Marcus Burgers

This is work in progress. It’s been challenging for me to find a vegan burger recipe I’ve liked. But of the 15 or so I’ve tried, I like this one

Below is my current modification of it, with notes at the bottom for next time:

Ingredients

• 1 baked sweet potato, mashed (prick with fork; bake 1 hour at 400 degrees)
• 1/3 cup raw cashews
• 1/3 cup raw walnuts
• 1/3 cup lentils
• 1/3 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup diced red onion
• 1/2 jalapeno pepper, deseeded and diced
• 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons low-sodium tamari, soy sauce, or liquid amino acid
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon smoked parika
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

• small amount of cooking spray

Note: instead of cooking spray, I but a silicone mat on baking trays

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Place nuts in food processor and grind to a fine powder.
3. Add remaining ingredients and pulse to combine.
4. Form mixture into burgers, place on sprayed baking pan, and bake for 30 minutes.

Notes

This was good but a bit too sweet for my tastes. Next time I’ll add half the amount of sweet potato and 1 cup cooked black beans (which were in the original recipe). I may up the mustard to 2 tablespoons.