Bite- and grill-proof vegan burger made with seitan, black beans, chickpea flour and great flavorful spices. Perfect for the pan or grill, a treat for all lovers of vegan burgers.
For the burgers, place porcini mushrooms in a bowl and pour hot broth over them, let sit for about 5 minutes.
3 tbspn Porcini mushrooms, 300 ml Vegetable broth
Heat a pan with the oil, add the onion and garlic. Sweat for about 5-7 minutes and then set aside.
15 g Frying oil, 110 g red onion, 2 Garlic clove
Provide a blender, add porcini mushrooms, broth, onion, garlic, black beans, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar, tamari, smoked paprika, Italian herbs, Bird Eye chilies, salt and pepper. Blend once on high speed until a uniform mixture is formed.
300 ml Vegetable broth, 3 tbspn Porcini mushrooms, 110 g red onion, 2 Garlic clove, 50 g black beans, 3 tbspn Tomato paste, 1 tbspn Balsamic vinegar, 1 tbspn Tamari, 1 tbspn Paprika, 2 tbspn mixed italian herbs, 1-2 Bird Eye Chilies, 1 tbspn Salt, Black pepper to taste
Place mixture in a large bowl, add seitan powder, chickpea flour and nutritional yeast flakes. Knead well with clean hands until an even dough is formed.
250 g Seitan powder, 50 g Chickpeas flour, 1 tbspn Nutritional yeast flakes
IMPORTANT: Now be sure to continue kneading, up to 10 minutes total or place in a food processor fitted with a dough hook. This step is very important, stir until the dough has a "chewy" consistency (see video). Let rest briefly.
In the meantime, prepare the broth in a large pot. Bring to a boil along with the garlic cloves, then turn down to medium heat.
1 Liter Vegetable broth, 3 Garlic cloves
Divide seitan mixture into 6 equal parts and shape into burger patties by hand. The patties will not be perfect by hand, but will look really nice hand formed. Here you need a little tact, because seitan is quite tough to form.
ALTERNATIVE: Roll out mass whole with a dough roller, about 2 cm thick. Cut out with a knife in the desired size. Save leftovers and use as soup garnish or kebab meat, for example.
Add the finished patties to the broth and simmer, covered, over medium heat for 55 minutes. Important: Do not overcook, but simmer.
After the cooking time Pattiess fish out of the broth and put on a plate.
The patties could be grilled right now. Otherwise, feel free to store in the refrigerator overnight or freeze.
Place on hot grill and grill for 3-4 minutes on each side.
Optionally melt vegan cheese on top.
Place in a bun, garnish with desired toppings, bite into and enjoy.