How to Make Spicy Veggie Burger Patties

Veggie burgers make a delicious main course.

Veggie burgers, a healthy alternative to beef, typically contain less fat and sodium than meat-based hamburgers. While soy-based varieties are popular and easy to make, vegetable and grain burgers are even healthier and often tastier. Make spicy veggie burger patties with a recipe that even meat-eaters will crave if you get the flavor right.

Things You'll Need

• Food processor
• Frying pan
• Spatula
• Yellow onion
• Carrot
• Cup of mushrooms
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 bunch spinach
• Cup raw almonds
• Egg
• 1/2 cup quinoa
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• Black pepper
• Cumin
• Balsamic vinegar
• Olive oil
• 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce
• Pot
• Large mixing bowl

Instructions

1. Bring the quinoa to a boil with a cup of water. Turn heat to low until the quinoa is soft and put it in the mixing bowl.

2. Dice the onion and saute in olive oil until sweet. Add it to the mixing bowl.

3. Wash and chop mushroom, carrot and spinach. Cook them in the frying pan until soft and drain excess liquid. Add a few drop of balsamic vinegar and chili garlic sauce. Stir until consistent.

4. Place mushroom, carrot and spinach mixture in a food processor with almonds and garlic cloves. Process until fine and empty contents into the mixing bowl.

5. Stir contents of the mixing bowl, adding pepper, garlic powder, chili powder and cumin to taste. Add an egg and stir until consistent.

6. Form the mixture into patties roughly three inches across and half an inch thick. Cook two patties at a time in frying pan with olive oil. Flip after a few minutes and keep cooking until patties are browned on both sides and cooked through.

Tips & Warnings

• Freeze extra patties.

References

• New York Times; Recipes for Health; Mushroom Burgers With Almonds and Spinach; Martha Rose Shulman