Vegan pea, herb and chickpea burgers

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands-on time 30 min,oven time 10 min, plus chilling
  • Difficulty: easy

Think falafel meets burger and you get these Middle Eastern-inspired vegetarian patties – made with chickpeas, fresh herbs and tahini then served in warm pittas.

Looking for more vegan burger ideas? These miso and maple aubergine burgers are another great meat-free option.

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Ingredients

  • 200g frozen petits pois, defrosted
  • 400g tin chickpeas, drained
  • Bunch fresh coriander
  • Bunch fresh mint
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for frying
  • Pinch cayenne pepper
  • Juice 1 lemon
  • 40g fresh breadcrumbs
  • 50g plain flour

To serve 

  • Pittas, rocket, mayonnaise or aïoli and lemon wedges
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Method

  1. Put all the ingredients except the breadcrumbs and flour into a food processor and whizz to a rough paste. Scrape into a mixing bowl, then stir in the breadcrumbs and 10g of the flour. Shape into 4 large patties and chill, covered, for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/ gas 6. Put the remaining flour onto a plate and dip each patty in it to coat. Heat a large glug of oil in a frying pan. When it shimmers, add the patties. Fry for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden, then put in a roasting tin and bake for 10 minutes.
  3. Serve the burgers in warmed pittas with rocket, mayonnaise or aïoli and a squeeze of lemon.
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Nutrition

  • 355kcals Calories
  • 18.6g (2.6g saturated) Fat
  • 10.8g Protein
  • 32.5g (3.8g sugars) Carbs
  • 7.2g Fibre
  • 0.1g Salt

Make Ahead

Prepare the burgers up to 24 hours in advance and chill uncooked, wrapped in cling film, until ready to cook.

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