I know you read the title of this post and COULDN’T EVEN.
Broccoli cheeze goodness, in burger form. Minus the cheese. Who needs cheese when there’s cheeze?
Who’s confused? Everyone raise your hand.
You see, “cheeze” refers to the pungent, cheese-a-licious flavor of nutritional yeast. While lotsa you know all about nutritional yeast (AKA "nooch"), lotsa you don’t. So let’s chat.
Nutritional yeast is a deactivated yellow yeast that's super common in the veg community not only because it lends that familiar cheesy taste, but also because it’s packed with hard-to-come-by B vitamins and plant-powdered protein.
Vitamin B12 is critical for the health of your nervous system. It’s so critical in fact that a deficiency can cause irreversible nerve damage. The interesting part is that this vitamin is only found in animal products.
Why, you ask? Because little microorganisms in the water and soil produce vitamin B12, meaning all the animals that drink and digest those organisms from the earth become chock full of the vitamin. We then eat those animals and ingest the B12. For those of us who don’t eat many animal products, we lack B12 since those organisms get washed off the plants we eat. Moral of the story, B12 is really found in the soil!
While we’re on the supplements topic, be sure to go for methylcobalamin if you're purchasing B12, which is the form that's best absorbed by your bod. When purchasing nooch, be careful to read the label since not all brands are fortified with B12. I like the Bragg's brand. You can find it at Kroger, Whole Foods, etc.
Now I want your guys' honest opinion. Do ingredients like oat flour and nutritional yeast and ground flaxseed freak you out? Do you see them in a recipe and turn away? I want this space to be un-complicated and I'd love to know if you'd appreciate a post explaining ingedients you may or may not be familiar with. I'm all ears. Note the comment section below!
Now go have your cheeze and eat it, too.
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Vegan Broccoli Cheeze Chickpea Burgers
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 25 mins
- Yield: 5 1x
- Category: Entree
Description
A deliciously heart vegan burger packed with broccoli cheeze flavor!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups broccoli florets (1 medium head broccoli), finely chopped
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium carrot
- 1-15oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup + 1 tbsp oat flour (or ground old-fashioned oats)
- ¼ cup whole grain breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed (if you're not vegan, you can use 2 eggs instead)
- 1 heaping tsp salt
- Pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add onion and sautee for 7 minutes. Add broccoli and garlic and sautee for another 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Add carrot to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped. Add in cooked veggie mixture, chickpeas, oat flour, bread crumbs, nutritional yeast, flax or eggs, salt, and pepper. Pulse until well-combined, but not mushy. It should still have texture.
- Form into four tightly packed patties. It may help to wet your hands. Place patties on a plate lined with parchment paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (I did an hour).
- Return pan to burner over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray or add additional oil for cooking the burgers. Once hot (the pan should sizzle), cook patties for about 4 minutes per side or until browned.
- Serve on whole grain buns or spinach with hummus or desired condiments.
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Lucy says
If you put everything in grams/ounces, I would appreciate this massively.
One medium carrot, so many florets/cups of broccoli... Everyone has a different idea of what medium is... the uk doesn't use cups as a common measurement and american cups are different measurements to british cups... but everyone across the world does have grams/ounces. So, if everything in a recipe used the same measurement for all ingredients, I would find getting into cooking a heck of a lot less stressful.
I understand that measurements are approximate and so, if my carrot is a little smaller or a little larger than the grams you've stated, I'm not going to freak out I promise.
Thanks, this does look great can't wait to try it 🙂
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Sara K says
Thank you! They turned out awesome!
Alexis Joseph says
Awesome!
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matt beebe says
great read, keep up the work
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matt beebe says
great read, keep up the work
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GC says
Thanks SO MUCH for explaining yeast flakes to me! I'm new to the whole "Vegan Thing" and have been skipping over recipes with it because.....well....it sounds yucky! lol
I can't wait to look more into what your site has. I appreciate this info for sure!!
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GC says
Thanks SO MUCH for explaining yeast flakes to me! I'm new to the whole "Vegan Thing" and have been skipping over recipes with it because.....well....it sounds yucky! lol
I can't wait to look more into what your site has. I appreciate this info for sure!!
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Rebecca says
Love this recipe! So simple yet delicious! I made 2 batch at a time-keep half in the freezer. Sometimes I like to eat them like patties, or sometimes I like to flatten out the patties to make a crispier version and eat them like chips with dips of choice. Thank you! This recipe is a keeper
Alexis says
Mmmm how fun to make them like chips with dip!! Love it.
Rebecca says
Love this recipe! So simple yet delicious! I made 2 batch at a time-keep half in the freezer. Sometimes I like to eat them like patties, or sometimes I like to flatten out the patties to make a crispier version and eat them like chips with dips of choice. Thank you! This recipe is a keeper
Alexis says
Mmmm how fun to make them like chips with dip!! Love it.
Kristal says
I love your site.....
I'm not afraid of these ingredients, but because I use rarely so knowing why
i should use them is very helpful. As for left over ingredients, maybe include
a note about how else it can be used. I have a cookbook for 2 that uses 1/2
something, then uses other have on another day.
Wish i lived or had reason to visit Columbus, would love to stop by Alchemy.
Thank you....
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Kristal says
I love your site.....
I'm not afraid of these ingredients, but because I use rarely so knowing why
i should use them is very helpful. As for left over ingredients, maybe include
a note about how else it can be used. I have a cookbook for 2 that uses 1/2
something, then uses other have on another day.
Wish i lived or had reason to visit Columbus, would love to stop by Alchemy.
Thank you....
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marie says
I made these in small slider size. I didn't alter the recipe, and they are wonderful. My daughter loved them and my picky 12 y.o. son liked them too!! The recipe made about 2 dozen slider size patties. I'm hoping they freeze well so I can make a quick weeknight meal. These will definitely be in my rotation of meals. Thanks for a great recipe!!
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marie says
I made these in small slider size. I didn't alter the recipe, and they are wonderful. My daughter loved them and my picky 12 y.o. son liked them too!! The recipe made about 2 dozen slider size patties. I'm hoping they freeze well so I can make a quick weeknight meal. These will definitely be in my rotation of meals. Thanks for a great recipe!!
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Kimberley says
Hello,
Just wondering what I could use instead of bread crumbs as I dont eat grains? Instead of the oatflour I intend on using chickpea flour... thanks 🙂
Kimberley says
Hello,
Just wondering what I could use instead of bread crumbs as I dont eat grains? Instead of the oatflour I intend on using chickpea flour... thanks 🙂
Stephanie says
This burger was soooo delicious. Found this recipe via Pinterest. Next time I will half the amount of salt though as is was a bit too salty for me. First experience with Nutritional yeast and ground flax seed in place of eggs... Turned out great, was able to shape into patties with no problem. Thanks for the recipe!!
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Alexis says
Yay! I'm so glad they worked well for you 🙂
Stephanie says
This burger was soooo delicious. Found this recipe via Pinterest. Next time I will half the amount of salt though as is was a bit too salty for me. First experience with Nutritional yeast and ground flax seed in place of eggs... Turned out great, was able to shape into patties with no problem. Thanks for the recipe!!
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Alexis says
Yay! I'm so glad they worked well for you 🙂
Vera C. says
Hi! Just found this recipe and i'll try to do it.
In my country we use grams and about the part "½ cup + 1 tbsp oat flour" so is ½ cup of oat flour and add another tablespoon? or is it a tablespoon of water?
All the best,
Vera
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Vera C. says
i just saw yummly has a option to metric 🙂
Vera C. says
Hi! Just found this recipe and i'll try to do it.
In my country we use grams and about the part "½ cup + 1 tbsp oat flour" so is ½ cup of oat flour and add another tablespoon? or is it a tablespoon of water?
All the best,
Vera
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Vera C. says
i just saw yummly has a option to metric 🙂
Abby says
Hi, quick question. Do you make a flax 'egg' or just add the flax meal to the other ingredients without the previous step? Thanks!
Alexis says
Just add the flax!
Abby says
Hi, quick question. Do you make a flax 'egg' or just add the flax meal to the other ingredients without the previous step? Thanks!
Alexis says
Just add the flax!
Rebecca Tamasanis says
these came out great!! I'm on a mission to try new things and this was my first time using nutritional yeast. I smeared them with a coat of hummus and they were delicious!
Thank you!
Alexis says
Mmmm what isn't better smeared with a coat of hummus?!
Rebecca Tamasanis says
these came out great!! I'm on a mission to try new things and this was my first time using nutritional yeast. I smeared them with a coat of hummus and they were delicious!
Thank you!
Alexis says
Mmmm what isn't better smeared with a coat of hummus?!
Cindy Farr-Weinfeld says
No, if it's only that much spray oil, I will do it that way! It sounds so good--I showed the recipe to my daughter and she's excited for me to make them, too! Thanks!
Cindy Farr-Weinfeld says
No, if it's only that much spray oil, I will do it that way! It sounds so good--I showed the recipe to my daughter and she's excited for me to make them, too! Thanks!
Cindy Farr-Weinfeld says
Nice looking recipe! Have you ever baked these instead of frying them? Just curious, because I am doing the Dr. Furhman diet, and olive oil (or any oils) are kind of a no-no. Once I am done with that, I will try them fried, but I guess I will just try them baked and see what comes out of it. But they sound delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Alexis says
I just use olive oil spray from Trader Joe's so it's pretty minimum on the oil, but I'm sure baking them would work! I haven't tried it so let me know!
Cindy Farr-Weinfeld says
Nice looking recipe! Have you ever baked these instead of frying them? Just curious, because I am doing the Dr. Furhman diet, and olive oil (or any oils) are kind of a no-no. Once I am done with that, I will try them fried, but I guess I will just try them baked and see what comes out of it. But they sound delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Alexis says
I just use olive oil spray from Trader Joe's so it's pretty minimum on the oil, but I'm sure baking them would work! I haven't tried it so let me know!
Tjasa @ Sprinkle of Cinnamon says
Being vegetarian I am always on a lookout for some yummy veggie burgers and these ones look amazing! 🙂 Going through the ingredients list I can only imagine they taste absolutely delicious. I’ve never thought of using nutritional yeast in burgers but love to use it for my kale chips cheesy dressing. Will definitely give these burgers a go! 🙂
Alexis says
Yay! I hope you love them, lady!
Tjasa @ Sprinkle of Cinnamon says
Being vegetarian I am always on a lookout for some yummy veggie burgers and these ones look amazing! 🙂 Going through the ingredients list I can only imagine they taste absolutely delicious. I’ve never thought of using nutritional yeast in burgers but love to use it for my kale chips cheesy dressing. Will definitely give these burgers a go! 🙂
Alexis says
Yay! I hope you love them, lady!
Stefanie says
Can I substitute chia seeds for the flax?
Alexis says
That should work!
Stefanie says
Can I substitute chia seeds for the flax?
Alexis says
That should work!
Heather says
Which brand of nutritional yeast do you prefer?
Alexis says
I use Bragg's!
Heather says
Which brand of nutritional yeast do you prefer?
Alexis says
I use Bragg's!