28th October 2008

Lisa’s Mushroom Burgers

posted in Main Dishes |

Lisa’s been obsessed with making mushroom burgers since she heard her friend Cathy raving about the one she had in a Roseville restaurant. After scouring the net for recipes, she got ideas for the basic ingredient list and came up with this particular combination, featuring mixed wild mushrooms, breadcrumbs, oats, and spices. We dressed the burger with grilled onions, arugula, and chipotle mayo, and served it with baked acorn squash from our CSA box.

Chris says:

Whoa, these are awesome. Good job!

Lisa says:

They don’t need to be cooked more?

Chris says:

I don’t think so — the texture is perfect. Chewy in the middle, and a nice crisp crust.

Lisa says:

Well I’m glad you like them, we have four more left over!

Chris says:

Wahoo, I’ll take ‘em!

Lisa says:

They are pretty delicious… good job on the chipotle mayo.

Chris says:

Thanks for actually giving me something to do — you know it kills me when I’m not involved in the cooking… ;)

Lisa’s Mushroom Burgers
1 tsp + 1 tbsp olive oil
3 cups coarse chopped mushrooms (we used a combination of cremini, shiitake and portobello)
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
6 cloves minced garlic
2/3 cup oats
1/3 cup shredded parmesan
2/3 - 3/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup egg beaters
1 tsp dried parsley flakes
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Heat 1 tsp oil in large saucepan. Saute the mushrooms, onions and garlic over low heat for about five minutes, or until soft. In large bowl, add mushroom mixture to oats, parmesan, breadcrumbs, eggs,
parsley, oregano, salt and pepper. Mix well. Shape into patties. Heat 1 TB oil in large saucepan. Fry patties, cooking about 4 minutes on each side - or until golden brown.

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There are currently 11 responses to “Lisa’s Mushroom Burgers”

  1. 1
    On October 28th, 2008, Cathleen said:

    Those are actually much prettier than the one I had at Paul Martin Bistro. Sounds like they tasted as yummy, too!

  2. 2
    On October 28th, 2008, Niall Harbison said:

    I have seen lots of different veggie burgers over the years (most of them horrible) but I have never seen any made mostly of mushrooms. Thinking about it I guess the that seeing as the shrooms contain lots of water they would be nice and moist. Adding the oats and breadcrumbs would give you a nice consistency. People always find mushrooms “meaty” so I guess this is as close to meat as a veggie will get!

  3. 3
    On October 28th, 2008, Hélène said:

    I wonder how this burger taste. Looks at the picture I think I would love it.

  4. 4
    On October 29th, 2008, Foodycat said:

    Nice work! I’ve got a burger recipe that adds chopped sauteed mushrooms to the minced beef, and it adds so much flavour - I like the idea of doing away with the beef completely!

  5. 5
    On October 31st, 2008, Autumn said:

    Yummy! Those look so tasty. I’ve strayed from mushroom based burgers, like portobello because they never look like something I’d like but these definitely do look tasty. I’ll give them a try for sure.

  6. 6
    On November 1st, 2008, Joie de vivre said:

    These look great. I love your dialogue format.

  7. 7
    On November 2nd, 2008, soulchocolate said:

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  8. 8
    On November 2nd, 2008, doggybloggy said:

    awesome burger!

  9. 9
    On November 4th, 2008, Maris said:

    I’ve been long looking for mushroom burger recipe.. and at last I’ved found it here… surely it looks great and taste fabulous..
    BTW.. is it ok to use other sorts of mushroom [edible of course :)]
    Thank you very much…

  10. 10
    On November 9th, 2008, Kristin said:

    These look great — do you need to chop the oats or let the mixture sit a bit to make them soak up some liquid? Also, did you use fresh, panko, or regular breadcrumbs?

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    On November 9th, 2008, Chris said:

    Nope, the oats weren’t chopped, and we just used regular store-bought breadcrumbs — whatever we had in the pantry. :) They sat for 10 minutes in the fridge, and when we formed the patties the consistency was like “real” hamburgers, maybe a little more moist.

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