Balsamic tuna burger on portobello 🍄 buns w/onion chive cream cheese, 🥓 & truffle oil
My quest to come up with new ways to prepare & enjoy 🐟 burgers continues! And during #tuesdaytestkitchen I was happy to stumble upon a Supah Tasty idea I’ll definitely make again.
Balsamic and tuna are of course a classic combo. And when I found huge, organic portobello 🍄 🍄 at the market I thought “why not use them for buns?”
So now here we are! What you’ll need:
1 🐟 burger - from the seafood dept. or Trader Joe’s
2 large portobello 🍄 - they’ll shrink when cooked, so go big!
Onion & chive cream cheese
Few pieces of chopped 🥓
Splash of Balsamic glaze
Few tablespoons truffle olive oil
Per my last post, I’m a fan of Trader Joe’s 🐟 burgers. They’re mainly tuna, sans filler (unlike others). And also pretty tasty! So if using their version, make sure you take them out of the freezer to defrost about 10 min, prior to cooking. If using a fresh/not frozen tuna burger, skip to the next.
While your burger is defrosting, cut the tops off of your 🍄🍄, and scoop or cut out the mushroom in the middle. Chop that up, throw it in a pan on medium low with some truffle olive oil and your chopped bacon.
Cook for several minutes until the bacon is crispy, and your mushroom pieces are nicely sautéed. Remove from pan, place on a plate, leaving that 🥓-y oil in your pan.
Now add the two “buns” to the pan, and cook them for few minutes, each side. Remove, pat with a paper towel to blot oil, set aside. And while they’re still hot, spread a couple tablespoons of onion & chive cream cheese onto the top 🍄 “bun”. I found cream cheese is not only a great addition flavor-wise, but also provides a nice, creamy balance to the acidity of the balsamic vinegar!
So now add a little more olive oil to the pan with your tuna burger, turn heat to medium high. Cook a few minutes, each side. Before removing, spoon the 🥓-y mushrooms you cooked earlier back into the pan, to heat/crisp them a bit more.
Then pile those onto the top 🍄 bun, on top of your cream cheese, putting your tuna burger on the bottom bun. Add a healthy drizzle of balsamic to both sides, and a shake of herbal sea salt.
Put both sides together, and enjoy your Supah Tasty balsamic tuna burger!