This delicious vegetarian burger boasts a meaty texture and bursts with flavor! Plus it’s super simple to make; perfect for kids, vegans or anyone wanting a change from meat! Finding the best halal burgers in fawkner.
Make this delicious plant-based burger recipe and serve them on soft butter-toasted buns with onions, tomatoes and lettuce in addition to creamy delicious dressing for an irresistibly satisfying bite!
Ingredients
Vegetables are an excellent source of protein in our diets, not to mention delicious flavors! Add herbs and spices for even more delicious veggie burgers that might fool even you into believing they’re nutritious!
Cooked short-grain brown rice – Cooked short-grain brown rice is essential to binding vegetable patties together. We suggest using Trader Joe’s microwaveable brown rice, or any cooked brown rice can do.
Add walnuts to the vegetable mix for an additional burst of flavor and nutrition in these veggie burgers – optional but highly recommended! They provide extra protein as well.
Assemble these delicious burgers using your preferred toppings, such as lettuce, pickled gherkins or cucumbers, avocado, Guacamole, tomato ketchup or sauce or tzatziki mustard sauce – or use dairy-free mayonnaise dressing on each sandwich to make these vegan. Leftovers can easily be reheated by placing in a saute pan for three minutes on either side until both the exterior is crispy again while the interior remains warm and cozy.
Preparation
The patty mixture features pearl barley, chickpeas and mushrooms for maximum savory satisfaction. To strengthen it further, ground flax seed and panko bread crumbs have been added; panko helps the patties remain together during frying unlike many veggie patty recipes which tend to disintegrate in oil.
This recipe yields four regular-sized veggie burgers, but the ingredients can easily be increased to produce any number you require. For ease of preparation and storage purposes, prepare and freeze patties ahead of time!
When ready to eat, heat some oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and add your burgers. Cook on both sides until golden brown while flipping frequently. Transfer onto toasted buns with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and your desired burger sauce (such as tomato ketchup or eggless mayonnaise ), toppings such as guacamole coleslaw sliced avocado fresh or grilled pineapple are great additions!
Cooking
To create the ideal veggie burger, it is essential that it has firmness and crunchiness that mimic the texture of meat burgers while helping it hold together better during consumption. This ensures the ideal texture.
A great way to achieve this goal is by pan-frying or baking patties until they’re crispy on both sides, or by baking in an oven until their edges turn golden and crisp – both methods work just as effectively and are much healthier alternatives to deep frying them in oil.
Be sure to use freshly cooked, sticky rice when making your patties; just a handful of breadcrumbs is needed to reduce moisture content and help form cohesive patties. Your burgers can even be prepared ahead of time and frozen; they reheat very easily!
Serving
Make quick meals or lunch with this recipe by whipping up quick burgers on whole-grain buns, and topping with lettuce, ribbons of cucumber and carrot, tomatoes and onion slices as well as more mayonnaise for extra flavor! Add chopped nuts for crunchiness if desired!
For best results when grilling veggie patties, sauteing vegetables prior to adding them into the mix will help them cook without becoming soggy and soggy. Or toast the vegetables first so as to retain their texture in your final patty!
Always read labels when purchasing store-bought veggie burgers as these may contain long lists of ingredients and preservatives that could potentially harm your health. Look for varieties with no more than 20 ingredients, and pay special attention to nutrition facts which may vary widely based on brand. For an alternative that contains less calories per serving and provides 3 grams of protein try creating homemade versions or opting for Dr. Praeger’s crunchy varieties which contain 160 or less.
