I’ve been a vegetarian for almost 8 years, and I’ve just now discovered the ULTIMATE veggie burger......the best part? It’s do-it-yourself!!
I’ve taken inspiration from a recipe in Parents magazine - but have modified it AND kitchen tested it...so I feel comfortable making the above claim, and giving out the recipe...
The Ultimate Veggie Burger
Ingredients
1 small onion, cut into 6 wedges
3-4 medium mushrooms (button or baby portobello, stemmed and cut into large chunks)
up to 2 cups rolled oats (ex. plain Quaker instant oatmeal)
1 14oz can of black beans (drained)
1 egg
1 Tbsp chili powder
1/4 tsp salt
water (as needed)
Parmesan cheese (grated, as needed)
olive oil (for cooking)
Directions
Add onion, mushrooms, and 1/2 cup of rolled oats to food processor and chop until there are no large chunks left (this may require removing the lid and stirring a few times) - it is important NOT to over-process. Add black beans and chop until MOST of the black beans are incorporated into the mixture. Add egg, chili powder, salt, and 1 Tbsp of water - blend until egg is incorporated (it’s okay if the spices are not evenly distributed). Again, DO NOT over-process. Turn mixture out into a mixing bowl and continue to stir. Add rolled oats - 1/2 cup at a time (up to an additional 1 and 1/2 cups), water (1 Tbsp at a time), and/or Parmesan cheese (1 Tbsp at a time) until the consistency is pliable and sticky, but not too moist (with the goal of having a patty that gets cooked in the center without crumbling to pieces). Place mixture in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. With WET hands shape patties (6-8 depending on size of patty) and place on a plate - use wax or parchment paper to separate patties, return plate to the refrigerator for another 15-20 minutes (time permitting) to allow the patties to set. Heat skillet at 5-6 and drizzle with olive oil. Once hot, add patties and cook until browned on one side (~5 minutes) - carefully flip and cook on the other side until the patties are firm and evenly browned. Serve as you would a “regular” burger!
YUM!
Enjoy ~
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This sounds good. Can you use egg substitutes?
ReplyDeleteYum! Any advice for not having a food processor? Just chop everything small enough to mash? This is totally what I was looking for, nice post, I that you're back to blogging - welcome back!
ReplyDeleteSounds super Yum! Thanks sweetie; we'll give it a try. I'll send Woodward's recipe if I can dig it up outta 30 years of recipes!
ReplyDeleteJasmine - the egg is there to hold things together...my advice would be to try the equivalent of 1 egg in the recipe and see how well the patties hold......I also added some cheese to get the consistency right (about 2 Tbsp total) - and that probably helped hold things together, too.
ReplyDeleteNeeli - YES! The idea is to get the ingredients small enough to make patties that don't crumble apart (although, MY idea was to get the onion small enough so that my 3 year old couldn't see it) - so I'd advise chopping the ingredients as small as possible and then getting your hands dirty by mushing it all together!
GOOD LUCK!!!