounce pouch of tuna
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 onion, diced and sauted
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup panko bread crumbs
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp fresh lime or juice
  • cooking oil

Instructions

  1. In large mixing bowl, place tuna and shred with hand until tuna is in tiny pieces.
  2. Add remaining ingredients — except Panko bread crumbs — and stir and mix until thoroughly incorporated.
  3. Fold in bread crumbs.
  4. In large skillet, heat a ½ inch inch of cooking oil on medium-high heat.
  5. Quickly, make croquettes a little bigger than the palm of your hand and slowly place in hot oil.
  6. Fry croquettes until golden brown (approximately 3 minutes per side) and then flip.
  7. Once patties are browned on both sides, drain off grease.
  8. Continue for all croquettes.
  9. Optional — Give each croquette a squeeze of fresh lime juice before serving.

Find it online: https://pintsizedtreasures.com/simple-tuna-croquettes-recipe/