Burger

Lentil Walnut Burger

Sunny Sundays are for vegan burgers! For me personally, the most exciting part about burgers have always been the toppings. So ever since going vegan I still fully enjoyed ALL kinds of veggie burgers 😋🍔

While there’s so many plant based burger options out there now – which is great! – the healthiest and often best ones are still homemade. Like these delicious patties made from lentils!

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Lentil Walnut Burger

While there’s so many plant based burger options out there now - which is great! - the healthiest and often best ones are still homemade. Like these delicious patties made from lentils!

Course Appetizer, Dinner

Cuisine American-Inspired

Keyword Lentil Walnut Burger, Vegan Lentil Burger

Total Time 1 30

Servings patties

Calories 369.5kcal

Author Alex

Ingredients

1 cup brown lentils or green lentils
2-3 cups water
1/2 cup walnuts chopped
1 cup whole wheat panko bread crumbs
1 medium onion
3-4 cloves garlic
1 tsp onion powder garlic sweet paprika, smoked paprika and cumin each
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp cumin
1 tbsp tamari or soy sauce, coconut aminos
Salt and pepper to taste
1-2 tbsp BBQ sauce optional
avocado oil

Instructions

Rinse lentils thoroughly and cook with water until soft. I used the @instantpotofficial for this (Manual setting 20 minutes with 2 cups of water)If you’re making them stovetop you need to increase water to 3 cups cooking until very soft. (Around 30 minutes)
In the meantime, finely dice onion and sauté with a splash of water or some avocado oil until browned. Add minced garlic and chopped walnuts to the pan and continue cooking for a few more minutes until walnuts are toasted.
When the lentils are done, add them to a food processor along with onions walnut mix, breadcrumbs and spices and sauces. Pulse/Mix until everything is well combined.
Refrigerate lentil mix for 30 minutes (this helps with forming the patties but you can omit this step when short on time), shape 4 even patties and pan fry them with some avocado oil for 7-10 minutes (depending on thickness) on low medium heat each side. Alternately for a firmer patty, you can pan fry them for a couple minutes each side and then bake in the oven at 400 F/200 C for about 20 minutes, flipping half way through.
Serve on a bun of voice with your favorite toppings and enjoy!