French Lentil Burger Food

LENTIL BURGERS

Steps:

• Pulse lentils in a food processor until coarsely ground; transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• Mix onion, egg, bell pepper, and bread crumbs with the lentils; add mozzarella cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper to the lentils and mix.
• Divide the mixture into four equally sized portions, roll into balls, and flatten into patties.
• Spread cornmeal into a wide, shallow bowl. Dredge patties in cornmeal to coat.
• Heat olive oil in a wide skillet over medium-high heat. Cook patties in skillet until browned, about 5 minutes per side.

VEGAN LENTIL BURGERS

Steps:

• Bring the lentils and 1 3/4 cup of the broth to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, partially cover and simmer until the lentils are fully softened and the liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl with the remaining 1 tablespoon broth and mash well with a potato masher. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the chopped onion, lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, until softened, about 6 minutes. Add the spinach, garlic, 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper and cumin and stir until the spinach is wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Add the spinach mixture, breadcrumbs, walnuts and 3/4 teaspoon salt to the lentils and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat the grill to medium-high. Form the mixture into six 4-inch patties and spray with cooking spray on each side. Grill until nice grill marks form, about 3 minutes per side. Place the patties in the buns with the sliced onion and other toppings, as desired, and serve.

VEGAN LENTIL BURGERS

Steps:

• Boil lentils in the water with the salt for around 45 minutes. Lentils will be soft and most of the water will be gone.
• Fry the onions and carrot in the oil until soft, it will take about 5 minutes.
• In a bowl mix the cooked ingredients with the pepper, soy sauce, oats and bread cumbs.
• While still warm form the mixture into patties, it will make 8-10 burgers.
• Burgers can then be shallow fried for 1-2 minutes on each side or baked at 200C for 15 minutes.

LENTIL BURGERS

Steps:

• Mix potato and lentils well.
• Add the breadcrumbs, sesame and sunflower seeds, nuts, onion and garlic.
• Finely chop the herbs and add to the mixture with salt and pepper.
• Mix everything together.
• Divide into portions and form into burger shapes.
• Heat a little oil in a fry pan and fry the burgers over moderate heat about 5 minutes each side.
• Place onto buns with salad and sauce of choice e.g. hummus, chilli, tomato etc.

LENTIL WALNUT BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine walnuts, breadcrumbs, garlic, cumin, corander, pepper flakes, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a food processor.
• Process until finely ground.
• Add the lentils and 1 Tablespoon oil; pluse until coarsely chopped.
• Some of the lentils should remain whole.
• In a large bowl, whisk egg.
• Add lentil mixture and stir well.
• Divide the lentil mixture into 4 equal size parts, and roll into balls.
• Flatten them into 3/4 inch patties.
• Heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet.
• Add burgers and cook over medium low heat until crisp and browned, turning gently after 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cook another 8-10 minutes.
• Serve on buns as a sandwich, adding your favorite garnishes: tomatoes, pickles, lettuce, etc.
• Or, serve as a main dish with your favorite sauce.

OLIVE LENTIL BURGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Preheat a large, heavy bottomed pan non-stick (preferably cast iron) over medium high heat.
• Saute onion for about 3 minutes with a pinch of salt.
• Add mushroom, garlic, black pepper, thyme and tarragon and saute for 7 to 10 minutes, until mushroom is cooked.
• While mushroom is cooking, place olives in food processor and pulse until they are finely chopped (not pureed.)
• Remove from food processor and set aside. (No need to clean it out for the next step.).
• When mushrooms have cooked, add mushroom mixture to the food processor.
• Add all other ingredients except for 1/2 a cup of the breadcrumbs. (Did you hear me? Reserve 1/2 cup of the breadcrumbs, this will give them better texture.)
• Pulse until mostly smooth, but there should still be a little texture.
• Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• Add the remaining 1/2 cup breadcrumbs to the burger mixture, along with the chopped olives, and thoroughly combine.
• Divide burger mix into 6 equal pieces.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Form mixture into patties, spray with a little more cooking spray and bake for 15 minutes.
• Flip burgers and bake for 12 to 15 more minutes, until nicely browned.
• They taste great served immediately but they're also excellent at room temperature so don't be afraid to stuff into a sandwich and take as a lunch.

SPICY LENTIL BURGERS

Steps:

• Wash lentil, add water and bring to a boil in a large saucepan.
• Lower heat, cover, and cook 15 minutes.
• Add onions and carrots.
• Cook 15 min.
• more or until lentils are very tender.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Stir in bread crumbs, egg, garlic salt, oregano, and salt.
• Melt butter in large skillet and drop lentil mixtute by one-half cupfulls in hot butter; flattening mounds w/ spatula.
• Cook until firm and golden brown on both sides.
• Top each patty w/ 1 slice cheese; heat until melted.
• Serve on toasted buns.