Planet Burgers

Submitted by Sharon123

"Recreated from the Good Earth restaurant in Cupertino, California by Diana McAnulty's search for a veggie burger her kids would devour! Adapted from Vegetarian Times magazine."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 9-12 burgers

ingredients

• 3 cups cooked brown rice
• 12 ounces cooked chickpeas, mashed
• 1 medium onion, chopped fine (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 4 ounces cooked red beans, mashed (or adzuki beans)
• 1 medium carrot, shredded (1/2 cup)
• 1⁄2 cup ground almonds (or almond flour or breadcrumbs)
• 1⁄2 cup roasted unsalted sunflower seeds
• 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, minced (or 3 large tbls.dried)
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme

directions

1. Stir all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Shape into large patties.
2. Coat a skillet with cooking spray. Heat over medium high heat.
3. Cook the patties 4-5 minutes per side, or until browned on outside and cooked through on the inside. Use a wide spatula to flip the burgers, they can be fragile.
4. Place in burger buns, or on bread. Use your favorite condiments.
5. Enjoy!

Reviews

[magpie diner]

Lots of my favourite ingredients in this, i used almond meal and subbed tofu for eggs to make them vegan. I actually think tofu might have been better in this than eggs, I had no trouble getting the patties to hold together. Granted, they are fragile when it comes to cooking them though. I have only tried 2 in the frying pan so far, and have 6 in the freezer - hoping straight from freezer to grill might work. Great flavour, love the crunch from the sunflower seeds (I only used 1/4 cup). The only other thing I changed was to use 3 tbsp of soy (braggs), which was plenty of seasoning for me. Great recipe, I'll gladly make again and again.

 

[janetyang_11846053]

This is a go to recipe for us. They are very fragile to cook though. I make them gluten free by using gluten free cracker or bread crumbs. The recipe is already gluten free as written with almond flour. I usually omit the parsley-never have it. The remaining ingredients are staples. All of my family like these.<br/>When I posted this before, I neglected to mention I substitute tamari for the soy sauce. This must be done to have them be truly gluten free.

 

[Maito]

These sort of do taste like planet burgers, and are quite good. The directions are right, they are a tad fragile, so be gentle with them. I made a full recipe, which I think would serve 8-10 people. So we'll see how they hold up in the freezer (I expect well).

 

[BumblingBs]

I came looking for a recipe of yours to make and Planet Burgers? I had a Planet Burger at Good Earth the day before I got married, a whole lot of years ago. They make the Good Earth tea, don't they? Anyway, I'll report back, I'll be making this after the holidays.

 

[Mary Anne C.]

This might be good but it is not a true Good Earth Planet Burger - that burger had adzuki beans