Chickpea and Mushroom Burgers (Gluten Free…of course!)

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So I was looking in my new cookbooks for recipes for chickpea and mushroom burgers – I cook most nights with my veggie house mate, so I wanted to find something new to cook. All of the recipies included a MILLION ingredients, took ages to cook and were a bit of a faf….so I experimented….and they turned out to be delicious and a hit with all of my house mates! So they are definitely one to try! Even if you are a bit of a classic burger lover (like myself) these work out as a nice alternative if you are cooking for a vegetarian or just fancy something a little bit healthier!

The beauty of these are that they feel super bad for you, but they aren’t! They are absolutely fantastic for you. Chickpeas are a great source of fiber, protein and iron. Which is great for both vegetarians and coeliacs! It means that this recipe makes a whole load of burgers and they will fill you up and satisfy any craving for something unhealthy (even though they’re really not!). Chickpeas also lower cholesterol and are low in GI….all round a good one to get in your diet!

Another beautiful part of this recipe is that it is dirt-cheap. As a student I am always searching for delicious recipes but that are cheap at the same time. I use the cheapest tin of chickpeas, a normal pack of mushrooms and basic onions. All in all the whole recipe costs less than £2.20, and if you don’t eat like a king, or if you add some sweet potato wedges or a salad, this will easily feed 4 people.

Ingredients:

2 onions

4 cloves of garlic

1 packet of mushrooms (Just the average pack of button mushrooms from the supermarket will do fine!)

1 can of chickpeas

1 gluten-free brown bread roll

Spices of your choice (I used turmeric, mixed spice, salt, pepper and ground chilies)

4 tbsp gluten-free flour

1 tbsp sesame oil

2 tbsp olive oil

Method:

1.     Finely chop onions and garlic and fry with a little olive oil

2.     Whilst they are frying, finely chop a packet of mushrooms (if you are a fancy pants, a food processor will do this a lot quicker!)

3.     Add the mushrooms into the frying pan

4.     Drain the chickpeas and blend them until they are mashed up ….I didn’t fully pulverize them as its night to have a bit of a bite in the burger

5.     Add the chickpeas to the pan

6.     Use the blender to make breadcrumbs out of the bread roll

7.     Add to frying pan

8.     Add spices and sesame seed oil

9.     Once fried leave to cool slightly and put some flour on a plate

10. Make little patties out of the mixture and roll in gluten-free flour…WARNING this bit is messy, you can use spoons if you don’t want to get your hands messy.

11. Re-fry the patties in a little bit of olive oil, flipping onto the other side after about 2-4 minutes (depending on the heat and the frying pan itself!)

There you have it! Simple! There are a lot of instructions, but its all basic cooking…super easy and really yummy!

I hope you enjoy them!

P.S. A Students kitchen isn't too photogenic, hence the lack of beautiful photos!