Eggplant and sundried tomato vegan burger
Best vegan chickpea burger recipe. Only 4 ingredients to create healthy patties. Author: Krista, www.bunnymommycooks.com
Servings Prep Time
10burgers* (check notes) 15min
Cook Time Passive Time
30min 15min
Servings Prep Time
10burgers* (check notes) 15min
Cook Time Passive Time
30min 15min
Ingredients
  • 2 medium size eggplants/aubergines (~700 g)
  • 150g of sun-dried tomatoes
  • 250g of canned or cooked chickpeas
  • 50g of breadcrumbs
Instructions
  1. peel the eggplants and cut them in 1,5 – 2 cm thick slices. Place the slices on a plate that is covered with paper towel and put the plate in a microwave. Heat the eggplant slices in a microwave (800 W) for 5 minutes;
  2. while the eggplant is in the microwave, put dried chickpeas (to dry them use paper towel) and sun-dried tomatoes in the food processor and pulse it a few times until both ingredients are turned into small chunks. Important – do not blend them completely! Put the prepared chickpea and sun-dried tomato mixture in a bowl;
  3. when the eggplants are ready, take them out from the microwave, place a paper towel over them and press each slice with your hand to push out the remaining liquid. Attention – be careful because the liquid can be very hot! Put the dried eggplant slices in the food processor and pulse it a few times until the eggplant is turned into small chunks;
  4. add the prepared eggplants to the chickpea and sun-dried tomato mixture, mix well and put the mixture in fridge for 15 minutes to cool down;
  5. when the cooling time is over, take out the mixture from the fridge, add the breadcrumbs and mix everything together. The mixture must be quite dry and very sticky (if you used a different method to remove water from eggplants and they still added noticeable amount of liquid to the mixture, try to pour it out and/or increase the amount of breadcrumbs used);
  6. start to create burger-form patties with your hands immediately. Line a baking tray or oven rack (for a more grilled-look burgers) with parchment paper and place the burgers on it. Cook the burgers at 200°C/390°F in a preheated oven for 15 minutes, then flip all the patties over and cook for another 10 – 15 minutes on the other side.
Recipe Notes

* diameter – around 7 cm/2.75”; thickness – around 2 cm/0.8”