Vegan Lentil Burgers

Have you ever tried vegan burgers? It doesn’t sound promising? Well for today’s recipe we have amazing Vegan Lentil Burgers that tastes like regular burger patties but are healthier, and don’t contain any meat!! Even if you don’t like vegan food you’ll love these burgers.

This is our first time making these amazing lentil burgers, and can you imagine that they end up perfectly soft and delicious? This recipe definitely goes on our on-the-go recipes list. Perfect burgers to take with you when traveling. 🙂

In this recipe, we used only plant-based ingredients which makes it a perfect recipe for vegan and everyone following a vegan diet.

 
If you like this recipe let us know. Here are a couple of interesting vegan recipes you might like too: Asparagus & Tofu Rice Pilaf, Vegetable Lentil Soup, and Baked Sweet Potato With Chickpeas.

Prep time: 30 min   Cook time: 1 h   Total: 1 h 30 min   Servings: 7

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INGREDIENTS FOR BURGER PATTIES

• 1 cup uncooked brown/green lentils
• 3 cups of water
• 1 large carrot (diced)
• 1/2 medium-size red onion (diced)
• 2/3 cup bread crumbs
• 2/3 cup oat flour
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• about teaspoon of olive oil + extra if frying the burgers
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

INGREDIENTS FOR BURGERS

• 7 burger buns
• 2 large tomatoes (sliced)
• 1 small purple onion (sliced)
• 7 lettuce leaves – size of the bun
• 7 slices of vegan cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

• Add lentils, water, and salt into a pot and bring to boil. Cook on medium heat for about 45 minutes or until the no water remains. 
• While lentils are cooking, prepare a large mixing bowl and add bread crumbs and oat flour. Stir well and set aside.
• In a large pan add olive oil, diced carrot, onion, and pepper. Cook on medium to low heat for about 5 minutes. When done, transfer it in the bowl with the dry ingredients (bread crumbs and lentils). Stir everything well and set aside. 
• When lentils are cooked, transfer 2/3 cooked lentils to the food processor and process several times until it becomes a puree. Then add the puree and 1/3 of the lentils that were not processed, to the bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Add a soy sauce, and stir until everything is combined. Use your hands to form patties. This mixture will give you 7 large patties (about 3”).
• Burger patties can be fried with a little olive 2-3 minutes each side, or baked for about 15 minutes. Choose which option suits you the best. We pan-fried ours.
• Serve and enjoy your Vegan Lentil Burgers!

NOTES

• Don’t wait for lentil to cool down. This will make the patties dry, and you won’t be able to form them – they’ll fall apart.
• If the mixture is too dry add 1 tablespoon of water.
• If the mixture is too wet add 1 tablespoon of oat flour.

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