Saturday, November 12, 2011

Vegan Burgers!


These are actually pretty simple, and would be even easier if we could actually fry something.*

Mix together:
grated potatoes, we used small yellow potatoes
white beans, we used small navy beans
some dried potato flakes
cumin
chile powder
diced red onion
minced garlic
ground coriander
salt
then some more salt
and a little more, these are potatoes after all
pepper

stir it all up then let it meld together for a few minutes, 10-30, then shape into desired sizes and refrigerate to set for at least half of an hour. After they're sufficiently chilled heat some oil in a pan, we used coconut oil because it has such a high smoke point and therefore I could do more with less. (I still don't recommend it - more oil is a good thing for this!) Anyway, heat up some oil and fry the things. Garnish with salsa and avocado, then enjoy!

Salsa
Like with most foods, including the vegetable burgers, salsa is easily thrown together with whatever you have in the kitchen. In this case we diced tomatoes, some small mystery spicy peppers from the garden, a red bell pepper, red onion, garlic, then added chopped cilantro and freshly squeezed lime juice.

*rules forbid frying with more than one teaspoon of grease per serving.