Ultimate Vegan Seitan Burger

A yummy vegan seitan burger in a bun with all the trimmings.

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4.75 from 12 votes

The tastiest vegan burger ever! Full of black beans & mushrooms, with the extra meatyness of seitan!

Prep Time20

Cook Time30

Resting Time45

Total Time1 35

Course: BBQ, Dinner, lunch

Cuisine: BBQ, Vegan

Servings: burgers

Calories: 166kcal

Author: Louise-Claire Cayzer

Ingredients

For the Burgers

240 g black beans (1 tin/can)
250 g mushrooms
250 g vital wheat gluten
100 g dried soya mince also called TVP

Seasonings

3 tablespoon stock or bouillon powder
3 tablespoon miso you can use soy sauce if you don't have miso
3 tablespoon bbq sauce or ketchup/tomato sauce
3 tablespoon vinegar any kind. Or use pickle juice
3 teaspoon oregano- dried
3 teaspoon dried garlic
1 teaspoon liquid smoke or use 2 teaspoon smoked paprika

Metric - American

Instructions

Divide the black beans in 2 and reserve the water from the can
240 g black beans
place half the black beans & all the mushrooms in a food processor & roughly chop. Alternatively chop the mushrooms by hand & mash the beans roughly
250 g mushrooms
In a large bowl, mix together the beans, mushrooms, vital wheat gluten & dried soya mince
250 g vital wheat gluten, 100 g dried soya mince
In a blender, add the rest of the black beans & their juice + all the seasoning ingredients
240 g black beans , 3 tablespoon stock or bouillon powder, 3 tablespoon bbq sauce, 3 tablespoon vinegar, 3 teaspoon oregano- dried, 3 teaspoon dried garlic, 1 teaspoon liquid smoke, 3 tablespoon miso
Top up the blender to the 700 mls mark with water and blend until smooth (you want 700mls total liquid)
Tip the blender contents into the large bowl of beans & mushrooms
Using a wooden spoon, mix together all the ingredients in the bowl until combined.
Let this rest for 45 minutes. This allows the gluten from the Vital Wheat Gluten to hydrate and start to form the burger structure.
Once the mixture is rested, give it another mix, to be sure everything is combined. For a firmer more bouncy burger, keep mixing for 2-3 minutes. This creates the 'gluten' strands.
Preheat your oven to 180℃/356℉
Shape the burgers (will make 12 large burgers approx) and place on oven trays
Bake for half hour in the oven.
Allow your burgers to cool.
You can now finish the burgers off. Pan fry, Grill or BBQ the burgers as desired! A little olive oil on the outside of the burgers will help create the delicious caramelisation and make them full of extra flavour!

Notes

These burgers freeze really well! Just pull out the ones you need to cook on the day!

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