Burgers are one of the staples of the North American diet, whether it is dinner after a ball game, at a birthday party, or a family gathering, burgers are almost universally enjoyed. Following a vegan diet does not mean that you have to leave behind this delicious food, in fact leaving behind meat encourages creativity, and experimentation, which leads to recipe such as this one for easy lentil burgers.
These days it is also easy to find great vegan alternatives at your local grocery store, like Gardein, Yves, and even Beyond Burgers. There are also more and more options all the time when eating out or even getting fast food.
However making lentil burgers at home is healthier, less expensive, and more satisfying. You also do not have to worry about over processed ingredients, or cross contamination. Plus you can adjust the flavors and seasonings to whatever you taste buds desire.
These are a great replacement for a traditional burger, and are far healthier and just as filling. Pair with some awesome homemade fries or a killer salad and you are ready for a sunny day in the back yard, or a family night watching movies during a winter storm.
You will need:
- 2 cups Lentils Cooked
- 2 tbsp Crushed Walnuts
- 2 tbsp Bread Crumbs
- ¼ cup Nutritional Yeast
- 1 tsp Soy Sauce
- ¼ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp Salt
How to Make Vegan Lentil Burgers:
Rinse and drain the lentils, and mash them in a medium sized bowl until smooth. You can use 2 cups of cooked dried lentils or one 500ml can of canned lentils.
Once the lentils are mashed add the salt, nutritional yeast, cumin, soy sauce, crushed walnuts and bread crumbs and mix well.
From this mixture into patties about 4″ in diameter and 1″ thick.
Heat skillet to medium heat with some oil and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side until brown and crisp.
Place lentil burgers on a bun of your choice add condiments and toppings and enjoy!
These look great and so simple! Just wondering if you have tried baking them in the oven and freezing them after they have cooled? I am the only person in my family who will be eating these and its nice to have burgers to pull from the freezer and reheat on the BBQ, stovetop, or oven. Thanks!
Thank you! So glad you found our site and are enjoying the recipes. I have not tried freezing the burgers, they are fairly soft so it might be difficult. We are playing around with a few other veggie burger recipes right now though and hope to have some out soon, so stay tuned! Also our recipe for samosas does freeze and reheat very well, we often make large batches and freeze them for later use.
What is nutritional yeast?
What type of lentils are best to use?
I just use the regular brown lentils from a can most of the time. I really should buy the dried ones, as I am sure the quality and flavor would be much better, but in this case convenience tends to win out. I do have a few more lentil based recipes I am working on though, so stay tuned!
Hi , so glad I found your site ,the tempura veggies look great ,just wondering if it’s possible to bake them not fry them crazy ! Iknow
I am not sure if baking would work for the tempura veggies or not. It would depend on what type of vegetable you were using as it would take longer for the beg to cook in the oven then when being fried. And the tempura would certainly come out more doughy than you would generally be aiming for.