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    Home » Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls

    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls

    30 April, 2016 by Stacey 12 Comments

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    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls

    These easy cheesy baked tuna balls are a simple low carb, gluten-free snack recipe that rocks!

    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls - low carb, grain free and gluten free. A very tasty snack!

    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls are an easy, very tasty, low carb, gluten-free & grain-free snack. Made with tuna, cheeses, spices, and rolled in a low carb breading and baked until crisp.

    I was planning on serving these with a dip, but they were just so darn good plain, that my family ate them before I could finish making a dip. Oh well, next time maybe.

    These make a perfect snack or appetizer that everyone will love.

    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls- Low carb, gluten free and grain free. A very tasty snack!

    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls Recipe:

    (for printable recipe card, scroll down below)

    Ingredients:

    Tuna Ball Ingredients:

    • 1 (6 to 7) ounce can tuna, drained and broken up with a fork
    • 1 egg, beaten
    • ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
    • 2 tbsp parmesan cheese
    • ½ tsp golden flax meal
    • 1 heaping tbsp mayonnaise, like this primal brand
    • ½ tsp garlic powder
    • ¼ tsp onion powder
    • ¼ tsp sea salt
    • 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil (for baking)

    Breaded Coating Ingredients:

    • 3 tbsp almond flour
    • ½ tbsp parmesan cheese
    • ⅛ tsp sea salt
    • ⅛ tsp black pepper

    Directions:

    1. Preheat oven to 400 F, and use the tbsp oil to grease a baking sheet.
    2. In a large mixing bowl combine all the tuna ball ingredients except for the oil and coating ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
    3. In a separate medium-size mixing bowl combine all the breaded coating ingredients. mix together thoroughly.
    4. Take a tbsp of tuna mixture and roll into a ball shape with hands.
    5. Roll tuna ball in the breaded coating mixture to cover and place on an oiled baking sheet.
    6. Once done rolling and coating tuna balls, bake for 14 minutes until lightly browned, turning over halfway through cooking time.  
    7. Remove from oven and serve.

    Nutritional Data : Yield: 12 balls, Serving Size: 3 tuna balls, Cal:180, Carbs: 2 g, Net Carbs: 1 g, Fiber: 1 g, Protein:14 g, Fat: 13 g, Sugars: 0 g.

    *all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

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    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls- low carb, grain free and gluten free. A very tasty snack!

    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls

    Stacey
    Easy Cheesy Baked Tuna Balls are a quick and easy to prepare, tasty, low carb, gluten-free, grain-free snack.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Prep Time 3 mins
    Cook Time 14 mins
    Total Time 17 mins
    Course Appetizer, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 180 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 6 -7 ounce can tuna drained and broken up with a fork,
    • 1 egg beaten
    • ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
    • 2 tbsp parmesan cheese
    • ½ tsp golden flax meal
    • 1 tbsp heaping mayonnaise
    • ½ tsp garlic powder
    • ¼ tsp onion powder
    • ¼ tsp sea salt
    • 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil for baking
    • BREADED COATING:
    • 3 tbsp almond flour
    • ½ tbsp parmesan cheese
    • ⅛ tsp sea salt
    • ⅛ tsp black pepper

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 400 F, and use the tbsp oil to grease a baking sheet.
    • In a large mixing bowl combine all the tuna ball ingredients except for the oil and coating ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
    • In a separate medium size mixing bowl combine all the breaded coating ingredients. mix together thoroughly.
    • Take a tbsp of tuna mixture and roll into a ball shape with hands.
    • Roll tuna ball in the breaded coating mixture to cover and place on oiled baking sheet.
    • Once done rolling and coating tuna balls, bake for 14 minutes until lightly browned, turning over halfway through cooking time.
    • Remove from oven and serve.

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    Notes

    *all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

    Nutrition

    Serving: 3ballsCalories: 180kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 14gFat: 13gFiber: 1gSugar: 0g
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    Comments

    1. Barbara Rae Harris

      November 13, 2016 at 1:52 pm

      5 stars
      Can these Tuna Balls be frozen

      Reply
      • Stacey

        November 13, 2016 at 3:23 pm

        Barbara, I have not tried freezing these before, but I would think if you wrap them well, then they could be frozen and reheated in the oven.

        Reply
    2. Jan

      November 01, 2016 at 4:51 am

      5 stars
      I'm totally out of almond flour, but I've used sunflower seed flour as a substitute. Just grind some roasted sunflower seeds in a coffee grinder to make your own. Don't over grind or you'll have sunflower butter, LOL.

      Reply
      • Stacey

        November 01, 2016 at 9:37 am

        Jan, I make sunflower seed flour too, it is a great nut free option.

        Reply
    3. Petra

      August 30, 2016 at 5:17 pm

      Out of flax meal- any subs? Looks so yum!!

      Reply
      • Stacey

        August 31, 2016 at 9:41 am

        Petra, you could use ground chicharones (pork rinds), or low carb bread crumbs.

        Reply
    4. Marsha C.

      July 07, 2016 at 11:59 am

      5 stars
      I'm lovin' these! !! So easy to make and everyone wants the recipe. Thanks Stacy!

      Reply
      • Stacey

        July 07, 2016 at 5:43 pm

        Thank you so much Marsha for trying the recipe and your kind words 🙂 Glad it was a hit.

        Reply
    5. Dana

      July 01, 2016 at 1:54 pm

      I have all of these ingredients YAY me!! I love crab meat and salmon...I bet I could make these with those two meats also...like a rolled up crab or salmon patty...YUM! Thank you again and again for sharing your skills. It is to hot to turn on the oven, but I plan on doing these in my toaster oven

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      • Stacey

        July 01, 2016 at 2:59 pm

        Dana, that is awesome. It is colder here, but I'm not complaining, as I can't handle extreme heat. Toaster oven is a good idea. Is it a convection one?

        Reply
    6. rachel @ athletic avocado

      May 02, 2016 at 4:23 am

      Whiten awesome way to eat tuna! These would be a great sub for meatballs with my zoodles 🙂

      Reply
      • Stacey

        May 02, 2016 at 9:53 am

        Thank you Rachel, that is a genius idea! It would be like a tuna meatball noodle casserole 😉

        Reply

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