Easy Oven Baked Falafel Burger
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
Falafel Burger
  • 1 egg white
  • Lemon (2.5 tbsp juice, and 1 tsp of lemon zest)
  • 1 15-ounce can chickpeas, well rinsed and drained, blotted with paper towel
  • ¼ cup flour (of choice, chickpea, whole wheat, all purpose, almond, etc)
  • ¼ cup red onion, chopped
  • 3 tbsp fresh parsley
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
  • ½ tsp ground coriander
  • ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 3 tbsp oil
Tahini Yogurt Sauce
  • 1 cup non fat plain yogurt
  • 2 tbsp tahini
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice + Lemon Zest (1 tsp)
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
Optional:
  • 4 cups arugula (for salad)
  • 4 buns (if having a burger)
  • Tomatoes
  • Cucumber
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. In a food processor add your egg white, lemon zest + juice, chickpeas, flour, red onion, parsley, garlic, cayenne, coriander, cinnamon, cumin salt & pepper.
  3. Pulse until chickpeas are just broken down (but not complete paste)
  4. Shape into four burgers about ½" thick.
  5. In an oven safe skillet add one 3 tbsp of olive oil to pan and heat over medium high heat.
  6. Add burgers to skillet and fry 4 minutes on each side. Place skillet into oven with burgers and cook for an additional 15 minutes. Flip and continue to cook for another 15 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and serve with yogurt tahini sauce (see below for instructions) and optional toppings.
Yogurt Tahini Sauce:
  1. Place all ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together until smooth. Salt & Pepper to taste.
Notes
If you find burgers are difficult to handle, feel free to place in fridge for 30 minutes. However you may need to increase oven time by 3 minutes per side.
Recipe by My Lavender Blues at https://mylavenderblues.com/easy-oven-baked-falafel-burger/