Sweet Potato & Tuna Balls
Created by Tisme on May 11, 2016
- Servings: 40
- Prep Time: 25m
- Cook Time: 15-20m
- Recipe #23739
Ingredients
- 400 grams sweet potatoes (peeled and chopped)
- 425 grams tuna (in brine, drained)
- 1 cup breadcrumbs (fresh)
- 1/4 cup coriander, chopped
- 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup crushed corn flakes (crumbs)
- Light sour cream, to serve
How to Make
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Step 1: Pre-heat oven to 180ºC. Cook the sweet potato in a saucepan of boiling water for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Drain and mash.
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Step 2: Combine potato with the tuna, breadcrumbs, coriander, sweet chilli sauce, spring onions, egg, cumin and ginger and mix ingredients together well.
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Step 3: Form mixture into small balls and coat in cornflake crumbs.
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Step 4: Place onto a lined oven tray and bake for 15 minutes, or until golden and just crisp.
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Step 5: Serve individually or thread 2 or 3 hot balls onto skewers and serve with the sour cream as a dipping sauce.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (26.2 g)
- Calories 39.9
- Total Fat - 1.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.3 g
- Cholesterol - 6.6 mg
- Sodium - 76.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 4.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 0.4 g
- Protein - 2.4 g
- Calcium - 8.6 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg