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Tex-Mex Burgers
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Attila Hildmann is a European celebrity television chef and best-selling author of Vegan For Fit... Read More

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Tex-Mex Burgers [Vegan]

A TV show once gave me the task of making tofu burgers for a football team. Locust bean gum, which can be purchased in large quantities on the Internet for an affordable price, was the answer to my problem of how to give the burger mixture a texture similar to... Read More

Ingredients You Need for Tex-Mex Burgers [Vegan]

For the Salsa:

  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 1/4 cups kidney beans
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 red chili pepper
  • 1 tablespoon freshly-squeezed lemon juice
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

For the Guacamole:

  • 1 avocado
  • 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed
  • Lemon juice
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

 For the Tofu Burgers:

  • 10 and 1/2 ounces tofu
  • 2 onions
  • 1/2 bunch flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/3 cup canned corn
  • 3/4 cup canned kidney beans
  • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
  • 2 level teaspoons sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 2 teaspoons tomato paste
  • 1 level teaspoon locust bean gum (if not available, you can use guar gum)
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • Lettuce, for the burgers
  • 2 sesame seed buns
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How to Prepare Tex-Mex Burgers [Vegan]

To Make the Salsa:

  1. Wash and dice the tomatoes.
  2. Mix together with the other ingredients for the salsa.

For the Guacamole:

  1. Peel the avocado and remove the pit.
  2. Purée the pulp together with the lemon juice in a blender.
  3. Season with sea salt and pepper.

 For the Tofu Burgers:

  1. Mash the tofu with a fork. Peel the onions. Wash the parsley, shake dry, and purée together with the onions in a blender.
  2. Rinse off the corn and kidney beans and allow to drain.
  3. Combine all of the ingredients for the burgers, except for the vegetable oil, and knead well for 2 minutes.
  4. Then, form 3 burgers from the mixture (the flatter they are, the crispier they will turn out).
  5. Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the burgers for 2 minutes on each side over high heat.
  6. Reduce the heat to medium and fry the burgers an additional 4 minutes on each side, until golden brown.
  7. Wash the lettuce and spin dry.
  8. Cut open the sesame buns and toast them for just a minute.
  9. Place the lettuce and the burgers on the bottom half of each bun, and then add the salsa and guacamole.
  10. Put the other half of the bun on top and serve with tortilla chips.

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    1. Haha that WOULD be a lot of parsley! Thanks for bringing this to our attention, ScullyRose. We\’ve updated it to the correct amount. Let us know if you make it! Thank you. :-) – Ally, recipe manager

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