Beetroot & Chickpea burgers
Meat free and packed with flavour
Ingredients
Patties
- 1 can of chickpeas
- 2 medium size cooked beetroots (you can also use raw beets)
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ cup of oats
- ⅓ cup of nutritional yeast
- bunch of fresh parsley
- salt, pepper
Sauce
- 150ml Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped olives
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 finely chopped mint
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Rinse and drain chickpeas very well and dice beets and onion.
- Add chickpeas, beets, onion, garlic, oat, nutritional yeast, parsley, salt and pepper to a food processor and process until everything is mixed well together but still has a bit of a chunky consistency.
- Divide the mixture into 8 portions and shape into patties. If the mixture is too wet, add a couple tablespoons of oat or chickpea flour first.
- Arrange patties on the baking sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes, turning them over once halfway through baking time.
- Serve on buns with red onion, avocado, tomato, greens & your delicious sauce.