Monday, January 21, 2013

Best Vegetarian Burgers Ever!

For about twenty years now I have been experimenting with vegetarian recipes, but I normally scrunch up my nose when someone talks about a bean burger. They are normally mushy and tasteless in my opinion, but this recipe was awesome! I know when all three of us agree that something is good that I'm onto something, and we agreed these were good. The bonus is the recipe made two batches and I froze the other four individual patties for dinner later in the month, which makes all the work worth it. I got this from Paul McCartney's Meat Free Monday Cookbook, I just made a few changes.

                                 Chickpea, Lentil, Cheese, and Onion Burgers
3 Tbl. Olive Oil                           1/2 cup finely chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic, minced            1 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper                1(14oz) can lentils, drained               
1 Tbl. tahini                                 1(14 oz) can chickpeas, drained
2 Tbl. chopped fresh parsley       1 egg
1 1/4 cup plain breadcrumbs       1 cup swiss cheese
1 cup crumbled feta                     salt and pepper to taste
flour, for dusting

1. Heat 1 Tbl. olive oil in skillet and sauté onion for five minutes, add garlic, cumin, cayenne and cook for 30 seconds, remove and let cool.
2. Place both lentils and chickpeas in a bowl and mash, I used a potato masher only because I do not have a food processor, but it worked fine. Add onion mixture, tahini, salt, pepper,parsley, and combine until smooth. Then add egg, breadcrumbs, and cheeses and mix. Shape with your hands into 8 patties then dust with flour.
3. Heat remaining 2 Tbl olive oil in skillet and cook until both sides are golden brown, about 10 minutes per side on medium heat. Serve just like any other burger with whatever toppings you like. If you are going to freeze, shape them into patties first before freezing.

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