Delicious and healthy beetroot and chickpea burger.
Warning! The following recipe is truly addictive. Dangerously tasty. Veggie burger heaven! This burger is filling, simple to make and only requires a few simple ingredients (as usual). The patty is firm on the outside and tender on the inside, exactly what a veggie burger should be. Beetroot and chickpea burger is smoky, hearty, savoury, subtly spiced and seriously satisfying. Oh my goodness, almost too good to be true!
You wouldn’t guess how often we eat burgers, because there is no burger recipe on the blog. How come? I am not sure, probably it’s because we just make burgers from anything we have at home: beans, lentils, veggies, rice, quinoa, bread crumbs or oats. That’s my favorite part about veggie burgers, I can just mix together basically anything in my food processor and it’s always good. Ok, my favorite part is actually that burgers are super duper delicious! Who doesn’t love burgers, seriously?
If you’ve followed me on Instagram for a while, you know I’ve made many veggie burgers in the past. You have asked me so often for the recipes that you made me feel totally guilty I never had one for you. So here you are, a delicious beetroot and chickpea recipe, I hope you will like it!
Beetroot and Chickpea Burger
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 8 patties 1x
Ingredients
- 1 can of chickpeas
- 2 medium size cooked beetroots (you can also use raw beets)
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 cup of oats
- 1/3 cup of nutritional yeast
- bunch of fresh parsley
- dash of liquid smoke
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F.
- Rinse and drain chickpeas very well and dice beets and onion.
- Add chickpeas, beets, onion, garlic, oat, nutritional yeast, parsley, liquid smoke, salt and pepper to a food processor and process until everything is mixed well together but still has a bit of a chunky consistency.
- Divide the mixture into 8 portions and shape into patties. If the mixture is too wet, add a couple tablespoons of oat flour first.
- Arrange patties on the baking sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes, turning them over once halfway through baking time.
- Serve on buns (GF if you prefer) with red onion, avocado, tomato, greens and garlicky maple-tahini. Enjoy!
Notes
Stack two patties on top of each other for the best burger!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Main
- Cuisine: Vegan
All the nooch! I just made some new veggie burgers for my mom and I yesterday and they were a hit!
Veggie burgers are the best 🙂
Oh wow, these burgers look insanely good. That maple tahini sauce looks so appealing as well! It seriously looks like big mac sauce haha. And the patties have such good structure! Delicious. x
Thank you so much, that maple tahini is really good! Though I have to admit I have never ever tried the big mac sauce, so I have absolutely no idea whether it tastes like that or not 😀
Oh Evi, I am absolutely drooling over this stunning burger. You have combined two of my favorites. And love the brilliant idea of maple tahini. Super awesome!
Thank you, Anu 🙂
These burgers look too good and insanely easy to make! I love how simple you kept the ingredients and the sauce looks amazing. Did you make that too?
Thanks, Melissa!
The sauce is a simple mixture of tahini, lemon juice, maple syrup, black pepper and water. I put that on everything 😀
I’m drooling right now. Those look so amazing!
Thanks, Linda!
i cant get over last picture! This looks incredible, I actually haven’t made veggie burgers but I think that has to change!
Thank you, Liora! You should definitely try making veggie burgers, they are so easy to make but so so so delicious 🙂
I just need parsely and I’m making these bad babies!! Do you have to cook them in the oven or can I do them in a skillet?
Hi Chris, sorry for the super late answer. I never tried making these in a skillet, but I’m sure that could work too, though you might have to adjust the consistency of the patties a little bit…Either way, I hope you liked the recipe 😉
Hello thank you for the recipient. I had to fry these burgers. How much calories are in this burger and how much. Calories could be if I don’t add the yeast onions liquid smoke or the parsley thank you
Hi Zarina,
I’m not a nutritionist or dietician, so I can’t tell you about the calories here, however sites like Cronometer can help you with that info. 🙂
Thank you
🙂
I love these. They were so easy to make and are so delicious!!!
Hi Lindsay,
I’m so happy to hear that! 🙂
This is a delicious recipe! I made a few adjustments to bump up flavour and these burgers were heavenly.
Adjustments I made:
– bake rinsed chickpeas (with a dusting of coriander spice) for 15 mins
– add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds to a dry pan, heat until fragrant
– add some olive oil to the cumin pan and add the chopped onion. Sweat
– replace parsely with baby spinach
– combine all in a food processor and bake as per instructions
Yum!
I’m so happy you liked the recipe!
All your adjustments sound really great, definitely going to try your version too 🙂
Thanks for the feedback!
Hi
Planning to make the today.
Can I use smoke salt instead of smoke liquid?
How big are your chickpea cans,400g?
Thank you in advance
Hi Magdalena,
Yes, you can definitely use smoked salt here.
My can is 400g, so about 240 g chickpeas after draining.
Let me know how you liked the recipe! 🙂
Thank you for your help ,I am planning to make them today .Will give you feedback as soon I can;)
Also can I fry them instead of baking?are they suitable for freezing?
Yes, you can definitely freeze these. Both before and after baking works.
I’ve never tried to fry these, so I’m not sure if they hold up that way. But let me know if you decide to experiment with it, would love to know if they work in a pan as well.
Hi
They did work as fried one .I also add some blanched spinach.Thank you for recipe
That’s awesome, thanks for the feedback! The spinach sounds like a great idea here 🙂
Units, just Grams – how big is “an onion”? Or a beetroot?! Use a standard international unit of weight please!
Hello. How many calories per pattie? Sorry. I don’t see it listed. Thank you!
Hi Melinda,
I’m not a nutritionist or dietitian, so I can’t tell you exact nutritional information about my recipes. But I personally always like to use sites like Cronometer to check such things 😉