These Easy Healthy High-Protein Vegan Lentil Burgers are the perfect solution for a crispy high-protein and fiber plant-based burger! Lentil are high on protein and complex carbs, plus, they pack some many other important nutrients.
These vegan lentil burgers are quite healthy too, especially if you bake the patties instead of frying.
I layered the burger buns with hummus, and crunchy veggies.
I grew up eating lentils, but the way I ate them was pretty basic – it was always a stew. As I grew up and my passion for cooking grew, I found other ways to use lentils – and today – it’s a burger recipe. Who knew?
How To Make Lentil Burgers!
The method is pretty straightforward. You add your ingredients to a food processor, press a button, and there you have it – the patty dough!
Shape patties and either fry them or bake them, up to you!
More Vegan Recipes:
1.Easy Harissa And Herb Cauliflower Rice
2.Easy Loaded Hummus Bowl
3.Oven-Baked Rice With Spinach
Do let me know how you found this Easy Healthy High-Protein Vegan Lentil Burgers Recipe if you do try it though! And if there was anything you tried or something that worked better…Do drop me a comment below, or you can find me/message me directly on Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, or Facebook! I love seeing what my lovely readers think of my recipes!
Makes 7-8 patties
Each patty contains approximately 138 calories if shaped into 7.
Ingredients:
2 x 400g/3 cups tins/cans of green lentils, drained and rinsed
1 large red onion, chopped
1/2 cup/50g of oats ( use gluten-free if you are avoiding gluten )
1/4 bunch of parsley, leaves picked and chopped
1 small red chili diced
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 teaspoons of cumin
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil to brush the Burgers
To serve:
Wholegrain Burger Buns
Sliced tomatoes
Sliced red onion
Lettuce
SMOKEY RED PEPPER BUFFALO ‘CHEESE’ SPREAD ( optional )
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 370F/190c fan. Sweat down the onions, garlic, and chili in a pan and cook until soft.
2. Add all the ingredients together in a food processor and pulse a few times, be careful though, you don’t want it mushy, but slightly chunky.
3. Shape burger patties out fo the mixture and place them on a lined baking tray with parchment paper and brush them with oil and bake for 25 minutes, then flip them on the other side and bake for further 25 minutes.
4. Serve them with wholegrain buns, if you like and with our easy spiced vegan ‘cheese’ spread.
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