Sweet potato flesh is brilliant for making veggie burger patties, and this spin is bulked up with chickpeas then hit with chilli, garlic, coriander and lime to turn up the flavour. The crispy polenta crumb holds things in place and you just lightly pan fry to golden perfection.
These are NOT burgers you want to be flinging around on the BBQ grill, as they’ll just flop through onto the coals. These are more of a tea time treat, delicious wedged into a brioche bun with my crunchy slaw and a dollop of sour cream. Or if you’re going easy on the carbs roll the mixture into smaller balls, pan fry and then serve up with salad and slaw.
Matthew turned vegetarian four years ago now, and I have to say it’s really transformed what we eat as a family. I’m far more likely to try out recipes like this and experiment with new ways of approaching the food we used to eat. The boys and I still eat meat, but a lot less and it feels like a luxury. I’m still very reliant on the Quorn product range for quick family meal options which are “shove-in-the-oven” friendly, but recipes like these burgers are what i’d rather be developing when I have the luxury of time on my side.
Go and check out the recipe over on Channel 4 Food Fairy Giving You More: Sweet Potato, Chickpea, Lime and Coriander Burgers with Crunchy Slaw
I’ve also had a peek at some of my veggie friends’ blogs for their best veggie burgers and here are a trio of tasty numbers that caught my eye…
1: Mushroom and Lentil Siders from Tinned Tomatoes
2: Juicy Teriyaki Portobello Mushroom Burgers with Wasabi Mayo over on Food To Glow
3: Spinach and Feta Chickpea Burgers from Amuse Your Bouche
What are YOUR favourite veggie burgers? Let me know in the comments below!
They look wonderful Katie. I would love one to tuck into now. Yum! Thanks for linking to me.
Thanks Jac – your amazing veggie burgers are always so inspiring 🙂
Love the idea of coating them in polenta to give a nice crunchy outside – brilliant idea!
Polenta is a great breadcrumb alternative… nice and fine and fries up a treat.
Katies, looks rather yummy. I have planned to make some sweet potato burgers this weekend, and guess what your Beetroot Relish is on the menu today.
Yay for beetroot relish… i’m going to whip some more of that up this weekend too… so lush!
Veggie Burgers with sweet potato and lime sound like a winner to me so must try these. I recently made Black Bean Veggie Burgers and the whole family much prefer them to beef now. In fact they were so good we had them 2 nights in a row:-)
Wow they sound good Camilla… I feel inspired to experiment with veggie burgers as the shop bought ones are really boring.
these look delicious! love the flavours. I am partial to veggie burgers. All the others you linked sound delicious too.
Thanks Nazima… I love that you can play with flavours and textures with veggie burgers… the main snag is that they can fall apart so easily!
That looks very tasty! I love sweet potatoes and would enjoy them very much served like this.
Sweet potatoes are the BEST… I have them every week in some shape or form!
This looks SOOOOO good!!! It’s only 10am but I want lunch now! Yum!
Ooops sorry Elizabeth!
These knock spots off of my sweet potato burgers: I love everything about these! You might think this is an odd thing to write but I am relieved that you can’t pop these on a grill as then I would have thought your were a sorceress. An impossible thing: homemade veggie burgers really don’t grill up, do they? Oh, and thanks for linking up to my recipe. 😉
Wow, these look good! I’d probably leave out the coriander as I really can’t abide the taste of the stuff, but I’m keen to give them a try. I’ll omit posting any photos on social media as my attempts will be inferior to yours 🙂
lol Emma!!!! Hope you enjoy them 🙂