Vegan Lentil Burgers

Bunny Erica's Note:

Got the recipe from theveggietable.com and wanted to post so I had it to hand and for others to share.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 8 burgers

• 1 cup dry lentils , well rinsed
• 2 ½ cups water
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ medium onion , diced
• 1 carrot , diced
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• ¾ cup rolled oat , finely ground
• ¾ cup breadcrumbs

Directions:

1. Boil lentils in the water with the salt for around 45 minutes. Lentils will be soft and most of the water will be gone.
2. Fry the onions and carrot in the oil until soft, it will take about 5 minutes.
3. In a bowl mix the cooked ingredients with the pepper, soy sauce, oats and bread cumbs.
4. While still warm form the mixture into patties, it will make 8-10 burgers.
5. Burgers can then be shallow fried for 1-2 minutes on each side or baked at 200C for 15 minutes.

Reviews

[LilWubs]

Great recipe! I used canned lentils because I didn't have any dry. The burgers were very dense, but it wasn't a bad thing. They were very "stick-to-your-ribs" delicious! Next time I will try this with the dry lentils and probably add a few herbs and spices to the cooking liquid. Everyone enjoyed these! Thanks!

[Dominick & Amanda]

Loved them! These were easy and delicious. Some of the best homemade veggie burgers we've made! They held together really well. I used Italian seasoned breadcrumbs which I think added a nice flavor. Dominick mentioned what a nice presentation these burgers made. We got 8 good sized patties out of the batch so we froze some of them to use at a later date. Thanks so much for posting!

[Elmotoo]

Do be sure to stop cooking the lentils before all the water is gone or they'll be a bit dry & the oats/breadcrumbs need the liquid. The carrots took closer to 10 minutes to soften. But they were fabulous & everyone enjoyed them. Thank you! MAde for PAC Fall '07.