Vegan Smash Burger

Serves 4

Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

Burger Pattie

150g cooked brown rice

120g walnuts, roasted (or sub bread crumbs)

2 tbsp avocado oil (plus more for cooking)

½ brown onion, finely diced (60g)

½ tsp sweet paprika 

½ tsp cumin powder 

½ tsp smoked paprika

½ tsp salt and black pepper

1 tsp coconut sugar

230g cooked black beans, well rinsed, drained and patted dry

25g panko bread crumbs

60g vegan BBQ sauce

To Assemble

100g burger pickles

8 slices of vegan burger cheese

½ brown onion, diced

Iceberg lettuce, shredded

1 tbsp ketchup

1 tbsp American mustard

1 tbsp vegan Kewpie mayo

4 vegan burger buns

Method

Heat a skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add avocado oil and onion. Season with a bit of salt and pepper and sauté for 3-4 minutes, or until onion is fragrant, soft, and translucent. Remove from heat and set aside.

Add roasted walnuts, sauteed onions, spices and coconut sugar to a blender or food processor and blend until a fine meal is achieved. Then add black beans and rice and blend. Once combined add the breadcrumbs, avocado oil and BBQ sauce and blend for the final time until a moldable dough forms. 

If dry, add extra 1-2 tbsp BBQ sauce. If too wet, add more panko breadcrumbs. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.

Roll the mixture into a roulade wrapped in cling wrap, and allow to chill in the fridge for 10 minutes. 

Shape them into 8 patties between 2 pieces of baking paper. 

Heat a large frypan with a little avocado oil and gently cook 4 of the patties at a time. Once cooked on one side, flip the patties over, cover with the vegan cheddar cheese, add a tbsp of water into the pan and cover with a lid until the cheese melts. 

Drizzle avocado oil on the burger buns and lightly grill on a frying pan or griddle until golden.

To assemble the burgers add the ketchup, mayo and mustard on the base, top with diced onion, lettuce, double patties with melted cheese, pickles and then place mayo and mustard on the burger lid and place it on top. 

Repeat the process with the remaining burgers and patties, and enjoy!