Friday Night Burger Night, Vegan-Style
By: Leyla Hur
Published: Friday, May 20, 2011 - 8:32pm

Ingredients




2 cups TVP
1 1/2 cups water
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 cup quick rolled oats
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 teaspoon mushroom flavouring
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 cloves garlic, diced finely
2 tablespoons green onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh coriander, finely chopped
1/2 cup ground almond powder
1 tablespoon corn flour
Salt (to taste and optional)

Preparation

1 Mix water with TVP and soy sauce. Give a quick stir and let sit for 20 minutes. 2 In a separate bowl, mix rolled oats with hot water, let sit for 5 minutes. Move into TVP bowl. Set aside. 3 Add mushroom flavouring, black pepper, garlic, onion, coriander, ground almond powder, and corn flour (also salt if using) to the TVP mix. Using your hand, mix very well and bring to a ball. 4 Taking a handful at a time, roll into a large ball and form into a burger patty. 5 Heat up a large frying pan and add enough oil for frying. Allow to come to a smoking heat. Gently add the burgers. Fry on each side until browned. 6 Serve with oven roasted potatoes and large green salad. 7 Http://cookingwithleyla.blogspot.com/2011/05/friday-night-burger-night-vegan-style.html

About


Friday nights are usually laid-back at our house. If we're home and not dining out or on a "date-night", we like to keep it simple. Watch a movie with a bowl of air-popped popcorn, after a fast and easy dinner.
Since implementing a vegan lifestyle, ordering a pizza in wouldn't work, plus I'm not "in the mood" for pizza - something I am very seldom "in the mood for", much to my husband's chagrin.
Even though it's Friday night, I still wanted to keep it healthy and easy and light, while honouring a favourite in our home, burgers.
Using the base from the curried meatballs the other night, I expanded on the TVP and oatmeal mix by adding some other herbs and spices, but still keeping it really simple.
You can use the basic TVP and oatmeal mix as a start to any TVP binding replacement. Change a few ingredients and make Italian-geared meatballs, or add other spices to this mix for a different flavoured burger.
"Montreal Steak-spice" would be a good addition for something different. Even smoked nutritional yeast, or BBQ sauce in the mix (just adjust the liquid content of the mix to accommodate the liquid in the BBQ sauce).
I did not cook the burgers over a grill, mainly because I don't have any charcoal, but you can certainly experiment and try it out. If you do, I'd love for you to comment below and tell me how it worked out for you. Make sure your grill is well oiled and very hot to ensure the burger doesn't stick and fall apart.
Something I am discovering with vegan cooking, the same as with any other cooking, it's all about experimenting and trial and error. Have fun with it, let your imagination go wild, and simply create.
Happy Cooking, Happy Eating!