My boo + I used to be BIG burger fans – trying different burgers throughout the city to see which one was the best. Now that we’re pescatarian with eggs, we still crave burgers but the veggie kind 🙂 I know there are many plant based brands out there that mimic the burger taste + texture, but at the end of the day I want my burgers packed with fiber + nutrients and not just protein. We typically stick to our sweet potato burgers, but when you typically want sweet potato fries on the side – it’s a good idea to pack your burger with something else. These are also Reboot + Vegan approved!
White Bean Mushroom Cajun Burgers
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Author: Little Adapts By Jax
Serves: 7-8
Ingredients
- 2 cans cannellini (white kidney) beans
- 2 cups crimini mushrooms, diced
- ½ yellow onion, chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
- ½ tbsp nutritional yeast
- 4 flax eggs (4 tbsp ground flaxseed + 6 tbsp water)
- 1 cup rolled oats ground into “breadcrumb size”
- ½ tbsp cajun spice (If you don't have cajun spice, you can use a combo of paprika, celery seed, garlic, basil, pepper, cayenne pepper, thyme + parsley.)
- ½ tbsp paprika
- ½ tbsp coconut aminos
- 1 tbsp olive oil + drizzle more to coat the baking tray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and make flax eggs. Combine the flaxseed + water into a small bowl, whisk and let it sit until you're ready to add it to the burger mixture.
- Heat a pan on medium low heat and then add 1 tbsp of olive oil. Dice the mushrooms + chop onion + garlic.
- Once the pan is heated, add in onions and cook for about 5 minutes until they start to brown. Once that happens, add in mushrooms + garlic and cook for another 5 - 7 minutes until the water from the mushrooms has cooked off.
- While the onions, garlic + mushrooms are cooking, rinse and dry the beans and then throw into a bowl and mash up with a fork or potato masher.
- Add the rolled oats to a blender or food processor and pulse on low until you get a "bread crumb" consistency. Don't over pulse because you don't want it to be a flour - we want some texture!
- When the onions, garlic + mushrooms are done cooking, turn off the heat and place into a small bowl to cool for about 5 minutes or so. You need to let it cool as you mix the batter with your hands and you don't want to burn yourself!
- Add the oats, flax eggs, cajun spice, paprika + coconut aminos into the bowl with the mashed beans. Once the other mixture is cooled, add that in as well.
- Mix the burger batter with your hands until it is well combined.
- Drizzle olive oil on the baking tray and then form patties with your hands and place onto baking tray.
- Bake for about 5-7 minutes on each side until you see the outside of the patty get crisp.
- Cool for about 5 minutes and serve over a mixed salad and/or side of baked sweet potato fries. Enjoy!
With Health + Happiness Always,
Jax
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