Chickpea burgers

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Ingredients

• Yourll be needing
• -2 tbsp light olive oil
• -onion, finely chopped
• -200g tin of chickpeas, drained
• -2 tbsp chopped coriander
• -1 egg, beaten
• -1 large potato, peeled, cubed, boiled and mashed
• -2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
• -4 burger buns
• -1 tomato, sliced into rings
• -1 red onion, sliced into rings
• -4 lettuce leaves

Instructions

STEP 1:

Firstly

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

Heat half of the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion and sauté for three minutes.

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

Add the chickpeas and cook for another minute.

STEP 6:

STEP 7:

Place half of the chickpeas and the onion in a food processor. Purée until you have a smooth mixture.

STEP 8:

STEP 9:

Tip into a bowl and add the remaining chickpeas, coriander, egg and mashed potato.

STEP 10:

STEP 11:

Mix well, then shape the mixture into four burgers and sprinkle with the sesame seeds to coat.

STEP 12:

STEP 13:

Place the remaining olive oil in a frying pan and gently cook the burgers on a very low heat, for about five minutes on each side.

STEP 14:

STEP 15:

Toast each half of the burger buns, then place a burger in each, topping with a tomato slice, red onion ring and a lettuce leaf.