Mexican
Tortitas de Atun (Tuna Patties in Salsa)
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Tortitas de Atun (Tuna Patties in Salsa) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Drain the tuna well and mix it with the eggs, breadcrumbs, and salt into a mixture that holds together.
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Shape into small patties and shallow fry in the oil, about 2 minutes per side, until golden, then set aside.
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Blend the tomato, chipotle pepper, and onion into a smooth salsa.
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Simmer the salsa in the same pan for 5 minutes.
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Return the patties to the pan and simmer 5 minutes more, spooning the salsa over them, cheap, weeknight, and everywhere.
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Serve it with
A Mexican lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tortitas de Atun (Tuna Patties in Salsa), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tortitas de Atun (Tuna Patties in Salsa) carries gluten, eggs, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Arroz con Pollo |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 520 mg
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Tortitas de Atun (Tuna Patties in Salsa) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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