Guest Post : Vegan Mushroom Burger

How to Make a Mushroom Burger: The Easiest Vegan Mushroom Burger Recipe of all Time

 

Hello again! This is Matt from FaveDiets.com happy to be guest blogging here again. You may remember my delicious homemade hummus recipe but now I’m turning my sights to something a bit more substantial.

I’m normally not a big fan of vegetarian meat replacements, products like tofurkey and fake sausage. However, I do love veggie burgers. If I’m not in a cooking mood (rare but it happens) then frozen veggie burgers are great for a quick fix. I’ve tried my hand at making my own veggie burger recipe, but the end result is never to my liking. However, I recently discovered a recipe for mushroom veggie burgers on the blog Healthy Amy that I just had to try.

So what attracted me to this vegetarian mushroom recipe? For one, it’s egg free, which is nice in the price department. Two, I had cremini mushrooms and tahini already in fridge. (remember how I’m a hummus fiend?) Mostly, this mushroom burger recipe looked too easy to pass up, so I decided to make it. Here’s is my version of this mushroom burger:

Cremini Mushroom Burgers

Serves: 3-4

Yields: About 8 medium-sized burgers

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes

Ingredients:

• ½ pound cremini mushrooms (white button mushrooms or portabella mushrooms would also work)
• 2 sliced whole wheat bread, toasted (stale bread also works really well)
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 springs fresh rosemary (You can adjust according to your tastes)
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme(Again, you can adjust according to your tastes)
• 1 teaspoon onion powder (to taste)
• Black pepper, freshly cracked (to taste)
• Red chili flakes, to taste (optional)

Instructions:

1. Clean your cremini mushrooms and peel your garlic cloves. Add to your food processor. Add the rest of your ingredients to the food processor.
2. Turn on the food processor and blend the mixture into a paste.
3. Form mixture into small patties and cook on a griddle or wide pan over medium-high heat.
4. Once the mushroom burgers are crispy on both sides, serve and enjoy.

See, I told you that this mushroom burger recipe was super easy! If you decide that this mushroom burger is for you, keep in mind that an egg-free veggie burger recipe will cook up very differently from any other burger you’ve tried. As is to be expected, they can fall apart easily at the beginning so form small patties to minimize the damage.  I think the tahini is crucial in keeping these burgers together, but if you don’t have any around try using egg or peanut butter instead. I’ve had my fair share of veggie burgers before, but I don’t think any are as easy to make as this mushroom veggie burgers recipe.

Your turn: Are you a fan of veggie burgers? Have you ever tried making your own veggie burgers before?

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Tags: burger, featured, vegan, vegetarian

Category: Dinner, Lunch