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Vegan Burger Recipe

My classic vegan burger recipe, made with soy mince and vital wheat gluten for a super high protein patty! Packed with flavour and spices to make sure these guys are the meatiest vegan burgers you'll come across!
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: vegan burgers
Servings: 8
Calories: 92kcal
Author: Richard Makin

Ingredients

  • 125 g soya mince (sometimes labelled TVP mince)
  • 1 cooked beetroot (the kind in the vacuum packs)
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • ½ tablespoon brown rice miso
  • 1 teaspoon marmite (or any other vegan yeast extract)
  • ½ teaspoon agave syrup
  • 1 tablespoon bisto gravy granules
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 3 cloves garlic (finely crushed)
  • 60 g vital wheat gluten
  • 2 tablespoon corn flour
  • 2 tablespoon water
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable suet
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • pinch black pepper
  • 3 tablespoon beetroot juice (from vacuum packet of beetroot)
  • 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon liquid smoke

Instructions

  • Bring a medium pot of water to the boil. With the pan over medium heat, boil the soya mince for 10 minutes. Once boiled and softened, pour the soya mince through a sieve and place the sieve back over the pan. Allow the excess water to drip into the pan while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
  • Place the beetroot, soy sauce, miso, agave, gravy granules, cumin, paprika and garlic in a blender. Blitz but don't puree - it doesn't need to be smooth.
  • Pour the blitzed beetroot mixture into a medium bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer) and add the rehydrated soya mince. Mix together until completely combined.
  • Add the wheat gluten and mix well. Mix together the water and the cornflour and add to the mix. If using a stand mixer, fit the dough hook and leave to knead for around 5 minutes on a low speed. If mixing by hand, tip the burger mix out and knead on the counter.
  • Add the vegetable suet and the salt and pepper. Knead again briefly to combine.
  • Separate the burger mix into 8 balls and flatten into burger patties with your hands.
  • Turn on a steamer or set up a bamboo steamer over a pot of boiling water. Wrap each patty with greaseproof paper and place seam-side down in the steamer. Allow to steam for 1.5 hours, being sure to flip the patties half way through.
  • Once steamed, leave the burgers to cool for ten minutes while you prepare your buns and burger toppings.
  • In a small bowl, mix together the beetroot juice, dark soy sauce, Chinese black vinegar and liquid smoke. This is your glaze.
  • Fry up your burgers in a hot frying pan (no oil necessary) for around a minute each side. Using a pastry brush, glaze each burger as it fries. Once flipped, glaze the other side too.
  • Serve your burgers however you like - I do mine with a simple slaw, some lettuce, vegan mayo, my fave vegan cheese and a bunch of gherkins.

Nutrition

Serving: 1grams | Calories: 92kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 478mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g