Want to cook or grill a great vegetarian/vegan burger? I did these babies last weekend and everyone really LOVED them. It’s a simple recipe with a FRESH, SUMMERY flavour. You gotta try this!
Chickpea Burgers
1 can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained well
1 red pepper
bunch of fresh cilantro (use how much or how little you like)
1 small onion
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 cup croutons or bread crumbs (can be gluten-free)
1/3 cup chickpea flour or coarse cornmeal for coating
salt & pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper (optional)
non-vegan option / if you eat eggs – you can add 1 egg into the whole mix, and skip the chickpea flour coating.
Directions: In a medium skillet, saute the onion, garlic and red pepper until soft but not necessarily fully cooked. Set aside and let cool. In a small mixer or food processor, blend the chickpeas until almost smooth, some texture is good. In a bowl place the mushed chickpeas, veggies along with all the other ingredients and mix either by hand or a wooden spoon. Shape into balls and press to make burgers. Spread out the chickpea flour or cornmeal on a large plate, and dip your ‘cakes’ into the flour so they’re covered all around. Cook them on a frying pan with olive oil. 5-6 minutes on each side.
You can also grill them! But use a grilling dish as they can be a little delicate to move around.
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These look delicious… really great recipes overall on your blog. Thanks for sharing! Look forward to more.
Yum! Will try these this weekend. It looks like we’re going to get some grilling weather!
Paola, you’re totally right. I forgot to mention a vegan alternative.
Grounded flax seeds…??? I will have to try then like that. My suggestion would be to add a few spoons of soy or rice milk as well – That should moisten them and help to hold them together. I will experiment with this and leave an update. Thanks for visiting.
Hey, thanks…I’ve been hoping for something like that. Fantastic! That’s really helpful. Well done!
these look amazing! i am going to try these for sure. thank you for sharing them with me!! i also have another burger recipe i’d like to try using black beans, rice and beets. but we eat chickpeas all the time…in fact…i’ll be posting my hummus recipe this week. and i’m going to try making falafels for the first time. yum yum yum!
Shannon, I also want to make falafels! It’s so silly but I’ve wanted to do that for a very very long time.
Happy Falafeling ;)
Great blog and your photography! I will want to try and make these :) Have a nice day!
hey, nice blog…really like it and added to bookmarks. keep up with good work
How many does it serve???
Which country do you come from? It’s the first time I’ve ever come across the term ‘cilantro’. Your recipe was written in English and yet I had to take the time to google cilantro only to find that it’s coriander! Why did you not just say coriander? Thanks for wasting my time. Blimey.
Blimey, coriander and cilantro indeed are/come from the same plant, but the difference lies in which part of the plant is being used. It is cilantro when using the leaves, and coriander when using the seeds.