Thanksgiving Leftover Veggie Burger
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Want a new and inventive way to make a veggie burger using your leftovers from Thanksgiving? Check out this Thanksgiving Leftover Veggie Burger!
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Have you recovered yet? You know, from the big feast? Or are you still living in yoga pants in a food coma?
I have to say I think I did okay. I didn’t over-do it. I ate all the things I wanted to eat. Indulged on the things that are important to me. And more importantly, I brought home leftovers of the foods I love the most so Thanksgiving can happen again and again for a couple more days!
You can bet your bottom dollar that I will be making sandwich after sandwich piled high with mashed potatoes, stuffing, and green bean casserole. Yes, that’s right. A burger with all the fixings!
It all started when I saw Karly’s Thanksgiving Burger. I was in love! After a little back-and-forth conversation, she inspired me to make a veggie burger that was filled with STUFFING!
Totally brilliant, if you ask me. Between the inspiration from Karly and my favorite go-to black bean burger from Tried and Tasty, I knew I’d have a winner on my hands.
Thanksgiving Leftover Veggie Burger
Ingredients
- 2 15 oz cans black beans, rinsed & drained
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 white onion , cut into wedges
- 3 cloves garlic , peeled
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp . chili powder
- 1 tsp . cumin
- 1/2 tsp . salt
- 1 cup leftover stuffing (make sure it’s vegetarian!)
Burger Toppings:
- leftover mashed potatoes
- leftover green beans or green bean casserole
- vegetarian gravy
- hamburger buns
Instructions
- Pulse black beans in a food processor until roughly chopped. Alternately, you can mash in a bowl with a fork.
- Add red pepper, onions, and garlic to beans and pulse all together in the food processor until a “paste” is made.
- Add black bean mixture to a large bowl along with egg, seasonings, and stuffing. Mix together really well, preferably with your hands, so it all becomes incorporated.
- Using 1/3 of a cup, divide mixture into patties and fry them up in a frying pan or non-stick griddle on medium heat until brown on one side, about 5-8 minutes. Flip and brown the other side.
- Once browned, you can create your burger. Top a hamburger bun with stuffing patty, mashed potatoes, green beans, and gravy. Either top with bun or eat open-faced.
That burger is ultra-delicious and simple at the same time! Thanks for having a section for vegetarians!!! Skipping the egg though 🙂
I’m so glad you liked this one! It’s a hit around here too – in fact I don’t make it with egg anymore either. Just use a flax egg (1T ground flax + 3T water) to bind it all together, and you’ll be good. In fact, this whole site it full of vegetarian and vegan recipes that you can check out!
Enjoy!