The best Green Veggie Burger ever! The veggie patty uses potatoes and broccoli as a base, sunflower seeds and oats are added for texture and binding. These don’t fall apart! You can pan-fry them, grill them or bake them!
In the last couple of years of being vegan, I had my fair share of veggie burgers. Some of them fell apart, some were mushy in the middle, or they just didn’t taste that exciting. So with the goal in mind to create the ultimative, delicious but not too complicated burger patty, I came up with this Green Veggie Burger and it is everything I ever wanted.
I LOVE broccoli, so of course, they had to go in. Potatoes are great for the base because they are great binder – especially together with the rolled oats. The caramelized onion and garlic are for a deeper flavor. The sunflower seeds are for texture. And that’s pretty much it. The Best Green Vegan Burger ever.
The perfect veggie patties need of course the perfect setting. Served in homemade Pretzel rolls, together with green leafy salad, cucumber slices and creamy avocado slices. Who needs sauce if there’s avocado?!
Green Veggie Burger
Ingredients
Veggie Patties
- 4 medium-large potatoes , peeled and halved
- 1/2 broccoli , broken down in florets
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 yellow onion , diced
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
- olive oil for the pan
The rest of the burger
- 4 Pretzel Rolls
- lettuce
- cucumber slices
- avocado slices
Instructions
- For the patties, boil the potatoes. Shortly before they're done, add in the broccoli. Cook until potatoes and broccoli are soft. Transfer them in a large bowl and mash them up. Add salt.
- In a pan, caramelize the diced onion and minced garlic. Add them to the potato & broccoli mash. Add the rolled oats and sunflower seeds and give it a good mix. Let it cool down and form four large patties.
- Prepare a lightly oiled pan and pan-fry the patties on medium heat until they are golden and crispy on both sides.
- Assemble your burgers: Bottom pretzel roll, leafy lettuce, veggie patty, cucumber slices, avocado slices and top pretzel roll. Enjoy!
Estimated Nutrition Info
If you give this recipe a try I’d love to hear how it turned out for you! Leave a comment or post a picture on instagram, use the hashtag #elephantasticvegan and tag me via @elephantasticvegan to make sure I’ll see it ^.^ I love to see all your lovely creations! Thanks! <3
Rebecca Strength and Sunshine
Potatoes + broccoli sounds good to me! Love how simple and easy these are :)
Bianca
Potatoes are life! And a great binder too :D Thank you!
Natalie | Feasting on Fruit
As you were listing off the ingredients I was just like yes, yes, yes–all things I love too! It really does sound like the ultimate mix of ingredients and since it holds together it automatically trumps like 90% of veggie burgers out there already lol. Plus green always feels healthier somehow :) And I am totally with you on the avocado as sauce, haven’t used “dressing’ in years thanks to that wonderful fruit. I just want to grab that seedy bun and bite right in!
Bianca
Hahaha, right, I can’t stand veggie patties anymore that fall apart! Enough of that! Who knew veggies were such a great binder.. And you’re so right about the green patties. It’s the same with falafel for me, if the falafel are green inside – I feel they are so much healthier – even though they are deep-fried. :D #eatyourgreens
Hana
Caution all: do not taste this mixture before cooking burgers…or you won’t have any left to cook!!! Great binder tip too, all other burgers I’ve made have fallen apart bar this one
Bianca
Aww! thank you so much for the awesome review, Hana! I’m so glad you enjoyed them! :)
Stephanie
Hi
Im going to try this recipe but I’m wondering do you grind up the seeds and oats at all or just put them in whole? Thank you!
Bianca
I leave them whole because I like the texture in the patties, but you can totally grind them up if you prefer that!
Stephanie
Thank you!
Katie
Hello! This looks great and I’m excited to try it! Can you estimate how many cups 1/2 broccoli is? My broccoli’s seem to come in such varying sizes! Probably any range of broccoli would work, since it’s not the main binding part?
Michelle
These were really yummy! I ate mine on a bed of greens with a little vegan ranch dressing. They were sturdy and held up well while pan frying. Will make again, maybe with purple potatoes!