Very early, before quinoa became the thing it is, I had bought a pack of red quinoa from Trader Joe’s, our fav was black bean corn quinoa.
One evening, I was bored and needed some variety. At the time, stores sold veg. burgers that were either made of black beans or garden veggie. It occurred to me that the texture of quinoa and protein content were great for a burger party. But it being the end of the week, I was low on ingredients. So started to look for a way to “bind”. A look at the freezer showed TJ’s frozenedamame and the fridge had some shredded mozzarella , also from Trader Joe’s. Bingo. At the time I used stovetop since the IP was not invented then. Of course, since then I’ve made these burgers frequently. So easy to use an IP cycle to cook quinoa. Edamame can be done PIP. In this case, I gave edamame a quick boil on the stovetop so I can purée it while quinoa is cooking, saves time.
Try this egg-free, meatless burger And #theflavorstation to let me know how it turned out. It happens to be gluten free too!
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Ingredients
1 cups cooked quinoa
1 cup shredded cheese
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 Tbsp lime juice
Fistful Cilantro
seasoning/spices at hand
Salt to taste
Tip
Substitute mozzarella cheese with vegan cheese to make vegan burgers.
Recipe
In a wide bowl, keep the uncooked ingredients ready
Start quinoa in IP, Manual, 5 mins, QPR
Grind the edmame to a puree, add to bowl
Sprinkle herbs, oil to the mixing bowl
As soon as the quinoa is cooked, pour the hot quinoa over, in the mixing bowl.
Now mix it all so the cheese melts, squeeze lime juice
Take some flour in both hands, roll the patties
Place it on a greased omelette pan
Flip and cook till dark brown OR use airfryer at 350F, 8 mins, flip midway
Serve as a slider or by itself with ketchup!
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