A super fresh and flavorful vegan burger, packed with spices and herbs and made from a base of veggies and seeds.
Raw vegan burgers were one of the very first recipes I ever tried making when I first discovered raw foods. The recipe was called beet burgers, and as you can probably imagine they were made from beets and super bright purple/red! Unfortunately beets have been scratching my throat lately so I decided to take a break and try to recreate my beloved raw burger recipe without beets and also without nuts.
Instead of nuts I opted for more sun-dried tomatoes, carrots and pumpkin seeds, I actually liked how much lighter it made the burgers.I also skipped the raw vegan buns this time and used my homemade vegan buns, but if you’re a hardcore raw vegan, I suggest this corn bread recipe.
This veggie meat can also be used for zoodles and meatballs, if you want 2 simple raw dinners, just shape some of the veggie meat into meatballs and save them for later!
The steps are super easy, you just prep your ingredients and add them to the food processor, then you’ll process for about 30 seconds until it starts to resemble meat.
Lastly, like real burgers, you form them with your hands into patties and get ready to cook them… or in this case dehydrate.
I have not tried these in the oven but I imagine they would cook up well in the oven or a skillet. If you’re pressed for time this may be your best option, although you miss out on some of the vitamins and minerals that are destroyed by heat.
To dehydrate place your freshly shaped burgers onto a ventilated dehydrator sheet and dehydrate at 165 degrees for the first hour to evaporate water and reduce the risk of fermentation, then turn down to 115 degrees until the burger is firm and somewhat dry all the way through, about 4 hours. You don’t want to over dry it, nobody likes a dry burger.
That’s it now put that patty in between two buns with all the toppings you love! I am personally a huge fan of ketchup, pickles, and spinach, but don’t forget about avocado, mustard, peppers and onions!
Enjoy!!
Raw Vegan Burgers
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes soaked
- 1 cup red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup carrots
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/8 cup basil fresh
- 1/8 cup fennel fresh
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp flax seed freshly ground
- 1 tsp cumin seed freshly ground
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
INSTRUCTIONS
- Soak the sun-dried tomatoes until soft, about 1 hour.
- Grind the flax seed into flour.
- Process all the ingredients together until it resembles ground meat.
- Shape meat into about 6 patties.
- Dehydrate for 1 hour at 165 degrees then about 3 hours at 115 degrees, or until the burgers are firm.
NOTES
To reheat, dehydrate at 165 degrees for about 20 minutes.
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I just wanted to thank you! You have a good many really great recipes here. But you should know that rolled oats are not remotely raw. You can’t eat raw oats. They’re steamed pretty thoroughly before being rolled flat and then re-dried. This is why they’re digestible out of the package. If you ate any truly raw oats, you’d probably get a pretty wicked stomach ache, if not worse, depending on how many you ate. I have no issue with people eating some rolled oats, but if they’re in a recipe it’s not completely raw. You don’t have to take my word for it, either. Google “How are rolled oats made?” and see for yourself. I honestly have no idea how they snuck so deeply into the raw food community.
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Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment! I totally understand where you’re coming from.
My friend and I used to be 100% raw and she and I had this exact conversation about how oats, and many other raw foods were actually not raw. So she scavenged for truly raw whole oats, but the only way she could get them was by buying a 50 pound bag of horse feed oats. She than gave me a small bag to experiment with, so I sprouted them and replaced the rolled oats in the recipe. I didn’t get a stomach ache, and they were actually quite good, but the amount of effort required was just not worth it.
I think most of the raw food community understands that a lot of ingredients aren’t raw, take nutritional yeast for instance, but because these ingredients aren’t cooked heavily and are therefore not completely oxidized, I believe we all just accepted the fact that a 100% raw food diet just wasn’t going to be feasible. Plus if we feel comfortable after eating said cooked food, why the fuss? For me the stress of finding out that many of my beloved raw food ingredients were indeed not raw, for instance cashews and almonds, made me nuts. 😉 And of course you could find truly raw organic nuts online, but they are usually way too expensive for me. It’s a conundrum I know, and I’ve wondered if I should even be calling some of these recipe raw because of the fact.
Again thank you for stopping by!
Cheers
Sure you shall call your recipes raw, still.
Only because nutritional yeast isn’t 100% raw on it’s own (due to the process of making), shouldn’t hinder you to call your raw recipe Not raw. As you said, your recipe isn’t cooked (heavily).
Oh kay OK, I’ll get bashed over this, again but, as long as you tell people that, people will understand and accept. What’s the fuzz about getting so deeply emotional on that matter?
Don’t accept it as a raw recipe because of it? Then don’t and move on.
Is the fennel used in the recipe fresh fennel or fennel seeds? And the basil is also fresh basil and not dried? I can’t wait to make this recipe. Thank you.
Hi Azna! Yes I used fresh fennel and fresh basil but you could use a 1/4 tsp of fennel seed and a 1/2 tbsp of dried basil. I’ll update the recipe to clear confusion. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Hi Amanda,
These look great – I would like to give them a go. I am just checking if you have added the full recipe? It looks like you have put oats and beetroots in from the pictures but there is no mention of them in the ingredients list.
Thanks, Tina
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Yes this is the full recipe, I believe what you are seeing is purple carrots and the seeds from the red pepper flakes, which are not on the ingredient list, but if you like spicy I totally recommend adding some. Hope you like them! Cheers, Amanda
This sounds amazing ! very nice Recipe, Thanks for sharing
Hi there, I just finished devouring my first batch, this is my new go-to recipe! Thanks so much! Just making sure I made these right, was I supposed to use dried basil and fennel seed, or fresh for both?
I am so happy to hear this! I personally prefer fresh basil and dried fennel seed but whatever you have on had works.
So excited to try this
I tried your recipe and do like it but it fell apart really easily. Is this what it usually does?
If the burger is not fine enough due to either not processing long enough or dull food processor blades it will crumble more easily. Glad you still liked it!
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Excuse,
but what’s the runt about ‘lolled oats’ here from one comment? This recipe doesn’t even include lolled oats? Do I miss something?
On a side note, sprouted red rice is an excellent, raw binding food to swap with rolled oats. Try it.
Or else, try rice flakes. Soak them for least 24 hours and air dry them for about 3 hours, thereafter. Not time consuming at all, just preparation beforehand. Plus and that is what I like, personally, it adds some crunchiness to your food. (love it in raw cakes).
Cheers
I think the commenter was referring to other recipes that include rolled oats. But you’re right rolled oats are not in this particular recipe.
Thank you for suggesting a new ingredient. O have never tried red rice in this way, or rice flakes, I had always used buckwheat for the crunch. I will definitely be trying it!
Nice. Thanks for sharing
The Only issue I have on this Raw recipe is that you cook it.
165 degrees, what, Fahrenheit or Celcius?
Nevertheless, even if it’s Fahrenheit, anything above 109 degree is killing all enzymes and enzymes are not dead, but alive – In Raw Foods !!
Hence, cooking your raw recipe doesn’t keep it raw but turns it into a “Cooked” recipe.
Hi, Norm! I know this is an older thread, but I just wanted to point out that starting the dehydrator at a higher temp gets the air around the food warmed up, but the food itself doesn’t reach that temperature in the warm-up phase. The water molecules will just start evaporating off the surface (which in itself counteracts the heat of the surrounding air) These burgers will remain below the “cooked” threshold for some time in a dehydrator, enzymes intact. Rather like standing in a piping hot shower would not cook your flesh to the same temperature unless you stood in there for a very very long time, lol 🙂 I recall an article about this subject years ago when I was just getting the hang of dehydrating and the technical aspects of raw foods… I’ll dig around and see if I can find it to share.
Is the bun raw? If so can I get the recipe ?
Unfortunately the bun is not raw. It was vegan though.
What bread recipe did you use?
I don’t remember exactly what bun recipe I used, but it was close to this recipe https://thehealthyfamilyandhome.com/how-to-make-homemade-vegan-hamburger-buns/
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Hello Amanda,
Thank you for sharing such amazing recipes. I wanted to ask where do you purchase your sundried tomatoes from?
Hi Dena, I usually purchase them in the bulk section of local health markets. Or I make my own in the dehydrator. Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment!