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Lentil-Veggie Burgers with Creamy Almondaise

A vegetarian burger made with lentils, rice, tofu, quinoa flour, and seasoned with tamari, arrowroot, and nutritional yeast.

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Why it works: Quinoa and arrowroot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Lentil-Veggie Burgers with Creamy Almondaise

6 patties
Time3 to 4 minutes per side

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. In large bowl, combine lentils and rice. Set aside.

  2. In large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add scallions, garlic, carrot and onion and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Combine with lentil/rice mixture. Add tofu, 3 tablespoons flour, tamari, arrowroot mixture, salt and pepper. Mix well.

Shape and chill

  1. In shallow dish, mix together yeast and remaining 1/2 cup flour. With moistened hands, shape lentil mixture into 6 patties, each about 3 inches in diameter. Coat in yeast/flour mixture and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Cook and serve

  1. In large nonstick skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add burgers (in batches if necessary) and cook until crispy brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side.

  2. Spread buns with almondaise, top each burger with some tomato slices and sprouts and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1531Calories
72 gProtein
39 gFat
220 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Arrowrootnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Speltnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Quinoa + arrowroottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Flour + arrowroottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together525 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Quinoa + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Quinoa + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Tofu + quinoatop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cooked brown lentils
Provide the bulk and body of the patty.
Firm tofu
Adds moisture and softness, helping the patties bind together.
Quinoa flour
Absorbs moisture and helps the patties hold together and brown.
Arrowroot
Thickens the moist mixture so it binds as it cooks.
Cooked brown rice
Adds chewy texture and helps the patty keep its shape.
Nutritional yeast
Adds savory, cheesy flavor and a light golden coating.

The step that matters

Cook the burgers in batches. Crowding the skillet lowers its temperature, so the patties steam instead of browning. Cooking in batches keeps the heat high, giving a crisp crust and helping the patties hold together when flipped.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, quinoa, flour, sauce, arrowroot, pepper, wheat):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, quinoa, flour, sauce, arrowroot, pepper, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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