Easy Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers with Avocado

These Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers with avocado are a fan-fave for good reason!

Who loves a good 'old school' veggie burger? Me: raises hand. Sure, the 'fake meat' burgers are all the rage these days, and I'm super glad about that for those looking for true meat sub options. But I have to admit, I'm pretty old school when it comes to my veggie burgers. And this one is my very favorite recipe.

Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers: Fan Fave!

Fan fave and personal fave. This recipe has oven-baked, sticky-sweet, sweet potato, creamy white beans, spices, a few greens, onion and an optional Panko bread crumb outer layer that makes these so unique and cravable.

Toppings and More.

All your burger goodies get stacked on a toasted grain bun - crisp romaine leaves sprawling out the sides. Buttery avocado. Dijon or special sauce or vegan mayo. Optional slice of vegan cheese. Pepper. Thinly sliced onion. Maybe even some pickles if you'd like. Stack this burger however you'd like or eat these pattie as a yummy side or salad topper! (Really, they taste so good just as is.)

Easy + Speedy.

Huge bonus: these Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers are super easy to make. Satisfy your burger craving in a flash. And while you are stacking toppings, humming happy burger-eating music, sipping lemonade, ginger ale or iced tea or whatever, basically feasting however you like - you can laugh at anyone who thinks going vegan is just too hard these days...

This recipe appears in my cookbook Healthy Happy Vegan Kitchen but you can snag it right here on the blog. OH, and yup, the cover recipe on that book is indeed this recipe.

Veggie Burger Cooking Technique

There are three ways to cook these burgers..

1. Pan-Fry Then Bake. Saute the patties in a skillet, then finish them in the oven. This method yields a nice pan-fried, crispy Panko-coated crust. then the baking warms everything through and bakes to help firm things up. Recommended method.
2. Bake Only. Just bake them. This method dries out the edges a bit more, but is still a super method for ease!
3. Saute Only. My least-used method. This is only if you press the patties into very small or thin patties to be able to cook through. I would use a lid on your pan to properly cook them through.

Originally Published 02/21/2012

Veggie Burger Life.

So today, I woke up. Munched some blueberries. Played with the cat. And worked on this post as drizzly raindrops poured outside my window. Blustery trees swaying all morning and well into the evening.

Other Add-Ins.

You can absolutely get creative with this recipe! You could add in other whole food ingredients too like brown rice, finely chopped apple, hemp seeds, black beans, quinoa, flax seeds, chopped mushrooms. The sweet potato is such a nice binder - you can really get creative if you choose.

And I don't think I have to remind you how incredibly healthy sweet potatoes and beans are. Filled with good stuff. Vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein. Dig in.

I served the patties with tender sliced avocado, a crisp bed of romaine lettuce, a circle of onion, some Dijon mustard and some pepper and olive oil over top.

Sweet potato veggie burgers with avocado, family-approved go-to dinner .

Recipe Tweak Note.. Below is a shot of the original recipe. I tweaked a few things for ease over the years, but here ya go, for those who have requested it. As always, you can add spices like cajun and nooch to the patty as you'd like. So in case you are curious, below is the original, longer recipe..