Sprouted Lentil Burgers (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

These germinated lentil burgers are somewhat crispy connected nan extracurricular and moist connected nan wrong pinch a somewhat smokey and earthy flavor. If you person lentil sprouts connected hand, they are speedy and easy to make.

Even though I decided to start eating nutrient aft 11 years of vegetarianism, I still bask patient soy-free vegetarian foods. I really for illustration to sprout aliases soak beans and grains to thief summation their nutrient contented and make them easier to digest.

That’s why I’m a instrumentality of sprouting lentils. Not only does it make them easier connected nan gut, but it besides brings retired a caller texture and spirit to nan legume! So I figured immoderate yummy germinated lentil burgers would beryllium a awesome measurement to usage up my germinated lentils.

Why I emotion this recipe

• Sprouted lentils tin beryllium eaten earthy truthful there’s nary request to navigator them earlier making them into burgers!
• The smokey spirit and soft texture of these burgers makes for a satisfying meal.
• Did you cognize that sprouting lentils results successful accrued nutrients and moreover higher macromolecule content? Making these burgers pinch germinated lentils besides makes them easier to digest!
• Once you’ve germinated your lentils, making this look is ace speedy and easy and requires minimal ingredients.

Sprouted lentil burger look tips

• Sprouting lentils takes astir 2-3 days, truthful make judge you’ve done that earlier you make this recipe. You tin find directions connected really to sprout lentils here (you’ll request to double nan germinated lentils to person capable for these burgers).
• You’ll request a food processor aliases a beardown blender for illustration a vitamix to process and grind nan lentils successful this recipe.
• I usage each intent gluten-free flour successful this recipe, but you tin besides substitute that pinch regular all-purpose flour.
• The herb substance is what really makes nan spirit radiance pinch these germinated lentil burgers, so don’t skip retired connected immoderate of nan spices aliases it whitethorn consequence successful a little than stellar flavor.
• Sprouted lentils tin beryllium eaten earthy and person a very different texture than regularly cooked lentils, truthful it’s not imaginable to switch nan germinated lentils for regular ones successful this recipe.
• You tin shop these lentil patties successful nan refrigerator for astir a week aliases successful nan freezer successful a sealed air-tight instrumentality for astir a month. They thin to barren up a spot successful nan refrigerator truthful they are champion eaten fresh. However, nan champion measurement to reheat them to clasp nan moisture is to power them connected astir 400° successful nan toaster oven for astir 10-15 minutes. You tin besides re-heat them successful a skillet connected debased power covered for astir 10-15 minutes, flipping halfway through.

How to make these germinated lentil burgers

Make judge you’ve germinated lentils anterior to making this recipe. It takes astir 2-3 days to sprout lentils astatine home. You’ll request to double this germinated lentils recipe to person capable lentils for these burgers. Gather each of your ingredients together including nan germinated lentils, spices, herb paste and flour.

Place each of nan look ingredients into a nutrient processor.

Blend ingredients together, stopping to scrape down nan sides if necessary, until it’s afloat blended.

Heat a non-stick skillet connected mean power pinch a mini magnitude of lipid aliases cooking spray for astir 1-2 minutes.While you’re heating up nan skillet return retired a small smaller than thenar sized spot of nan lentil substance and shape into a palm-sized patty and spot it connected nan heated skillet.

Let it navigator connected 1 broadside until nan cooked broadside has immoderate charring colour connected it (about 2-3 minutes), past flip nan burger and navigator for different fewer minutes until that broadside besides has a small charring connected it.

Repeat this process, adding much cooking spray aliases lipid arsenic needed, until each of nan burgers are cooked. There should beryllium astir 5-6 patties total.

Serve pinch your favourite toppings and burger buns aliases lettuce wrap and enjoy!

This station was primitively posted successful September of 2013, but has been republished successful May of 2021 to see improved look tips, photos and video. 

Hannah Healy

Hannah Healy is nan laminitis of Healy Eats Real, a wellness and wellness website that provides patient recipes and adjuvant accusation connected wellness. Hannah is nan published writer of The Ultimate Paleo Cookbook. Her activity has been featured connected Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Redbook, fittingness and MSN.