Chickpea Burgers With Sticky Sweet Chilli Sauce & Pak Choi
I’ve got a veggie recipe for you this week which a friend sent me the recipe for. It’s full of lovely Thai flavours and the sticky sweet chilli sauce is delicious and really brings this dish together. It’s pretty simple and is a great option for a week night dinner. Chickpeas are a great source of protein so this is a really well-balanced meal, full of all the nutrients you need! Remember to double up if you want to make enough for lunch the next day!
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Ingredients (serves 2)
1 tin of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 lime
1 red chilli, finely chopped (or lazy chilli if you’re lazy like me)
2 pak choi
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons red Thai curry paste
4 spring onions, finely chopped
80g brown rice
Method
Cook the rice according to packet instructions.
Place the rinsed chickpeas into a bowl and mash with a potato masher until all of the chickpeas are crushed.
Finely chop the spring onions and add to the chickpeas along with the red Thai curry paste and flour. Season with salt and pepper and then form into 2 or 4 patties (depending on how big you want them - whichever is fine!).
Put the sliced red chilli, maple syrup and juice from the lime into a pan. Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce thickens to a syrup consistency.
In a separate pan, fry the chickpea burgers in a little bit of olive oil for around 3 minutes on each side or until they begin to brown.
Keep the burgers warm in the oven whilst you pan fry the pak choi in the same pan that you cooked the burgers in.
Pop the burgers, pak choi and rice onto a plate and drizzle with the sticky chilli sauce!
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