Vegan Lentil and Mushroom Burgers
These lentil and mushroom burgers are nice and flavorful, a little spicy, a little meaty, a little lentil-y, but most of all completely delicious.
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 1 cup Dry green lentils
- 6 oz Mushrooms Crimini, white, whatever is on sale (1 package)
- ½ Large white onion Chopped
- 2 Cloves garlic Chopped
- 1 Chipotle in adobo sauce + 2 tsp of sauce Sub 3tbsp BBQ sauce
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- ½ tsp Paprika
- ½ cup Panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- Salt + Pepper
Instructions
- Put the cup of lentils into a medium size pot, fill the pot with water and add in a large pinch of salt. Bring it to a boil then turn down the heat and simmer the lentils for 15-20 minutes until they're nice and tender.
- While the lentils are cooking - roughly chop the mushrooms, onion, and garlic and saute them in olive oil over a medium heat for 10 minutes or until they're nice and brown. Season the veggies with salt and pepper (as usual).
- When the lentils are done cooking, strain them and place them in a large mixing bowl with the cooked mushrooms, onion, and garlic. Take the chipotle pepper and tsp of the sauce and put that in bowl and mix it up. If you're substituting BBQ sauce for the pepper add it in now (3 tbsp).
- Pop that lentil and vegetable mixture into your food processor and pulse until the desired consistency is achieved. We're looking for some mush, some half lentils, some whole lentils, and a whole lot of delicious. I go for 8 or 9 pulses.
- Empty the mixture back into your large mixing bowl and add in the garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, bread crumbs, olive oil, a large pinch of salt (1 tsp) and a bunch of fresh pepper. Fold it all together with a spatula and taste is for seasoning - if you like things salty you'll probably want some more salt in there. If you're not on the vegan train feel free to add in some cheese to the mix!
- Let the mixture sit for 10 minutes and then form patties. This is good for 4 large burgers.
- Once the patties are formed you can toss them in the fridge until you're ready to cook them. You can also freeze them (the freeze really well). As for the cooking you can grill them, bake them, or cook them in a pan like I did. Non-stick pan over medium low heat with a little oil in it. Get the oil hot, then place in your burgers and let them cook untouched for 4-5 minutes. Once they're browned on one side flip them over and cook for another 4-5 minutes. I served mine with super crispy oven fries and a really fresh slaw in a pita pocket! Enjoy!