Vegan Chickpea Umami Burgers (gluten-free)

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These vegan chickpea umami burgers from Desiree Nielsen’s Good For Your Intestine cookbook are tremendous flavourful with solar dried tomatoes, lemon zest, Tamari, and spices. It is a pantry-friendly recipe for certain! These vegan burgers come collectively in about half-hour.

A head on shot of a vegan chickpea umami burger in a bun with lettuce, tomato, pickle, red onion, and mayonnaise as toppings.

An overhead shot shows prepped ingredients and a copy of the

An overhead shot of assembled veggie burgers on a parchment lined baking sheet.

I believe I make a unique veggie burger recipe just about each time the craving strikes. We’ve had our first stretch of actually heat, completely summery climate right here and with my good friend Desiree Nielsen‘s e book freshly out, I knew what I needed to make. These vegan chickpea umami burgers from Good for Your Gut are so tasty and simple to make.

I really like that they make the most of quite a lot of pantry substances! Issues like oats, walnuts, canned chickpeas, solar dried tomatoes, dietary yeast, Tamari, and spices. I at all times have these things readily available in my plant powered pantry, so these veggie burgers got here collectively so simply.

Desiree’s e book is greater than a set of recipes! It’s a information to therapeutic/supporting your intestine well being from the plant-based perspective of a registered dietician. Within the entrance part of the e book, she discusses the gut-brain connection, why of us expertise bloating, fermented meals, how stress can impression digestion, the significance of really chewing (that is one thing I at all times should work at!), FODMAPs, probiotics and prebiotics, and a lot extra.

The recipes are labelled inside 3 classes: Shield, Heal, and Soothe. All of them sound so scrumptious, which is my major attraction right here! Another recipes I’m : Raspberry and Chocolate Rye Muffins, Sheet Pan Harissa Tofu and Veggies, Brussels Sprouts Caesar with Garlicky Walnuts, and the Salted Tahini Caramel Popcorn Bars.

For the photographs, I loaded these up with sliced tomato, pickle, lettuce, vegan mayo, all the products! One among my favorite fast dinners is a veggie burger salad scenario with sliced uncooked veg, roasted/grilled veg, sauerkraut or kimchi, tahini sauce, mainly no matter I've readily available! That’s how I plan to make the most of the leftover burgers.

In case you’re into this recipe, you may additionally like my Lemony Oregano Vegan Meatballs or these Grilled Mini Peppers with Spiced Walnut & Lentil Crumble. And positively take a look at Desiree’s e book!

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Vegan Chickpea Umami Burgers

These vegan chickpea umami burgers from Desiree Nielsen's Good For Your Intestine cookbook are tremendous flavourful with solar dried tomatoes, lemon zest, Tamari, and spices. It is a pantry-friendly recipe for certain! These vegan burgers come collectively in about half-hour.

PREP TIME25 minutes

COOK TIME8 minutes

TOTAL TIME33 minutes

Servings: 6

2 cups child spinach, tightly packed
1 medium shallot, chopped
½ cup uncooked walnuts
⅓ cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and patted dry
3 cups cooked chickpeas
½ cup rolled oats
2 tablespoons dietary yeast
2 tablespoons floor flaxseed
1 teaspoon floor cumin
1 teaspoon garlic powder
sea salt and floor black pepper, to style
½ teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons water, plus extra if wanted
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 tablespoon gluten-free Tamari soy sauce
zest of ½ a lemon

Place the spinach in a colander over the sink. Slowly pour boiling water over the spinach to wilt. Let it cool.
In a meals processor, add the shallot, walnuts, and sun-dried tomatoes. Pulse till finely chopped. Add the chickpeas, rolled oats, dietary yeast, flaxseed, cumin, garlic powder, salt, pepper, onion powder, water, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, Tamari and lemon zest. Fastidiously squeeze the surplus water out of the spinach and add it to the meals processor.
Pulse till about half the combination seems to be like a paste, however you'll be able to nonetheless see loads of distinct substances. It's best to be capable to type a pleasant patty with ease. If the combination is crumbly, pulse a bit extra or add 1-2 tablespoons water, a bit at a time.
In a big, nonstick skillet, warmth the remaining tablespoon of olive oil over medium warmth. Place the burgers within the skillet and cook dinner till a golden brown crust kinds on the underside, 3-4 minutes. Fastidiously flip and cook dinner for one more 3-4 minutes. The burgers shall be delicate once they’re heat, however will agency up barely as they cool.
Serve the burgers with or with out buns, with garnishes and toppings of your alternative!

Desiree notes that if you'd like a extra conventional, detectably firmer burger texture, you'll be able to add ⅓ cup bread crumbs (GF if wanted) to the combination.
Additionally famous within the e book: These burgers may be fashioned and refrigerated as much as 24 hours upfront.
For the olive oil right here, I used the oil that the sun-dried tomatoes have been packed in. Good little bump of flavour!