
Mushroom & Rice Burger
35 min
Meal
Freezer-friendly
patties
Total
35 minPrep
15 minCook
20 minContains
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Ingredients
Burger patties
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2 Tbsp (14 g)ground flaxseeds
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¼ cup (60 mL)water
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1 tsp (5 mL)vegetable oil, plus extra for frying
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2medium onions, diced
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2cloves garlic, minced
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2 cups (140 g)button mushrooms, minced
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⅓ cup (39 g)raw walnuts, minced
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½ Tbsp (4 g)ground cumin
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1 tsp (2 g)ground coriander (optional)
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1½ cups (297 g)cooked brown lentils
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1 cup (195 g)cooked brown rice
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1 cup (108 g)breadcrumbs
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1 Tbsp (15 mL)ketchup
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1 pinchground black pepper
Assembly
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4burger buns
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1 cup (20 g)arugula
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1avocado, sliced
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1medium tomato, sliced
Optional toppings
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pickled jalapeño slices
Make your own
Directions
- Add the ground flaxseeds and water to a large bowl, mix, and set aside to gel.
- Add the oil to a large pan on high heat. When hot, add the onions and garlic and sauté until lightly golden, about 5 minutes, adding a splash of water as needed to deglaze the pan.
- Then add the mushroom and walnuts, and cook until most of the moisture has evaporated, which takes about 5 - 8 minutes.
- Add the soy sauce, cumin, and coriander and continue to cook until all the moisture is evaporated. Remove the pan from the heat.
- Add the lentils to the same bowl as the flaxseeds and mash as best you can using an immersion blender, potato masher, or fork.
- To the lentils, add the cooked mushroom mixture, rice, breadcrumbs, nutritional yeast, ketchup, and pepper. Using your hands, mix well and then form into burger patties.
- In a large pan on medium heat, add a bit of vegetable oil and cook the patties until golden on each side, about 2 - 3 minutes per side.
- When the patties are ready, assemble your burger, and enjoy!
Storage
- Keep the patties in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Store well sealed in the freezer separated by pieces of parchment paper for up to 1 month.
Let us know what you think
Plate method
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Grains & Starches 55%
• cooked brown rice
• breadcrumbs
• burger bun
Proteins 11%
• ground flaxseeds
• raw walnuts
• cooked brown lentils
• nutritional yeast flakes
Fruits & Veggies 34%
• medium onion
• clove garlic
• button mushrooms
• arugula
• avocado
• medium tomato
Calcium
No significant sources of calciumFat
• ground flaxseeds
• vegetable oil
• raw walnuts
• avocado
Nutrition info
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Discussion & Rating
This has become my go-to when having guests over. They're so satisfying that even my most wary of vegan meal guests loves them. Everyone asks for the recipe. Thanks for this one!
Incredible taste! ❤️❤️
They tasted ok but did not hold together like the demo. Mine Must have had too much liquid.
This is my favorite burger!
Hi Pul ! it's me again, i bought some breadcrumbs because i felt like it would be so much better than flour in these patties and i made the recipe (just forgot the ketchup part, whoops 😫 )...but i still know that I can make any pick up limes recipe and I know what it will be good anyway. Your recipes are so innovative and inspiring!!
My parents and brother loved it so much !! ( even if they're meat eaters 😛)
Hello PUL ! I've got a question : can I substitute the rice for an other ingredient ?? maybe by adding more lentils ?
And add flour instead of breadcrumbs ( cause I don't have that on hand ) Will my patties still be good ?
I do not have mushrooms at home is there a substitute for it? Thanks in advance.
The best vegan burger patty I've tried so far. It's not only the taste that is great, but also the texture which is absolutely amazing. Thank you!!
The best vegan burger patty I've tried so far. It's not only the taste that is great, but also the texture which is absolutely amazing. Thank you!!
I don’t have lentils, can I use millet in place of it or the rice?
We made these for dinner this evening - along with the Seaweed Baked Fries (with Hoisin Mayo). SO delicious! And the recipe makes a lot of burgers so we have leftovers this week and several in the freezer. We highly recommend this! We didn’t make any substitutions & they turned out great. Thanks!
This is my first time making a burger. It came out amazing and I am encouraged to try more vegan recipes, thanks you so much!
Love these burgers!! I substitute the lentils with a pouch of black refried beans because that's what I had and they were amazing! I realized as I was shaping the last patty that I had forgotten the ketchup, but they still were really good. I'll definitely be keeping these stocked in my freezer!
Do you adjust cooking method/time in any way when they are frozen? Should I thaw them first? Thanks!
Delicious!
These turned out delicious! Thanks for a great recipe
Oh my goodness, the new website is amazing!!!
Well done to Sadia and the PUL team.
I can't wait to try this recipe.
thank you all so much
Your recipes are reaching far and wide
Debra, Sydney, Australia
One the best burgers I have tried. Thank you for the recipe.
Those are simply the best burgers! I have made them already many times, always as a batch and freeze some for later. Also, I enjoy these patties not just as burgers, but simply with some sides, and it makes a balanced and delicious meal. I grew up in Ukraine, and one of our traditional meals is to have a meat patty with some side (often buckwheat), since I have stop eating meat for the past 4 years, I was so happy to discover this patties recipes, as although the ingredient list is totally different, somehow the texture and flavour kind of resembles my mum's patties :D and they go great with the buckwheat as a side.
I've done this recipe over and over!! So good, versatile, easy and healthy ❤️
hey! I was wondering if this recipe works with basmati rice and oats instead of breadcrumbs?
These are absolutely delicious!!!! Amazing truly! Thank you! I have been sharing these recipe with everyone I know that likes a non-meat burger!
Hi,
Your Recipes are so well written and reliable.. The Burger was wonderful, we are manufacturing bread slicer, Deck Over, Food Warmer, Pizza Oven etc., for further details
Hey PUL folks! Thank you so much for your help re: wild rice. <3 I did make this recipe and found that the patties were soggy and didn't really cook through and hold together. HOWEVER, the flavor was fantastic, my friend was obsessed and they can't wait to make it for their family, and together we came up with a few ideas for a fix!
I actually don't know if it was related to the wild rice -- do you think it may have been? I think there was too much moisture for two other reasons: I cooked the lentils until they were mushy (I thought that would be preferable, since you mush them up anyway, but I believe I was wrong oops). And we used gluten-free bread crumbs because my friend is allergic to wheat, but they pointed out that gluten-free bread doesn't soak up moisture as well as glutinous bread -- just because of the ingredients used, like seeds and different kinds of starches.
SO! We're going to try again with firmer cooked lentils and more breadcrumbs; I'm also going to reduce the number of onions because they were a bit overwhelming, and make sure to cook down the onion/mushroom mixture verrrrry thoroughly. Maybe we should do it with brown rice, too, although I love the flavor of wild rice so I may go for the mix. I will report back yet again! <3 Thanks again, team!
This was my first time making my own burger patties, and I'm so happy that these turned out well! I used brown rice, yellow onion, cremini mushrooms, and black beans (grateful for all the swap options) and they were delicious.
These are called wild rice and mushroom burgers, but wild rice isn't listed as one of the ingredients. I'm confused.
Hi! Do you think these could be cooked on a grill instead of on the stove? Very excited to give them a try! :)
This recipe is seriously amazing, I don't even know where to begin. The flavor was everything that I was hoping for.
And they truly are the perfect quick Dinner.
It does take up a lot of time (perhaps because I'm not familiar to the recipe), but the crunch from the nuts und the rich flavours of the spices are incredible!
Best vegan burgers I have personally ever had. My mom actually made these for me and said they were a very involved recipe, BUT they are the best I’ve ever had. I mean this as a good thing but they gave me a VERY mcdonalds like burger flavor
My go-to burger recipe! Comes out perfect each time. This week I topped ours with some guacamole. Definitely recommend!
I batch make these patties every 3 weeks! Me and hubby are forever obsessed! Not just for burgers, but also wonderful with some rice or even a salad!
These burger patties are the best vegan burgers i’ve ever tried! I usually prepare 8 patties and then i freeze them, ready to use for my lunch at work. Give them a try, they have an extremely meaty texture and they fill you for lots of hours.
Thank you PUL for your blog, your recipes and your youtube channel. I’m not vegan, but i’m eating more plant based food since i’ve found your videos 🎈
We just made these and we're not vegan and OMG they're amazing!!!!! Thank you for sharing!
🦁Have you tried to cook with Lion's Mane mushrooms? Someone told me that it tastes like fish or shrimps.🦐
The burger was delicious, though a bit mushy. Is there any way that I can remedy this? Maybe cooking the lentils a bit less? Congratulations, Sadia, on passing your exams, by the way :)
Thank you sooo much for this amazing recipe Sadia! I've been wanting to adapt to more plant based foods and your recipes really are something different, it makes plant based eating so much more fun! <3
You know how good this burger makes veganism look? It's absolutely delicious too! 😁
When freeze, should it be pan fried first? Thanks