Lentils are essential to vegan or vegetarian cooking in my opinion. They are so versatile and easily absorb a variety of flavors, which makes them a perfect base for veggie burgers. These Lentil Mushroom Veggie Burgers {Patties} are perfect for lentil lovers.
These lentil mushroom veggie burgers are a vegan burger that even a meat lover will enjoy. My boyfriend is not vegan or vegetarian and he loves this recipe! These veggie burgers are also gluten free. These veggie burgers would make the perfect make ahead meal prep option because it makes multiple servings. These lentil mushroom veggie burgers make a great healthy plant based dinner or lunch recipe.
Why you'll love this recipe
- Even mushroom hates will love these burgers, they are full of rich umami flavor.
- The burgers are full of protein thanks to the lentils.
- They are vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free and can be made vegan.
- No processing or blending is required - these burgers have texture!
Ingredients
- Egg or ground flax
- Onion
- Mushrooms
- Balsamic
- Soy sauce or liquid aminos
- Garlic
- Paprika
- Salt/pepper
- Cumin
- Cilantro or parsley
- Olive oil
- Brown or green lentils
- Oat flour
- Oats
Instructions
Cook mushrooms and onions.
Mix together mushroom mixture with lentils.
Form burgers and bake.
Add your favorite toppings and dig in.
Storage instructions
Store the extra veggie burgers in an airtight container in your fridge or freezer. These burgers will keep for 3-4 days in your fridge or up to 3 months in your freezer.
Equipment
You just need a skillet, your stove top, a sheet pan and your oven for this recipe.
Recipe FAQ
Are these burgers vegan?
They are vegan if you use a flax egg, I have made them both ways!
Substitutions
- Cilantro/parsley - use any herb you like here
- Egg - a flax egg works great here and keeps the recipe vegan
- Oat flour - all purpose flour should work well
Other veggie burger recipes to try:
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PrintLentil Mushroom Veggie Burgers
These Lentil Mushroom Veggie Burgers are the most delicious veggie burgers.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 5 1x
- Category: dinner
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: american
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
This makes 4-5 burgers
- 1 egg or 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 2 ½ tbsp water)
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic - minced
- ~3 cups mushrooms finely chopped.
- 1 tbsp balsamic
- 1 tbsp soy sauce or liquid aminos
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- salt/pepper to taste (I used about ½ teaspoon of each)
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- 1 cup cilantro or parsley finely chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cups cooked brown or green lentils
- ½ cup oat flour
- ½ cup oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Make your flax egg by mixing flax and water, let sit refrigerated for 10-30 minutes.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and cook for 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, cilantro, spices, soy sauce and balsamic and cook or 5 more minutes.
- Combine cooked lentils with mushrooms, onions, flour, oats, egg, salt/pepper, and olive oil.
- Form burgers 5-6 evenly sized burgers out of about ½ cup or one small handful of mixture on a lined sheet pan. The dough is pretty sticky so I recommend working with wet hands.
- Bake burgers for 30-35 minutes on a lined or greased sheet pan.
- Serve with a toasted bun and toppings of choice.
Notes
This makes 5-6 burgers.
Keywords: Lentil Mushroom Veggie Burgers
Michelle
I made the lentil ? burgers and they were perfect, especially since my mom doesn't like beans or ground vegetables and she liked these.
★★★★★