Chickpea Burgers

After an action packed weekend of H2H (short post coming soon) and hitting up the North Shore trails yesterday I needed a chill night at home tonight.  It was filled with music, recovery and good eats. I made dinner with some of my favourite foods - I'll call these Chickpea Burgers (without the buns).

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups cooked chickpeas (1 regular size can)
• 2 tbsp chopped red onion (recipe called for this but I skipped it)
• 2 large garlic cloves, chopped (I crushed mine and used 3 cloves)
• 3-4 tbsp flour, to thicken mixture for shaping (I substituted Coconut flour which is gluten free and contains more fiber)
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp coriander
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

 

Preheat your oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper to avoid sticking. Combine the chickpeas, onion, garlic, flour, spices, s+p and olive oil in a food processor and blend until everything well combined and smooth. The mixture should make 8 small balls or patties which you can form with wet hands. Bake in the oven for approximately 30-35 minutes or until they are golden brown.

I ate mine in a gluten free wrap with hummus, tomatoes, lettuce, little bit of feta cheese and avocado.  You could also serve them in a pita or wrap or on top of a salad.

They also taste really good served like a bunless burger.  I put hummus directly on them and top with lettuce and tomatoes.

~Enjoy~