Sweet Potato–Chickpea-Quinoa Burgers

Name: Sweet Potato–Chickpea-Quinoa Burgers
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 servings Crushed red pepper; 2 teaspoons cumin seeds, lightly toasted; 1 Tbsp heaping tablespoon finely minced fresh ginger; 1 teaspoon minced or crushed garlic; 237 milliliters green peas (steamed fresh or defrosted frozen); 2 Tbsps 2–3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste; 79 milliliters quinoa; 6 Tbsps quinoa flour; 2 Tbsps About grapeseed or high-oleic safflower oil for frying; 1 teaspoons salt, or more to taste; 3 scallions (whites plus light greens), cut into 1-inch pieces; 340 grams medium orange sweet potato; 237 milliliters unsalted peanuts, lightly toasted (optional); 355 milliliters cooked chickpeas or one 15-ounce can, rinsed and thoroughly drained

Sweet Potato–Chickpea-Quinoa Burgers is a gluten free and vegan recipe with 10 servings. One portion of this dish contains approximately 7g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 175 calories. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up peas, quinoa, scallions, and a few other things to make it today. Plenty of people really liked this American dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine the quinoa and 1/2 cup water in a very small saucepan with a lid. Bring to a boil, cover the pot, and lower the heat to the slowest possible simmer, with a heat diffuser, if you have one, underneath. You'll have cooked quinoa in about 20 minutes. Uncover, fluff with a fork, and set aside.

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Cooked Quinoa

Quinoa

Water

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Sauce Pan

Pot

Meanwhile, cut the sweet potato into rounds about 1 1/2 inches thick and steam over or cook in boiling water until fork-soft, about 15 minutes. Cool until comfortable to handle. Strip off and discard the peels and transfer to a food processor.

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Sweet Potato

Water

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Food Processor

Add the chickpeas, ginger, garlic, scallions, 3/4 teaspoon salt, cumin, and 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice to the sweet potato and process until reasonably blended. It doesn't need to be completely smooth.

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Sweet Potato

Lemon Juice

Chickpeas

Green Onions

Garlic

Ginger

Cumin

Salt

Transfer the mixture to a bowl, then sprinkle in the cooked quinoa and the quinoa flour. Stir until all the quinoa disappears into the mixture. Gently fold in the green peas and peanuts, if using. Taste to see if it needs more salt or lemon juice and add a few big pinches of crushed red pepper flakes to taste.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Cooked Quinoa

Quinoa Flour

Lemon Juice

Green Peas

Peanuts

Quinoa

Salt

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Bowl

Place a medium skillet over medium heat for about a minute, then add a scant 1/2 tablespoon oil and swirl to coat the pan.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Heat for a little longer, until the oil is hot enough to instantly sizzle a dot of the sweet potato mixture. Turn the heat to low.

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Sweet Potato

Cooking Oil

Use a nonstick-sprayed 1/3-cup measure to scoop-shape the batter as uniformly as possible. Carefully transfer as many burgers as will fit in a single layer to the hot, oiled pan, knocking the cup handle assertively against the side of the pan or using the back of a spoon to release the batter. Smooth the top surface with a dinner knife, so the burgers will crisp evenly, and push in the sides to help them keep their shape as they cook.

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Cook over low heat for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown on the bottom. (Longer cooking is OK—just not hotter. The sugar content of sweet potatoes causes them to burn easily at higher temperatures.) Use a small spatula with a thin blade to carefully loosen each burger and flip it over, adding more oil as needed and pushing the burgers back into shape if they slump or break.

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Sweet Potato

Sugar

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Spatula

Cook on the second side for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the bottoms are nicely browned. Continue to cook in batches until all the batter has been used.

Serve hot or warm.

Optional Enhancements

Toasted peanuts on top * Steamed peas on top * Yogurt or Raita * Salsa Verde * A drizzle of pomegranate molasses

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Pomegranate Molasses

Salsa Verde

Peanuts

Yogurt

Raita

Peas

Reprinted with permission from Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation by Mollie Katzen. Copyright © 2013 by Tante Malka; photographs and illustrations © 2013 by Tante Malka. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.