VEGETARIAN TOFU BURGERS
These vegetarian burgers are made from tofu and are flavoured with marmite and soy sauce. They hold together well and can be fried in a frying pan or cooked on the barbeque.
Vegetarian Tofu Burgers
These burgers can quickly be whipped up in advance and fried or cooked on the BBQ the next day.
INGREDIENTS
- 200g block of firm tofu, cut into chunks
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 3 large cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 2 teaspoons Marmite
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 8 slices of cheddar or Havarti cheese
METHOD
- Heat some extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan.
- Add the chopped onion, season with salt and pepper, and fry gently until soft slightly caramelised.
- Remove from the heat after another couple of minutes.
- Add the tofu, garlic, Marmite, soy sauce to the food processor and blitz until smooth.
- Transfer to a bowl and add the rolled oats, fried onion and salt.
- Mix well and leave for at last 30 minutes or overnight to allow flavours to develop and the oats to soften.
- Divide the mixture into 8 balls of about 80g each.
- Keep a bowl of cold water handy and wetting your hands constantly, shape the balls into round patties about 3cm thick.
- Put on a plate and keep in the fridge until you are ready to fry them.
- Heat some extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan.
- Fry the burgers for about 5 minutes on each side, turning once so that they get a nice colour.
- Put a slice of cheese on each burger, turn off the heat and cover the pan to melt the cheese.