I tore out a page from Cooking Light for a recipe called Sweet Potato-Pecan Burgers with Caramelized Onions over a year ago now. I am a big fan of sweet potatoes and the picture was enticing. We had an abundance of sweet potatoes and even had all the ingredients on hand. Win! So why didn’t this recipe dazzle me like I thought it would?
Mr. BKL and I both liked the flavors that came together in this recipe. My biggest complaint was the lack of firmness/mushiness of the burger. I knew going in it wasn’t going to have the same texture as a hamburger or other veggie/bean burger, but these didn’t really have a shape when cooked as written. I probably should have read the reviews online, but then I wouldn't have tried them in the first place and tried to get creative.
So, first of all I wouldn’t recommend frying these in a pan as it says to do. I did 3 of them that way and couldn’t turn them halfway through cooking. I decided to bake the remaining 3 instead and they held up much better. Still not a firm texture, but again the flavor of these is great. Just make sure you have a napkin or 4 on hand because they are a little messy.
Will I make them again? Probably. I will definitely add more oats and maybe roll them in something before cooking (breadcrumbs?) to give them a better chance at staying together and/or firming up. (I also have to wonder if the fact that I don’t own a non-stick pan is causing me troubles in the vegetarian burger experiments. I had the same sticking issues making black bean burgers…hmm.) I really like the idea of using sweet potatoes in a burger. I am not going to give up on this one.
Here is the recipe at MyRecipes.com. Their picture looks good, right? We ate ours with grilled sweet corn, and the next night I had one of the baked burgers. I popped it into the oven to heat it up.
Doesn’t look much like the picture from the recipe, does it…
This is one of the pan cooked burgers, topped with the onions.
And this is the baked version, with parsnip fries!
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