Do you ever come up with a new and delicious dish, only to google it and discover that everyone and their dog has created something similar? This was definitely the case with these burgers, but I’m going ahead and posting my version anyways. 🙂
These come together quickly, and are very rich and creamy on the inside. Although they contain plenty of spinach, I think they would be best served alone or with a salad, as serving them inside a sandwich or on a bed of rice/grains might seem too heavy. They are quite mild, so if you’re eating them plain you might want to perk them up with a bit more cumin or spiciness, although I thought they were totally delicious with a little extra hot sauce on the side. I, however, would make a great candidate for Hot Sauce Addicts Anonymous (H.S.A.A?), were it a reality.
These are gluten free, but if you’re not gluten free, I think you could sub out some of the chickpea flour for wheat flour, or even a couple tablespoons of vital wheat gluten, although they do firm up nicely while they cook as is.
-1 medium onion, minced
-3 cloves garlic, crushed
-1 c. chickpeas
-3 c. packed spinach leaves
-1 carrot, grated
-2 tbsp. soy sauce (likely less if you’re using canned/salted chickpeas)
-1 tsp. cumin
-2 tbsp. peanut butter
-1 tbsp. nutritional yeast
-1 tsp. sriracha hot sauce
-1/2 c. chickpea flour
Cook the onion in oil or water in a pan over medium heat until soft and translucent, then add garlic and cook for another minute. Add the chickpeas, spinach, and carrot, and cook until the spinach is fully wilted and the carrot is softened. Make sure that you let as much liquid as possible cook off. Dump into a mixing bowl, and stir in the soy sauce, cumin, peanut butter, nutritional yeast, hot sauce, and chickpea flour. I didn’t bother trying to smush the chickpeas at all, although you could. Allow the mixture to cool. In big spoonfulls (~1/3 c.?) form the mixutre into thick patties and lightly pan fry, using only a couple teaspoons of oil for several burgers, over medium heat until browned on both sides. Alternatively, I bet you could bake them just fine, although I tend to fry my burgers – it’s faster! Makes six burgers.
-Eve
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December 10, 2009 at 11:27 am
leafygreengirl
Yum! New or not, it looks delish!
December 10, 2009 at 11:45 am
Kiersten
Those look delicious! I am going to bookmark the recipe.
December 11, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Ayla
Just made these… and I felt like I was in heaven. I’m not sure what it was about them but I thought they were fantastic!! Mine were definitely not as pretty but the taste is all that matters until I learn to cook better. 🙂
December 11, 2009 at 11:44 pm
taleoftwovegans
That’s awesome! Glad you enjoyed them, thanks for letting me know! 🙂 -E
December 12, 2009 at 1:27 am
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December 14, 2009 at 1:38 am
Kelly
These look *so* fantastic! I’m definitely going to try them soon. 🙂
May 23, 2010 at 5:34 pm
liz
these are divine!!! kudos for creating this and sharing – so, so good!!! i’ll never buy boxed burgers again!!
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November 22, 2010 at 7:43 pm
vanchick
Right there beside you at HSAA. Will try these soon!
Thanks from a gluten free vegan who craves yummyness!
June 3, 2011 at 4:43 am
donna mcfarland
where do you get chickpea flour? these sound GREAT!
August 12, 2011 at 12:06 pm
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February 20, 2012 at 11:43 am
Federica
Very nice indeed 🙂 Couldn’t find chickpea flour, so I used wheat flour…just made them now, my boyfriend is having it in a bun. Instead of soya souce (which he doesn’t like) I used some mustard and smoked paprika! Thanks for the nice recipe, Federica UK
March 1, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Tiffany
sweet. I’ma gonna try it.
cool blog btw.
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April 10, 2012 at 9:21 am
artistmum
These look so delicious! Will try them for sure 🙂
April 10, 2012 at 9:23 am
artistmum
These look so delicious! Will try them for sure.
Thanks for sharing your recipe 🙂
April 26, 2012 at 10:30 am
Kay
Saw these on Pinterest. I’ve made them several times. They are so good! And they hold together well. I’ve made them for other people too, and they all agree, they’re delicious!
August 29, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Kelsey
Made this for dinner tonight! SO good! They held together very, very well. I used all-purpose flour. They were a bit goopy when I was making the patties, so I made a mess of my hands, but they turned out perfectly. I’m really impressed.
December 14, 2012 at 5:57 pm
jenxdesign
These were so yummy! Just made them.
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January 7, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Kat
Thank you Eve for these very yummy and very easy spinach burgers. They were so delicious and my vegan daughter was very happy! I will definitely be doing these again.
January 26, 2013 at 5:36 pm
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January 26, 2013 at 7:21 pm
Shannon
I am making these very soon, pinned for later in the week. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
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February 9, 2013 at 9:04 pm
Erin
These were amazing!!!! My boyfriend even went back for seconds which was shocking for a vegan dish!!! These will definitely become a regular meal for us!
September 2, 2013 at 3:25 pm
Susan
These are so delicious – I added some fresh parsley to the mix – must remember to double the recipe next time! Thank you.
December 15, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Becky
I made these tonight. The only change I made was using a bit of frozen spinach because I didn’t have enough fresh. Delicious! This might be my new favorite recipe.
January 4, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Shayna
Tried these for the first time tonight. My mixture was very sticky when trying to form into patties, but then my patties fell apart (a little) during cooking. The flavor was pretty good, but I would lessen the peanut butter and flour content for sure. They were quite dense, and therefore satisfying considering they are meatless.
March 26, 2014 at 4:29 pm
Cara Langer Drum
Made these tonight. My church is participating in a Daniel Fast, so I left out the nutritional yeast. My husband came in as I was dropping them into the frying pan and promptly announced that he probably wasn’t going to be able to eat “THAT”. He took one, cautious bite and changed his tune. He even declared that this could be put into our regular meal rotation when we’re done with the fast. Thanks for a delicious, easy recipe! We loved it!
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April 7, 2014 at 9:04 am
Erika
thanks I will definitely try this one, looks good, like a new take on falafel:)..any suggestions instead of soya and hot sauce?? maybe some other herbs and like parsley, myntha and just adding water instead?