Hemp Protein Burgers
2012
Even though I am usually all about raw food, I had a strong desire to make a cooked, kick-ass delicious, high protein, super nutritious, all natural, vegan burger. I think I had read so many places that people had tried and had a hard time doing it or finding a good recipe for one and I have been determined to do it. Well, mission accomplished and I feel really happy with this one. I love them!
A bonus is that I wanted a burger that can be popped into the toaster, to have nutritious, on the go, fast food. So you make up a ton of these on a Sunday, refrigerate some, freeze some, then whenever you’re hungry and need something quick, pop one or two in the toaster and that’s it – hot super nutritious, protein packed, delicious burger made!
I think that’s Awesome. ; )
Hemp Protein Burgers
Ingredients
1 cup Hemp Protein
1 can Black Beans
1 cup Walnuts
½ cup Hemp seeds
½ cup Chia
½ c Sunflower seeds – soaked
½ cup Pumpkin seeds – soaked
1 Carrot – medium size, aprox 1 – 1 ½ cups)
1 Zucchini – small to medium size, aprox 1 – 1 ½ cups)
¼ cup Parsley (I used almost ½ cup)
1 Onion
2 Garlic Cloves
3 Tbsp Tamari
1 Tbsp Onion powder
1 Tbsp Chili powder
2 tsp Oregano
1 tsp Rosemary
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Smoked Paprika
1 tsp Turmeric
Directions
Soak sunflower and pumpkin seeds for an hour or two first. Place seeds in a bowl covered with water and let sit, before using make sure to drain and rinse.
Put chia seeds in a bowl with 1 cup water to thicken and gelatinize.
Process carrot, zucchini, parsley, onion and garlic in food processor. Add walnuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds and process with vegetables until broken down but still chunky. Remove and put into big mixing bowl. Process black beans until half broken down and then add to bowl. Add hemp protein, hemp seeds, gelatinized chia seeds, tamari and spices and mix all together.
Make into patties – 1/3 cup for smaller ones or ½ cup for larger patties. These can be dehydrated or you can cook them in the oven.
To dehydrate – Flatten patties down on teflex sheet and dehydrate at 115 degrees for 4 hours. Flip onto mesh screen and continue dehydrating until dry and slightly crispy. I estimate 4-6 more hours, but that’s speculative as I tried the cooking method to test it.
To cook – Oil a baking tray with coconut oil and flatten patties down on tray. Cook at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until dry and slightly crispy and then flip over and continue cooking for another 20-25 minutes, until dry and slightly crispy on other side.
Patties can be packed in freezer bags and frozen.
I made 1/3 cup patties and it made 22 patties.
To heat from the fridge or freezer you can heat in a frying pan or pop into the toaster until warm and toasty.
How to in pictures
Get ingredients ready – nuts, seeds, veg above and beans, tamari and spices below..
Process vegetables..
Add walnuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds..
Process, but leave them still chunky like this..
I processed black beans separately..but they can be added with nuts and seeds above. Leave them only half broken up also. Everything processed is left chunky to give a good texture and the chia seeds will help to hold everything together.
Put all processed veg, seeds, nuts, beans in bowl and add chia, hemp protein and hemp seeds..
Spices and herbs from the garden.. I chopped the rosemary and oregano and tossed the larger stems. You can use dried if you don’t have fresh.
Add spices, and then mix well..
Form into patties on teflex sheets or as I did here on pans oiled with coconut oil. I got 23 burgers..
I froze 16 burgers – 4 bags of 4, and kept the rest in the fridge.. they went quick!
This is my favorite way to eat them.. wrapped in lettuce with condiments. Mine had hemp oil mayonnaise, stone ground mustard, dill pickles, hot banana peppers, some of the tossed salad we had made, avocado, sprouts..
I also like to eat them crumbled on a salad.. or for on the go – pop in toaster, spread with mayo and hot sauce and run out the door with it. ; )
Enjoy!!
