Possible burger recipe to replace Impossible Burgers

February 26, 2024 12:22 PM

Looking for your favorite non-meat burger recipe (ala hamburgers) I can make ahead, individually freeze and cook in my air fryer for lunch. Currently cooking Impossible or Beyond burgers. Do you have something that might be a close substitute?
posted by GernBlandston to Food & Drink (6 answers total)

As Impossible and Beyond burgers are 'engineered' meat substitutes, I think it's going to be difficult to replicate them at home. But I make this burger recipe, and it is absolutely delicious.
posted by essexjan at 12:27 PM on February 26 [2 favorites]

Adamsmasher's answer to this 2019 AskMe about "foods that are better homemade" led me to the Serious Eats Black Bean Burger which does some clever things to make a meatily varied texture, overcoming the mushiness that can affect bean patties. A fair bit of work, so perfect to make ahead.
posted by xueexueg at 1:02 PM on February 26 [5 favorites]

This is my go-to for this exact use case! It's not a one-for-one sub for a Beyond burger, but it burgers up nice, freezes well, and doesn't tend to fall apart while cooking. It also appears in Miyoko Schinner's cookbook, Homemade Vegan Pantry, which has a bunch of meat substitutes that taste better than the sum of their parts.
posted by quatsch at 1:13 PM on February 26 [5 favorites]

2nding that Serious Eats Black Bean Burger. It is delicious.
posted by thivaia at 2:13 PM on February 26 [1 favorite]

Both that black bean burger and this white bean burger recipe are very good.

In both cases, having pickled spanish onions to hand, dirt cheap and easy to make, are a terrific addition.
posted by mhoye at 2:22 PM on February 26

Regarding the "'engineered' meat substitutes" comment above: Calling these engineered implies genetic engineering, and that is not what's going on with either company.

These products are not lab-grown meat - they are made from plants. Beyond has mung beans and brown rice proteins, as well as pomegranate, beets, and apples. Impossible burgers contain soy and heme (from plant sources).

I make a great veggie burger out of tofu and chickpea flour. That recipe is similar to what I make.
posted by acridrabbit at 4:30 PM on February 29 [1 favorite]