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These easy and vegan chickpea patties are your crispy and nutritious healthier alternative to the regular burgers.
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It's always a good idea to include more plant-based foods into your diet. Whether it's fruit, veggies, nuts, seeds, grain or legumes. And what better way to do it than to try and combine more together into a dish that the whole family can eat.
These easy chickpea patties (or chickpea fritters, however you want to call them) are just that.
Serve them in a burger instead of meat, dipped in some yogurt sauce or simply as a snack at the party, this chickpea patty recipe will soon become one of your favorite recipes.
This recipe was inspired by Vegetarian Crispy Roasted Chickpea Gyros, and 16 Easy Vegan Stew Recipes.
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- About These Vegan Chickpea Patties
- Ingredients For Chickpea Fritters
- How To Make Vegan Chickpea Patties - Step By Step
- How To Serve
- How To Store Leftover Patties
- FAQ
- More Related Recipes
- Easy Vegan Chickpea Patties Recipe
- Comments
About These Vegan Chickpea Patties
This chickpea patty recipe doesn't contain any animal-based ingredients and is a great way to include more plant-based foods into your diet. The chickpea mixture should easily hold together even if no eggs are added to the recipe.
You can make larger patties, medium-sized ones or even small ones based on how you want to serve them and in what type of meal you want to use them.
Whether it's chickpea salad, a side dish, burger patties or a single food - the possibilities with this recipe are great!
Ingredients For Chickpea Fritters
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To make these simple chickpea fritters, you will need the following ingredients:
- Chickpeas: you can use either canned chickpeas for this recipe or you can soak and cook your own. If using canned ones then one can is sufficient which would be equal to about 1 1/1 cup of cooked chickpeas
- Flour: I like to use whole grain flour (whole wheat flour) in fritter recipes, but you can pretty much use any flour of choice - oat flour, chickpea flour or even some buckwheat flour will all do the trick
- Onion: it's best to use a regular red onion, but you can also use yellow onion, spring onions, shallots or even onion powder
- Garlic: a garlic clove adds to the whole aroma and taste of this chickpea patty recipe but if you don't have one, just add some garlic powder
- Carrots: if using organic carrots (highly recommended) leave the skin on as it contains the most nutrients
- Fresh parsley: there is nothing better than fresh parsley but if you don't have any, dry parsley will do
- Olive oil: I use olive oil for frying them but you can also bake them on ghee butter or another plant-based oil
- Breadcrumbs: to ensure a crispy texture of the patties, I like to coat them in breadcrumbs prior to baking or frying but this can be skipped
How To Make Vegan Chickpea Patties - Step By Step
Follow these simple steps for the best way to make this little chickpea patties:
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1. Drain the chickpeas (if using canned chickpeas), place them in a large bowl and mash chickpeas with a potato masher. For instructions on how to make this recipe using a food processor scroll down.
2. Peel the carrot (if not organic) and grate it.
3. Chop the onion and garlic.
4. Add all the ingredients for the chickpea fritters (except the water) and mix together.
5. Now add a tablespoon by tablespoon of water until you have a mixture that holds well.
6. Scoop the amount of the mixture based on the size of the patties you want and form patties.
7. Coat each patty into breadcrumbs (optional).
8. Now heat a large skillet over medium heat and add olive oil. You can also use a cooking spray.
9. Place patties onto the skillet and fry for about 2-3 minutes.
10. Turn around and continue frying for another 2-3 minutes.
11. Once baked, remove from the skillet and place on a paper towel to drain a bit before serving.
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If making in a food processor then first put the grater attachment and grate the carrot, then use the chopping attachment and chop the onion and garlic and then add tHh chickpeas and rest of the ingredients except water. And then follow the same method as above.
How To Serve
There are numerous ways you can server and enjoy your chickpea patty recipe. Here are just a few of our favorite ones:
- Serve with a dipping sauce such asyogurt dip
- Make it a completely vegan meal and serve with avegan tzatziki sauce
- Enjoy somevegan chickpea burgers
- Make some mini patties and serve inpita bread
- Serve as a single food alongside some baked veggies such assweet potatoes
- Add mini chickpea patties into afresh salad
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How To Store Leftover Patties
In case you end up with some leftover patties (highly unlikely), you can always store them in an airtight container in the fridge and use within 3 days.
If you want to make a larger amount of the patties and save for later, then I recommend freezing them before baking, separately on a baking sheet.
Then once each is frozen, transfer to a silicone bag so it uses less space in the freezer.
FAQ
How To Thaw Frozen Chickpea Patties?
The easiest way to thaw frozen chickpea fritters is to take them out of the freezer and let them thaw in the fridge (one day in advance) or at room temperature (a few hours in advance). For a quicker solution, you can thaw them on a defrost option in your microwave or oven.
How Do I Get The Chickpea Patties To Hold Together?
If you add tablespoon by tablespoon water as the recipe suggests, you should easily see once the mixture holds together. If you however still have issues and the fritters are not holding together, once formed put them in the freezer for about 10 minutes and then bake.
Can I Make Gluten-Free Vegan Chickpea Patties?
Absolutely. Simply replace the whole wheat flour with a gluten-free one such as chickpea flour or oat flour and omit the breadcrumbs from the recipe.They won't be as crispy but will still taste good.
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Easy Vegan Chickpea Patties Recipe
These easy and vegan chickpea patties are your crispy and nutritious healthier alternative to the regular burgers.
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Author: Dora
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Servings 8 regular sized patties
Fridge Life? 3 days
Freezable? 3 months
EQUIPMENT
Food Processor
Pyrex Bakeware and Storage Containers
Ingredients
For Chickpea Fritters
- 1 can chickpeas (or 1 ½ cup cooked) drained
- ½ onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon parsley fresh
- ¼ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon water
For Baking
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
Drain the chickpeas (if using canned chickpeas), place them in a large bowl and mash chickpeas with a potato masher. For instructions on how to make this recipe using a food processor see notes.
Peel the carrot (if not organic) and grate it.
Chop the onion and garlic.
Add all the ingredients for the chickpea fritters (except the water) and mix together.
Now add a tablespoon by tablespoon of water until you have a mixture that holds well.
Scoop the amount of the mixture based on the size of the patties you want and form patties.
Coat each patty into breadcrumbs (optional).
Now heat a large skillet over medium heat and add olive oil. You can also use a cooking spray.
Place patties onto the skillet and fry for about 2-3 minutes.
Turn around and continue frying for another 2-3 minutes.
Once baked, remove from the skillet and place on a paper towel to drain a bit before serving.
Notes
If making in a food processor then first put the grater attachment and grate the carrot, then use the chopping attachment and chop the onion and garlic and then add the chickpeas and rest of the ingredients except water. And then follow the same method as above.
Nutrition
Serving: 1pattyCalories: 104kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 250mgPotassium: 79mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1316IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 1mg
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