Vegetarian Burgers
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 7:47am

Ingredients




1 cup water
teaspoon salt
cup bulgur
2 lrgs carrots shredded
4 ounces firm tofu
1 egg white
3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
3 tablespoons minced scallions
teaspoon cayenne pepper
cup plain dried bread crumbs
cup flour
2 tablespoons light ketchup (low salt/sugar)
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 hamburger buns
4 Romaine lettuce leaves
4 lrgs slices tomato
or 12 slices small tomato
cup alfalfa sprouts

Preparation

1 In a large covered saucepan, bring the water and salt to a boil over medium heat. Add the bulghur and carrots, remove from the heat, cover and let stand until the bulghur has softened and absorbed all the liquid, about 15 minutes. Drain well. 2 In a large bowl, mash the tofu. Stir in the bulghur mixture, egg white, mint, scallions and cayenne, stirring well. Stir in the bread crumbs, 1/4 cup of the flour, the ketchup and mustard. 3 Preheat the oven to 400F. Form the bulghur mixture into 4 patties about 1 inch thick and 4 inches in diameter. Dredge the patties in the remaining flour. 4 In a large nonstick skillet, warm the oil over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add the patties to the skillet and saute until crusty, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a nonstick baking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes, or until heated through. 5 Serve the burgers on the hamburger buns with the lettuce, tomato and alfalfa sprouts. 6 NOTES : The beef hamburger is appreciated for many reasonsits nutritional attributes, however, not being among them. Vegetarian "burgers," on the other hand, rarely have the meatiness many people crave. This meat-loaf-style burger seasoned with mint and scallions manages to bridge the gap.