Simple yet flavorful plant based burgers showcase the natural flavors in the ingredients. This hemp and cauliflower burger is a perfect way to mix it up!
My original Vegan Veggie and Bean Burgers are a popular item with my friends and family. From long time vegans to meat eaters looking for a break, I continue to get positive comments from everyone that has given them a try.
I almost always have a stock in my freezer and they are a go-to easy meal for those crazy weeks. Bottom line, we LOVE them!
In fact, all vegan burgers are a general overall favorite of mine so I really wanted to create another recipe to add to my collection. Lately, I have been loving my Hemp Hearts from Manitoba Harvest, so I decided to try and make a burger using this favorite ingredient of mine.
This Cauliflower Burger Is Light And Delicious!
Truth be told, this was not an easy task. Hemp seeds are very delicate to work with, so it took me many trials to get the texture right. These are not as hearty as my original burger, but delicious nonetheless.
A little more delicate in both taste and texture, these take some care when cooking but once cooked and cooled just a bit, they are easily eaten in both a bun or on top of a salad for a lighter meal. I love the simplicity of the spices that allow the natural plant based taste of the cauliflower and hemp seeds to come out.
I originally wanted to make these without beans, but the texture was much too crumbly to constitute an actual burger. I found that the garbanzo beans were neutral enough to sit back and allow the other flavors to come out, but hearty enough to give the burger a stable texture.
All in all these came out great, even if my family had to endure many weeks of trial after trial. Let's just say we may need to take a "burger" break around here...ha! Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
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Hemp Cauliflower Burger
Ingredients
- 4 flax eggs , 4 tablespoons ground flaxseed plus 12 tablespoons water
- 1 cup carrots in small pieces , or baby carrots
- 1 cup mushrooms
- 1 head of cauliflower
- Your favorite oil for roasting veggies , or veggie broth if not using oil
- one can garbanzo beans , drained and rinsed
- 2 teaspoons crushed garlic or 4 cloves
- ½ cup chopped chives
- ½ cup chopped Italian parsley
- 2 cups hemp seeds
- 1 cup almond flour
- sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Mix 4 tablespoons ground flaxseed with 12 tablespoons water in a small bowl and set aside for 10 minutes to make flax eggs.
- Wash and chop veggies. Place them on a parchment lined cookie sheet, sprinkle oil (if using), a dash of salt and pepper and bake at 400°F (200°C) for 15 minutes, until cauliflower is soft but not mushy. Put veggies, garlic, chives and parsley in a food processor, and pulse until chunky but chopped. Do not puree into a mush or paste.
- Next add mixture into a large bowl, keeping about a fourth of it in the food processor. Add the beans into the food processor and mix until beans are part puree but still have some chunks. Add to the bowl.
- Add hemp seeds, almond meal, flax eggs, salt and pepper to the bowl and mix well. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed, it should taste good as is raw.
- Once you get the taste you like, allow mixture to set a bit so hemp seeds soak in some liquid. The mixture should hold together well, if it does not then mash the beans a bit more.
- Shape into 4 inch patties, then cook in pan on stove top over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side (depending on stove). Make sure to keep pan covered to help the burger cook throughout. Check every few minutes to prevent burning, should be slightly browned when ready.
- Serve on lettuce for a lower carb meal or on sprouted wheat or gluten free buns. Top with Garlic Chive Aioli, and other toppings of choice such as tomatoes, lettuce and red onion. Serve with oven fries, I like to sub purple potatoes for the regular ones.
Notes
- I use heaping cups of the veggies. You can sub another gluten free (or non gluten free) flour for the almond meal if you need this nut free. It helps bind the burgers, so if you omit entirely they won’t hold together as well.
- These get more stable in texture as they cool so allow them to sit for a few minutes before eating.
Recipe by Veggies Don’t Bite, visit our site for more great plant-based recipes.
Nutrition
Nutrition and metric information should be considered an estimate.
Emily Kemp
Mmm these burgers sound so yummy, I love adding hemp into meals!
Anne
Would hemp powder work in place of the Hemp seeds?
veggiesdontbite
Hi Anne! By hemp powder do you mean like a hemp protein type powder? The whole hemp seeds give texture and structure so I'm not sure an actual powder would work.
Robin Ashley
As a vegan and advocate for all things 'HEMP', every week I feature <3 Foodie Friday<3 and share a different vegan hemp recipe on my Facebook page 'CBD Will Change Your Life'.
I wanted to let you know that I have just tried these cauliflower hemp burgers and will be sharing them on Feb. 24, 2017. 🙂
veggiesdontbite
Hi Robin! I'm so glad you love my burgers! I just wanted to ask how you share the recipe, as long as it's a link back to my site for the actual recipe then awesome. But I do ask that you don't share the recipe in full on your site. But you are welcome to use one of my images with credit and then link back to my burger recipe for the recipe itself! Thanks!
Laurina Neumann @sweetenedbyplants
What a gorgeous looking burger!
veggiesdontbite
You are so sweet!! Thank you!!
Jody
We really enjoyed these. Great flavor.
veggiesdontbite
Thanks so much Jody! Glad to hear you liked them!
Danielle
Hi can you freeze these burgers?
veggiesdontbite
Hi Danielle! Yes! I freeze all my burgers but before I've cooked them. I take them out the morning I want to cook them and let them slowly defrost. Thanks for following!
Florie
🙂 yeah, that's what I did! I followed the recipe and in the end I saw the flax eggs standing alone waiting their time 🙂 so I was a little bit confused I've missed something, but then I just add it in the big bowl.. After all, they're really good.. delicious and nutritious!
veggiesdontbite
So glad they turned out! Thanks so much for catching that, those flax eggs tend to be forgotten. I just posted some curly fries this morning that would go great with them!
Florie
it's all good, but when exactly you put the flex eggs in the whole thing?
veggiesdontbite
Hi there! Thanks so much for catching that! I updated the recipe to include adding the flax eggs with the hemp seeds, almond meal, salt and pepper. Let me know how they turn out!
vicki
any idea what the calorie count would be?
veggiesdontbite
Hi Vicki! I just used My Fitness Pal to figure it out for you. I added it to the bottom of my recipe post! Hope it helps!
amyrauen
Have you tried these using well-roasted cauliflower?
veggiesdontbite
See my comment on the other post 🙂
Amy
Have you tried this with well-roasted cauliflower?
veggiesdontbite
Hi Amy! I have not. I kept the cauliflower just cooked for consistency purposes. My guess would be if you roasted it well done, the consistency may get a little softer. But give it a try and let me know what you think! Thanks for being here!
Dina
It sounds good, I would like to try this.
veggiesdontbite
Thank you! I'll make them for you soon!
Richa {VeganRicha.com}
that burger with all the goodness of the veggies and hemp. a perfect veggie burger!
veggiesdontbite
Thank you so much Richa! An honor coming from you!
Be Sol-Ful
This looks and sounds AMAZING!!! Love that they're gluten-free, too 🙂 Pinning it now - hope to try this soon!
veggiesdontbite
Thank you!! Let me know how you like them!
imaadama
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veggiesdontbite
Thank you for reblogging!