Veggie Burgers

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Make homemade veggie burgers with sweet potato, black beans and quinoa. Serve with fresh salad and cheese for a tasty family meal.

Veggie and Chicken Burger

Ingredients

  • Ingredient
  • Amount
  • Olive oil
  • as needed
  • Sweet potato
  • 425g peeled and chopped into small pieces
  • Quinoa
  • 1/3 cup uncooked
  • Water
  • 250mL
  • Black beans
  • 1 x 400g can, drained
  • Red onion
  • 1 small, diced
  • Garlic
  • 2 cloves, crushed
  • Smoked paprika
  • 1 1/2 tsps
  • Ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 tsps
  • Salt
  • 1/2 tsp
  • Quick oats
  • 3/4 cup, uncooked
  • To serve
  • _
  • Lettuce leaves
  • washed
  • Carrot
  • grated
  • Cheese
  • sliced
  • Mayonnaise
  • _
  • 1 bread roll per person
  • sliced in half

Method

  1. Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix well with your hands.
  2. Form into 10 equal sized burgers.
  3. Put a frypan over medium heat and cover the base with oil.
  4. Place the burgers into the pan and gently fry for 5 to 10 minutes until golden brown on one side. Turn the burgers over and continue to cook until golden brown and cooked through.
  5. To serve, place a burger onto each bread roll and top with your favourite salad ingredients.

Lettuce, carrot, cheese mayonnaise and 1 bread roll per person.

Serves: 6

This recipe has been produced for the School Lunch Program by School Food Matters in partnership with Loaves and Fishes Tasmania and Department of Health Tasmania Dietitians.

Feel free to share with this acknowledgement.