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The Best Darn Homemade Vegan Burgers!

September 4, 2017

Meaty and hearty Homemade Vegan Burgers with spot-on texture. These are the Best Darn Homemade Vegan Burgers! Made with simple, whole-food ingredients and packed with plant-based protein, your entire family will love these veggie burgers.

Is your September off to a good start?! This Summer just flew by. It’s like I blinked and it’s already over. I can’t believe it’s back to school already. My second youngest sister moved away and started university this week (I’m so proud and excited for her) and my other two younger siblings are getting all ready to go back to school tomorrow. I don’t know if I even mentioned this before but I am actually one of six “kids” in my family spanning from ages 12 to 33. How many siblings do you have? There’s definitely never a dull moment being from such a big family.

Come Summertime, I love a good, homemade vegan burger. There are a few store-bought brands I like to grill up but homemade veggie burgers are always the best in my opinion. I love bean and lentil based burgers but find that when they are made with just beans or lentils they sometimes tend to fall apart. I used THREE proteins that bind these burgers together so they are the perfect amount of hearty and sturdy:

  1. Brown lentils
  2. Extra-firm organic tofu
  3. Cremini mushrooms

This stellar vegan lentil-tofu-mushroom mixture for these Homemade Vegan Burgers is super meaty as well. I make them in the same way that I used to make non-vegan burgers in my “pre-gan” days.

Begin by sautéing the onions, garlic, mushrooms, and tofu in the pan. This brings out all the rich flavours that makes these Homemade Vegan Burgers so special. Add the sautéed mixture to the food processor and process until you get a thick paste – a few chunks of mushrooms are okay and add some great texture to these Vegan Burgers.

Add the lentils and spices. I like to mix everything together with my hands. Shape into burger patties.

Don’t the Vegan Burgers look so pretty on the baking sheet getting ready to be baked up? Bake your Homemade Vegan Burgers until they are crispy on the outside and warm and cooked on the inside.

If you make these Vegan Burgers at home, leave your feedback below, snap a shot and tag me #CearasKitchen on Instagram – I love hearing from you!

Serve on a fresh bun or on lettuce. I got my fresh buns at a local bakery and they were so fluffy and good. Top off with vegan cheese (YAS), caramelized onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and whatever you please. Enjoy!


The Best Darn Homemade Vegan Burgers!
 
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Prep time
30 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
1 hour
 
Meaty and hearty Homemade Vegan Burgers with spot-on texture. These are the Best Darn Vegan Burgers! Made with simple, whole-food ingredients and packed with plant-based protein, your entire family will love these veggie burgers.
Author: Ceara
Recipe type: Main
Serves: 10 burgers
Ingredients
  • ½ large red onion, chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 6 cups cremini mushrooms, chopped
  • 1 cup extra-firm tofu, chopped
  • 2 cups cooked brown lentils
  • 3 tbsp soya or tamari sauce
  • 2 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro (or parsley)
  • pinch cayenne pepper
  • 2 cup panko*
  • 
Pinch of salt and pepper
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium size pan, sauté the onion and garlic with a splash of water until softened. Add cremini mushrooms and sauté for a couple of minutes until the mushrooms reduce in size. Add the tofu and sauté for an additional 3 minutes.
  3. Transfer the onion-mushroom-tofu mixture to a food processor. Process until the mixture turns into a thick paste (some chunks of mushroom are fine).
  4. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Add the brown lentils, soya sauce, ketchup, spices (cumin, cilantro/parsley, cayenne, and salt and pepper). Mix together until combined. Add the panko and mix everything together (I like to do this part with my hands). The panko acts as a binder in this recipe. See photo for texture.
  5. Shape the burgers into patties. Place on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes on each side (30 minutes total). Serve on a bun or lettuce with tomatoes, ketchup, mustard, and vegan cheese! Enjoy!
Notes
1) Make sure the panko is oil-free for this recipe to be oil-free. Some of the flavoured panko varieties are not vegan or oil-free.
2) Make sure to use gluten-free panko for this recipe to be gluten-free.
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The Best Darn Homemade Vegan Burgers! was last modified: September 4th, 2017 by Ceara
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8 comments

Grantley December 30, 2017 at 4:44 pm

What is Panko?
do you have a suggestion to swap out the mushrooms as my wife has a severe allergy?

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Cara October 23, 2017 at 10:06 pm

These were very good. Could you specify how thick they should be and what diameter is best? Thanks

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Mary October 21, 2017 at 4:27 pm

Why don’t you reply to your comments?? How rude!!!!!

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Pam Allard October 21, 2017 at 10:41 am

Ceara can these be frozen? If so before or after baking?

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Heidi October 15, 2017 at 7:24 pm

Help! I’m in the middle of making these and they are way too runny! I haven’t added the panko yet but I don’t think that will solve the problem? Should I try adding corn starch? The flavor is excellent but they are just way too loose.

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Kathy September 7, 2017 at 6:25 am

Will be making these tonight! They look delicious. On another note….your ads are over running your site! Every. Single. Photo! Has a banner ad across it, there are ads every inch or so, BIG ads, and they caused issues loading the page. Your recipes look awesome, but sooooooooooooo annoying I sadly may not be back. Please rethink the ads. 😔 I’d love to be a regular here, but I really do hate clicking out of so many ads to enjoy your pages. Let me know if you change that, I’d love to keep coming back. Your site is referenced a lot on groups I’m in.

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anne September 6, 2017 at 6:25 am

Can’t wait to try these…thanks!

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Henrietta September 5, 2017 at 8:57 pm

I made these for dinner for my family and they were amazing. Everyone gobbled them up!

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