Now or Later Vegan Burger with Fried Pickles

This recipe is featured in one of my vegetarian magazine subscriptions "Vegetarian Times Apr/May 2013 edition".  You can also find this recipe online, I wanted to share the recipe its a simple burger to make and it's delicious.

 

 

2 cups cooked beans of your choice

4 carrots peeled and grated

1 small onion

1/2 cup whole rolled oats

1/2 cup parsley

3 cloves garlic (minced)

1 tbsp. chili powder

1 tsp seasoning salt

pinch  cayenne pepper

4 tbsp. olive oil

4 hamburger buns

4 tbsp. mustard

Lettuce, sliced tomatoes, and red onion, condiments of your choice

 

Pulse beans, carrots, onion, oats, parsley, garlic, chili powder and salt and pepper in food processor until combined.  Make sure mixture holds together. Let rest before shaping patties chill in fridge for 30 minutes or even overnight. 

 

Shape mixture into 4 1 inch thick patties.  You can shape and freeze or shape and cook.  This is where the now or later comes into play. 

 

Coat pan with oil and add patties cook 5 minutes on each side or until brown. 

 

 

A nice comforting appetizer to these burgers would be as promised in my last post Fried Pickles.  Yeah I'm a southern girl people and treasure my southern roots. 

 

Fried Pickles Recipe

1/3 cup pickle juice (from the pickle jar)

1/2 cup + 1 tbsp. flour

1 tbsp. cornstarch

1 tsp prepared mustard

1/2 tsp dried dill weed

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

1/4 tsp salt

2 cups of hamburger chips pickles

Oil for Frying

 

In a bowl combine juice, 1 tbsp. flour, cornstarch, and mustard.  Stir set aside

In a separate bowl combine 1/2 cup flour, dill weed, red pepper flakes, and salt Stir. 

 

Heat oil in pan

 

Coat pickles in flour mixture, then batter, then flour.  Add pickle into hot pan until full cook for 8 min or until brown. Remove cooked pickles on to a paper towel line bowl.  Enjoy pickles as is or dip in ranch dressing (recipe in a previous post)

 

Happy Eating :)