Now that I have this blog it’s time to get creative! Last Sunday B — the man who is happy to support my quinoa obsession — and I decided that meant quinoa burgers. It took a bit of web surfing, but after deciding that I didn’t want the vegan recipe, and I wanted to keep the burgers gluten free (had to switch out the standard bread crumbs), I decided on my own version of the recipe and went for it.
Although I am calling them burgers, they’re felt more like falafel while I was making them. I made them rather small, but if you want to go for the all out burger feel, you can make the patties bigger. The end product was dense and delicious; certainly packed full of protein thanks to the quinoa/bean combination.
To make the meal even more decadent, we topped the burgers off with homemade guacamole
Burgers:
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1/2 baked yam
- 1 finely grated carrot
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/2 can organic black beans
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 of a white onion (I used a Walla Walla)
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon chipotle powder
- a sprinkling of red pepper flakes (add more if you like things spicy!)
- oil for frying
- cook quinoa
- mix quinoa with baked yam, carrots, cilantro, salt, chipotle powder and chili flakes
- sautee garlic and onions. add black beans and cumin powder mix everything together
- add egg and buckwheat flour to the mix
- make small balls and flatten into patties. to make the burgers you can either fry them in the frying pan with oil (I used olive) or bake them in the oven.
Guacamole:
- 2 mashed avocados
- 1 finely chopped tomato
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- juice of 1/2 lime
- salt and pepper to taste
- chopped cilantro
throw it all in a bowl and top off the burgers!
Bon appetit!
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This is one of the most inventive and tasty-looking dishes I’ve seen in a long time. It all goes together but is so creative. I just love black beans and sweet potatoes together…and quinoa goes so well with these South American foodstuffs…yumm!
We’re having spiced quinoa “crab cakes” (gluten-free, vegetarian) at my wedding with roasted tomato and roasted red pepper dips/sauces later this Sunday!
I also make gluten-free quinoa “matzo balls” with scallions, spices, almond meal, and eggs. Totally awesome!
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Has anyone attempted this without the egg? Or some kind of egg replacement? Looks yummy…I can not wait to try it out.
Sincerly,
Gina