These healthy chickpea burgers are easy to mix and bake with healthy ingredients, and these vegan veggie burgers are ready to serve in 20 minutes and make a simple make ahead meal that tastes meaty and delicious.
⅔cupparmesan cheeseor 3 tablespoon nutritional yeast and more breadcrumbs
¼cupfresh parsleychopped
⅔cuponion, diced very smallor chopped green onion
½teaspoongarlic powder
2teaspoonoregano
2tablespoonbasil
¼teaspoonblack pepper
pinchsalt
Sauce to put meatballs in
1jarquality tomato sauce such as RAO Marinara*
Instructions
Prep
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Layer a baking sheet with parchment. You can very lightly mist the parchment paper with oil to keep the burgers from sticking.
Make the Meatballs
Rinse the chickpeas (I used canned), put in a food processor.
Add the rinsed chickpeas, tomato sauce, breadcrumbs, cheese and spices into the food processor and process for 1-2 minutes or until all chickpeas are broken down.
2 can chickpeas, canned, 1 cup tomato sauce, ½ cup breadcrumbs, ⅔ cup parmesan cheese, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, 2 teaspoon oregano, 2 tablespoon basil, ¼ teaspoon black pepper, pinch salt
Add in the rest of the ingredients and either stir to combine or use the food processor for 15 seconds just to combine, not to puree.
¼ cup fresh parsley, ⅔ cup onion, diced very small
Use clean hands to form 3-inch burgers.
Brush the tops only with a finger dab of olive oil or avocado oil. Coating just the tops keep them from drying out.
Bake the burgers uncovered for 20 minutes. The balls should be cooked soft in center but crusty on the outside. Bake them longer for a crunchier texture.
Serve on a bun with all the trappings of a traditional hamburger.
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Notes
*Be sure it is a quality brand of tomato sauce because this is a major flavor in your burgers. I recommend RAO Marinara.1.Make them without a food processor. You can also put all ingredients in a bowl and use your hands or potato masher or a fork to knead the mixture that way.2.Use nutritional yeast if you can't find dairy free parmesan cheese. Or use regular parmesan cheese if you don't need to keep the burgers to be dairy free and vegan.