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    Home » This and That » Recipe: “Thanksgiving in July” Backyard Burgers. Vegan.

    by Kathy Patalsky · updated: Sep 13, 2019 · published: Mar 31, 2009 · About 3 minutes to read this article. 6 Comments

    Recipe: “Thanksgiving in July” Backyard Burgers. Vegan.

    Burger season is almost upon us, and for me, that means pulling out a few recipes and “burgerizing“ them. This time I decided to take my crowd-pleasing recipe for Sweet’n Savory Sweet Potato Pita Pockets and turn them into a delicious vegan burger – fit for a stove top skillet, or hearty enough for a backyard BBQ.

    Get tan for seitan. Seitan, pictured right, is a high protein, lean, meaty vegan ingredient made from vital wheat gluten. It is perfect for those sun-filled backyard barbecues. You can lay back, work on your tan, sip a frozen lemonade all while some seitan skewers heat up the grill. Seitan is a strong vegan protein that even die-hard-meat-eaters will love (if they humble themselves to try it.) Thus, sticking a nice helping of sauteed seitan in these burgers was the perfect way to “wheat-meat” them up!

    Thanksgiving, but not.
    I love the flavors of Thanksgiving, but sometimes with all the stressful planning, dinner prep and family coordinating it’s hard to kick back and enjoy the food. Thus, here is a way to indulge in the healthy and delicious flavors of Thanksgiving without all the extra holiday hub-bub. This burger combines all those holiday favorites: sweet potatoes, stuffing, tangerines, cranberry sauce, almond-greens and some hearty protein from seitan (Tofurkey IS made of seitan).

    Healthy Holiday.
    And FYI, the foods we eat at Thanksgiving which are represented in this burger, are incredibly healthy. More info.

    Click ahead to experience my “Thanksgiving in July” Backyard Burgers….



    “Thanksgiving in July” Backyard Burgers
    6 burgers

    Ingredients:
    6 seeded rolls or standard buns*
    *hearty buns work better than soft buns for this burger.
    1 extra-large sweet potato or 2 small
    1 1/2 cups seitan, chopped
    2 small vidalia onions
    1 tub garlic hummus
    5 garlic cloves
    1 can jellied cranberry sauce
    1 bunch parsley, de-stemmed and chopped
    2 tangerines
    1 small box/bag easy stuffing mix (dairy free)*
    *or make your own with cubed bread and spices
    1/4 cup slivered almonds
    2 Tbsp maple syrup
    mixed greens
    1 lemon
    olive oil
    salt and fresh black pepper
    spray oil

    Assembly per burger (bottom to top layers):
    Bun, bottom half
    Sweet Potato Mash, thin layer
    Triple “S” Burger (Sweet-Potato, Seitan and Stuffing Burger)
    Greens and toasted almonds mix, handful
    1 thin vidalia onion slice
    Cran-citrus chutney, spread chutney on top half of bun
    Bun, top half

    STEP ONE
    Sweet Potato Mash (2 cups for burger patties, the rest for burger assembly.)
    1 large garnet sweet potato (about 3 cups), baked
    1 cup vidalia onion, chopped
    1/3 cup garlic hummus
    1/4 cup fresh tangerine juice
    1 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
    2 Tbsp maple syrup, dark grade A
    salt/pepper to taste

    In a large bowl:
    Add cooked sweet potato, hummus, parsley, onion, olive oil, tangerine juice, maple syrup, salt and pepper.
    Mash and mix well. Re-heat to serve.

    STEP TWO
    Greens and Almonds:
    2 cup organic mixed greens
    1 Tbsp lemon juice
    1 tsp olive oil
    1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted in skillet
    toss ingredients

    STEP THREE
    Cran-Citrus chutney:
    1/2 can cranberry sauce (jellied)
    1 tangerine, peeled and cubed
    1 Tbsp tangerine juice
    mix well by folding ingredients with fork

    STEP FOUR
    Seitan:
    In hot skillet, quickly saute 1 1/2 cups raw seitan, with a drizzle of oil.

    STEP FIVE
    Seitan-Sweet-Potato Stuffing Burger:
    2 cups Kathy’s Sweet potato Mash
    1 cup instant stuffing mix
    Sauteed seitan

    Fold seitan and sweet potato mash into stuffing mix until desired consistency is achieved.
    Add liquid to loosen stuffing mix if needed.

    STEP SIX
    GRILL:
    Form into patties and cool in fridge until ready for grill or skillet.
    Grill about 3 minutes each side.

    Serve hot!

    Side of sweet potato fries? OK, maybe not. But my Vegan Cole Slaw would go great on the side!

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    About Kathy Patalsky

    Hey there! I'm Kathy, lover of kitty cats, weekend baking, 90's movies, travel, beach fog and foamy lattes. Since 2007, I have been sharing my vegan recipes and photos. My goal is to make your cooking life a little easier, delicious - and plant-loaded - while sharing some LIFE and conversation along the way.

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