Lentil Veggie Burger

Name: Lentil Veggie Burger
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 16 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: burger buns, lettuce, and tomato and cucumber slices, to serve; 250 g cooked vegetables (such as carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, potato and squash); ½ red onion, finely diced; 100 g drained tinned lentils; ½ tsp smoked sweet paprika; 1 tbsp olive or vegetable oil; 1 garlic clove, crushed; salt and pepper; 50 g breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp plain flour; ½ tsp dried Italian herbs; 75 g grated Cheddar cheese; 1 egg

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

My Fussy Eater

By Ciara Attwell

Published 2018

About

If you have lots of veg left over after a big Sunday roast, don’t throw it away. Mix it with some tinned lentils to make these really tasty veggie burgers the following day.

Ingredients

250 g cooked vegetables (such as carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, potato and squash)
100 g

Dinner
Burger
Vegetarian

Method

Mash the cooked vegetables as much as you can and place them in a large bowl with the lentils, red onion, garlic, breadcrumbs, grated cheese, egg, herbs and smoked paprika. Mix well until well combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Shape the mixture into 4 burgers.
Spread the flour out on a large plate then coat each burger in the flour.