In today’s post I will show you a super simple recipe for a super delicious veggie burger without any meat patty. The vegetarian patty consists mostly of chickpeas and kidney beans.
The veggie burger is definitely a successful alternative to the classic hamburger, cheeseburger or hot dog. Have fun cooking!
Cooked/Baked today: Homemade Veggie Burger
Difficulty: Easy – Medium
Preparation Time: 1 hour & 30 minutes
Category: Main Dishes, Fast Food, Recipes without Meat, Hamburger Recipes, Veggie Recipes
Our Recipe rating:
Veggie Burger
Ingredients for 8 servings:
…for the patties:
- 2 cans chickpeas (250 grams drained net weight)
- 1 can kidney beans (250 grams drained net weight)
- 1 red pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 75 grams corn
- 75 grams green peas
- 100 grams breadcrumbs + more to coat the done patties with
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- Salt & pepper
…for the sauce:
- 125 grams sour cream
- 125 grams yoghurt
- 2 tablespoon ketchup
- ½ clove of garlic
- ½ tablespoon sambal oelek
- A teaspoon finely chopped dill, parsley & chives each (fresh or frozen)
- Salt & pepper
…more ingredients:
- 8 burger buns (store bought or homemade)
- ½ cucumbere
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 75 grams rocket
- Oil for frying
Kitchen Helper/Gadgets:
- Large pan
- High container to blend the chickpeas
- Blender
- large bowl
- Small bowl to stir together sauce
- Garlic press
Instructions:
…for the sauce:
In a small bowl stir together 125 grams sour cream with 125 grams yogurt, 2 tablespoons ketchup, ½ tablespoon of sambal oelek, ½ pressed clove of garlic, 1 teaspoon finely chopped parsley, 1 teaspoon finely chopped dill & 1 teaspoon finely chopped chives. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside until serving.
…more preparations:
Cut ½ cucumber into thin slices. Peel red onion & cut into thin rings. Cut tomatoes into slices.
…preparations for the patties:
Deseed red pepper and cut into small pieces. Peel onion & a clove of garlic and finely chop. Heat up a large pan adding a dash of oil and add peppers, onions and garlic as soon as the pan is hot enough. Fry over medium heat for about 3 – 4 minutes until glassy, turning occasionally. Then pull pan from the stove, set aside & allow to cool.
Drain chickpeas and kidney beans over a colander, then transfer them to a high container and puree with a blender for 1 – 2 minutes until a sticky & mashy puree.
…for the patties:
Give chickpea-bean-puree together with paprika-onion-mixture, 100 grams breadcrumbs, 1 egg, 75 grams corn & 75 grams green peas into a large bowl.
Season everything with 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon fennel seeds and a good pinch of salt and pepper, then mix/knead with your hands until all ingredients have been evenly distributed.
After that form 8 equal sized balls from the chickpea mass & flatten them to uniformly thick burger patties. Prepare a deep plate with some breadcrumbs and turn the finished patties into them on both sides.
Then heat up a large pan adding a good dash of oil and fry the patties for about 4 – 5 minutes per side over medium heat until golden brown. Once the patties are done, we can build up the burgers.
For that spread the under & upper bun half with a spoonful of sauce, then garnish with rocket, cucumber slices, tomato slices, onion rings & burger patty. Have fun cooking!
Video Tutorial:
Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):