Northstar Cafe Veggie Burger

Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups cooked brown rice, cooled
• 1 cup cooked lentils, cooled
• 1 cup beet, peeled and shredded
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon ground fennel
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 3 tablespoons onions, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumb
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 whole wheat buns, toasted
• condiments, as desired

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor, pulse rice, lentils and beets for about a minute or until the mixture resembles ground meat. transfer to a mixing bowl. add salt, pepper, thyme, fennel, mustard, onion, garlic, egg and bread crumbs. mix with your hands to incorporate. refrigerate until well chilled, for one to four hours.
• 2 heat a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. using 1/2 cup for each, form rice mixture into patties.
• 3 pour a little oil into skillet. add patties to pan. cook until charred on the edges and heated through, turning a few times, about 12 minutes total. (burgers can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator for up to three days, or frozen up to three months. rewarm in a skillet before serving.).
• 4 serve burgers on toasted buns with condiments of choice.