My first attempt at chickpea veggie burgers

@maezee (41988)
United States
April 3, 2020 7:17am CST
Happy Friday all! I had been meaning to try this chickpea veggie burger recipe for a while, but I needed the food processor to do so. I made veggie burgers using this simple recipe - chickpeas, cilantro, some oil, a few tablespoons of flour, and some seasonings. Then, I rolled them into a ball, squashed them, froze them for 30 minutes, fried them on each side for 5 mins, and then baked them for an additional 20 mins. BUT when I took them out of the freezer, they were falling apart like crazy. This is my biggest pet peeve with trying to make a veggie burger, especially a VEGAN one. Need a binding agent! Because they were so crumbly I ended up essentially cracking an egg over them to get some degree of “binding”. But on a bun with some cheese, ketchup and sriracha mayo... This was fantastic! Do you have any good veggie burger recipes? Or have you tried any new recipes lately?
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marguicha
@marguicha (223297)
• Chile
3 Apr 20
Eggs are wonderful to bind!
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Indeed!! I wonder if there is something else that works just as well.
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marguicha
@marguicha (223297)
• Chile
7 Apr 20
@maezee Not that I know. But you can also add a bit of bread crumbs and milk.
Macy
@almostoveryou (4803)
• Philippines
4 Apr 20
I will have to try that next time I get a lot of chickpeas. I love vegetarian food.
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Ah, great! It FEELS good to eat plant-based, from my experience, although this veggie burger required an egg, which isn't totally plant based. I will try again for a 100% vegan burger.
ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (14005)
• Singapore
3 Apr 20
Nope I do not eat much veggie burger
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
How come?
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Apr 20
Score a success for you in the kitchen.
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Yes, mostly! And it was just something different...I wish they would have binded without the egg, but that will be a project for another day. Have you ever had a veggie burger? They are good!
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@ZedSmart (19787)
• Philippines
3 Apr 20
I had mung beans the other day almost the same of yours minus the bun.
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Ooh, very nice! What are mung beans?
Akaninyene Etuk
@akanetuk (2135)
•
3 Apr 20
The leaves are missing
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Are they? This is how I got them in the bag from the store...Now you have me curious what the leaves are
snowy
@snowy22315 (180979)
• United States
8 Apr 20
I had that happen once with a homemade black bean burgers. I didn't remove all the water, and they wouldn't hold together for anything! Tasted OK, but definitely not a burger.
Michele
@Aquitaine24 (11813)
• San Jose, California
11 Apr 20
I love veggie burgers. Have you tried but burgets?
Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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4 Apr 20
Talking about veggie burgers, I automatically think of hash browns, don't know why . Perhaps because I love hash browns. (It is a cold day here with the wind howling outside... I am thinking of something hot like a bowl of soup, with some hash browns next to it!)
maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Cool! I never thought about hashbrowns being part of veggie burgers. It seems like most of them are made from beans or ground up veggies, but that would be interesting....I do love my potatoes too though!!
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muhammad iqbal
@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
3 Apr 20
i am just ready to sip of evening tea
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
7 Apr 20
No veggie burgers for you eh?