This sweet potato chickpea burger is the BEST. It is moist, flavorful and absolutely delicious. Easy to make and perfect to even cook on the grill.
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This is one of the simplest burger I have ever made. It is hearty, delicious and easy to make. I have tried so many recipes that end up with mushy or crumbly patties. But this recipe makes the PERFECT veggie burger.
Recipe is adapted from Tricia Yearwood's recipe for Sweet Pea burger on Food Network. What I love about this recipe is that it uses pantry staple ingredients and there is no chilling or freezing time.
Ingredients needed
As the title suggests, this recipe needs 2 main ingredients - Sweet Potato & Chickpeas.
I use orange sweet potatoes that are commonly available in the US. But feel free to use any variety of sweet potato. These are also known as yams. You may have to adjust the number of tubers used based on their size.
I have made this recipe with canned chickpeas and even cooked dried ones. There is no significant difference in both. I feel canned chickpeas are convenient and make it very easy to make these veggie burgers.
Flour, breadcrumbs act as binding. I use whole wheat flour and plain breadcrumbs. Feel free to use all-purpose flour and whole wheat breadcrumbs.
To make this a 100% vegan burger recipe, I used nutritional yeast to add cheesiness and umami flavor. Substitute with parmesan cheese for a vegetarian version.
I kept the flavors simple with just dried Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Feel free to jazz up the flavors with chili powder, ground cumin, fresh herbs etc.
How to Make the Patties?
Roasted sweet potatoes give these veggie burgers lots of flavors. The roasting process caramelizes the sugars and makes them extra sweet and delicious. Alternately you can boil and mash them too, but the flavor might be slightly different.
So start by roasting the sweet potatoes. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Poke holes in them and bake for 45 minutes ~ 1 hour until fork tender. Remove from the oven and let cool.
When cool enough to handle, halve the sweet potato and scoop out the flesh into a mixing bowl.
Add chickpeas to the sweet potato flesh and mash into a coarse paste.
Add flour, breadcrumbs, nutritional yeast, dried Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix until well combined. Divide the mixture into 6 equal size patties.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, add the oil. Gently place the patties in the skillet and cook until the patties are brown and crisp on both sides, about 5 minutes per side.
Serve over burger buns with your favorite sandwich accoutrements.
Can these burgers be frozen?
Yes, these burgers freeze very well. So make sure to double the recipe to make extras. Wrap each of them in plastic and then stash them in a freezer safe ziploc bag, so you can pull one out when you want.
Do not thaw the frozen patties. Just cook them a longer until they are nicely heated through.
Can these be Grilled?
Yes!! As mentioned before these sweet potato chickpea burgers are hearty and sturdy. They do not crumble or turn mushy while cooking and this applies to even the grill. So, go ahead and heat up that grill.
Tips
- Use any variety of sweet potato in this recipe. Make sure to bake more tubers if they are smaller than the orange variety.
- Either all-purpose or whole-wheat flour can be used.
- Substitute plain breadcrumbs with whole-wheat.
- Substitute nutritional yeast with parmesan cheese for a vegetarian version.
- You can boil the sweet potatoes instead of roasting them. Make sure to drain the water really well to avoid soggy patties.
- These burgers freeze very well. So make sure to double the recipe to make extras. Wrap each of them in plastic and then stash them in a freezer safe ziploc bag, so you can pull one out when you want.
Recipes to try:
Here are a few recipes that you might want to try:
- Adzuki bean & brown rice burger - yet another delicious and fool proof recipe for vegan burger.
- Spelt sweet potato paratha - healthy Indian flatbread made with spelt flour and mashed sweet potato.
- Sweet potato & black bean empanada - popular Latin style street food made with a healthy filling.
Sweet Potato-Chickpea Burger
Ingredients
- 2 Medium Sweet Potato
- 15.5 oz. Can of Chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 2 tablespoons Whole wheat flour*
- 1 cup Breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup Nutritional Yeast*
- To taste Salt & Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Oil, plus more to cook the burgers
To Serve:
- 6 Burger Buns
- As needed Toppings of choice - Lettuce, Tomato slices, Cheese slices, Vegan Mayo, Ketchup etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Poke holes in the sweet potatoes and place it on a foil lined baking sheet. Bake for 45 minutes ~ 1 hour until fork tender. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- When cool enough to handle, halve the sweet potato and scoop out the flesh into a mixing bowl.
- Add chickpeas to sweet potato and mash into a coarse paste.
- Add flour, breadcrumbs, nutritional yeast, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix until well combined. Divide the mixture into 6 equal size patties.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, add the oil. Gently place the patties in the skillet and cook until the patties are brown and crisp on both sides, about 5 minutes per side.
- Serve over burger buns with your favorite sandwich accoutrements.
Notes
- Use any variety of sweet potato in this recipe. Make sure to bake more tubers if they are smaller than the orange variety.
- Either all-purpose or whole-wheat flour can be used.
- Substitute plain breadcrumbs with whole-wheat.
- Substitute nutritional yeast with parmesan cheese for a vegetarian version.
- You can boil the sweet potatoes instead of roasting them. Make sure to drain the water really well to avoid soggy patties.
- These burgers freeze very well. So make sure to double the recipe to make extras. Wrap each of them in plastic and then stash them in a freezer safe ziploc bag, so you can pull one out when you want.
Shobana Vijay
Such a wonderful recipe with sweet potato..will do try
Niloufer Riyaz
very healthy burger
Suja Ilangovan
What an awesome looking burger patty & honey mustard sauce, Pavani! Loving all the flavors in it 🙂
Usha Rao
Burgers are mouthwatering, specially the picture with avocado
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
love the gorgeous color and that last pic with a bite taken is priceless
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
love the gorgeous color and that last pic with a bite taken is priceless
Sowmya :)
Love this burger! Am making it asap!
Srivalli
That's a delicious looking pattie pavani..love all burgers like this!
Cindy
My kiddos and I made this together! We have been spending a lot more time in the kitchen lately and its so fun. They really enjoyed making this recipe but they enjoyed eating it even more! Thanks for this delish creation, we are adding it to our “make again” list!!
Bhawana
sweet burger burgers taste amazing, My daughter loves these patties and we make in bulk and keep freezing. A great recipe must say.
Jessica Formicola
My family loves these burgers! We make them all the time, and they always turn out perfectly!
Kathryn Donangelo
This burger is perfect for summer! I love all of the flavors and the wholesomeness this burger has- delicious!
cookshideout
Thank you Kathryn. This is one of my favorite burgers to make on the grill.
kim
Love this recipe! These were super easy and flavorful! Will definitely be making again!
cookshideout
Thank you Kim. This is my go-to veggie burger recipe.
Dennis Yannakos
Amazing recipe! You're very creative. I love this!
Maureen
Do you cook burgers before freezing?
cookshideout
Hi Maureen, you do not need to cook the burgers before freezing. Just form the patties, wrap them in either foil or plastic and freeze them until ready to use. Hope this helps.
Regards
Pavani