Chickpea burgers with spicy tomato salsa

Name: Chickpea burgers with spicy tomato salsa
Yield: 4 burgers
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 400 g tinned chickpeas; Zest of 1 lemon and juice of half the lemon (a save other half); Curry powder; 1/2 bunch fresh coriander (save other half); 1 egg; 1/2 of a red onion (save other half); Olive oil (or any other flavourless oil); 100 g breadcrumbs (fresh if possible); 4 large fresh tomatoes, cored; Other half of red onion; 3 large garlic cloves; 2 large red chillies, deseeded if you don't want it too hot; Other half of the coriander; Juice of other half of lemon; 2 tsp curry powder; 2 tsp caster sugar; Pinch salt

Siobhan Linehan @slinehan05

Chickpea burgers with spicy tomato salsa

Siobhan Linehan @slinehan05

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Ingredients

4 burgers

400 gtinned chickpeas
Zest of 1 lemon and juice of half the lemon (a save other half)
Curry powder
1/2 bunchfresh coriander (save other half)
1egg
1/2of a red onion (save other half)
Olive oil (or any other flavourless oil)
100 gbreadcrumbs (fresh if possible)
The salsa
4large fresh tomatoes, cored
Other half of red onion
3large garlic cloves
2large red chillies, deseeded if you don't want it too hot
Other half of the coriander
Juice of other half of lemon
2 tspcurry powder
2 tspcaster sugar
Pinchsalt

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Steps

1

In a food processor whizz together the chickpeas, lemon juice, 1 and a half teaspoons of curry powder, coriander, the egg, red onion and 1 tbsp of oil until it forms a smooth paste.
2

In a large bowl put 80g of the breadcrumbs and the lemon zest. Add the chickpea paste and squidge the paste and breadcrumbs together with your hands until fully combined.
3

Split the mixture into 4 equally and form 4 burger patties with your hands. The thickness and size is totally up to you.
4

Gently press each pattie in the remaining breadcrumbs until lightly coated, if you need more breadcrumbs that's fine. Chill the patties in the fridge for at least 10 minutes.
5

While the patties are chilling, make the salsa. Very simply just put all the ingredients in a food processor and whizz until your desired consistency is achieved. Some people like chunky salsa and some like it smoother. You can see the consistency that I went for in the picture below.
6

Remove the patties from the fridge. You can cook them in a variety of ways. I cooked them on the barbeque, but you can cook them under the grill or in a pan. Cook for approx 4 minutes on each side or until they start to go crispy and golden.
7

Get a burger bun and place the pattie on the bottom half. Add as much salsa as you would like on top of the pattie. Then add some crispy fresh lettuce, iceberg is best. Then put the top half of the burger bun on top and enjoy.
8

You can use any leftover salsa as a dip or other on burgers.