Burger Delight (crumbles)

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This is a tasty meat free, burger and it’s freezer friendly. Use in chili, spaghetti sauce, tacos, burritos, or add a scoop to a tossed green salad. This recipe can be found on page 40 of a recipe collection put together by Fort Myers CHIP, now know as Pivio: The Complete Health Improvement Program. For a copy of more inspiring recipes click here for their PDF Download.

Yield: about 907g/2 lbs/8cups

Ingredients

  • 2 cups bulgur, medium or coarse cut
  • 4 cups crushed tomatoes, 1 large can (796 ml/28 oz)
  • ½ medium onion, cut into chunks
  • 2 Tbsp molasses
  • 2-3 cloves garlic
  • 1 cup walnuts (may substitute with sunflower seeds)
  • 2 tsp mushroom powder, optional (view how to make your own)
  • 2 tsp salt

Step One

  1. Add the bulgur to a large sauce pan.
  2. Add tomatoes and the remaining ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. (If using can tomatoes, add enough water so it measures 4 cups).
  3. Add the blended ingredients to the bulgur and stir to combine. Bring mixture to boil, turn down heat, cover, and simmer. Stir occasionally. Depending on the medium or coarse cut it will take 25 to 45 minutes. All the liquid should be absorbed and the bulgur completely hydrated like photos below.

Step Two

  1. Preheat oven to 275°F.
  2. Spread the mixture onto two large baking sheets that have been lined with parchment paper. While stirring occasionally, bake for 45-60 minutes or until the mixture resembles loose burger. The outside edges will start to dry first. To prevent the outer edges from getting over dried, when stirring the mixture, bring the outer crumbles to the inside of the pan while pushing the inside crumbles to the outside. Do not over dry. When the process is complete, you are aiming for a texture that is not wet, but dry and crumbly while still having some moistness to the crumble.
  3. Use in chili, spaghetti sauce, tacos and burritos, or add a scoop to a lettuce salad.
  4. To flavor Burger Delight for tacos and burritos, toss and mix in, 1½ Tbsp Taco Seasoning for every 454 g/1 lb of Burger Delight.
  5. Burger Delight is also freezer friendly.

Note

I found the best place to find medium and coarse cut bulgur is in a Mediterranean grocery store.