So the last day of this Vegan MoFo has arrived! It’s been a great and difficult ride, but lots of fun and obviously totally delicious! My final post shall be a return to the Vegan Burger series and today is my fourth episode. I had a heap of organic butter beans and some kale in the fridge so I thought, why not throw them together in a burger?! I crumbed these little beauties for some extra crunchy goodness and served them with sweet chilli sauce in toasted pita pockets – they were awesome!
Makes: 5 – 6 burgers, depending on size
- 1 can butter beans (or any white bean)
- 1/2 cup tvp
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 onion, chopped finely
- 2 tablespoons potato starch
- 1 teaspoon each dried thyme and rosemary
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup chopped kale
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Breadcrumbs for coating
- pita bread, tomato, lettuce etc for serving
Method:
Start by placing the tvp in a small bowl and covering with water. Allow to sit for 5 minutes whilst the tvp soaks up the water. Drain and set aside. In a large bowl add in the beans. Mash with a fork until you have a thick paste.
To this, add in the tvp, oats, potato starch, onion, herbs, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix well until all combined. Now throw in the kale and parsley and mix again.
Now shape the mixture into 6 patties. Roll them gently through the breadcrumbs.
Heat some oil in a pan on high heat and cook the patties until brown on both sides, pressing gently once you have flipped them the first time.
Now serve with some sweet chilli sauce on your pita bread with your choice of toppings. Enjoy!
Thanks everyone for your support during the month! It was really great fun and I look forward to reading back through everyone’s posts that I missed during the month š
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Sep 30, 2013 @ 18:31:12
looks really good!
sammysfood
Sep 30, 2013 @ 20:09:11
Thanks!!
Penniless Veggie
Sep 30, 2013 @ 19:26:34
Nice one Sammy! Always interested to find new ways to incorporate TVP into tasty vegan food. D’you reckon spinach would work OK here, or does the kale give more texture than spinach would?
sammysfood
Sep 30, 2013 @ 20:10:21
Thanks! Yeah I think the spinach would be fine – just make sure you get most of the moisture out, or add a little more oats to soak up the extra liquid š
Trendy Momma
Sep 30, 2013 @ 23:49:56
These look awesome and so easy to make too…will definitely have to try it out
Sophie33
Oct 01, 2013 @ 08:50:39
I made your tasty bean burgers,…they were very scrumptious too! MMMM! thanks again! x
sammysfood
Oct 03, 2013 @ 21:59:45
Fantastic! It’s so great to hear when someone else makes your recipe and they like it š
Menaka
Mar 22, 2014 @ 16:19:20
Hi! What is tvp?
sammysfood
Mar 23, 2014 @ 22:12:00
Hi there! TVP is textured vegetable protein, basically a soy product that resembles minced meat when soaked in water. It absorbs flavours really well and helps bind burgers. š
Hannah
Mar 22, 2014 @ 23:34:41
Is there anything I can substitute for the tvp? These look fantastic and I really want to make them tonight!
sammysfood
Mar 23, 2014 @ 22:15:23
Hi Hannah, you can replace the tvp with breadcrumbs and an extra binder like flaxseed, potato starch, cornstarch or even a little mashed potato. I haven’t tried doing this, but I don’t think it should change the flavour much š Good luck!
Hannah
Mar 23, 2014 @ 22:16:18
Thanks! I’ll report back with the results š