Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Quinoa Burgers - these delicious quinoa burgers get an amazing punch of flavour from roasted peppers and feta and are perfectly served in a toasted whole wheat bun with spinach and balsamic softened tomatoes.
Quinoa Burgers
For meat free burgers, quinoa is the perfect ingredient when you combine with a few other ingredients for flavour and to help bind together.
You can enjoy these burgers just as patties with a mixed salad or put them in some 100% whole wheat buns for the ultimate burger night. Yum!!
What is Quinoa?
Quinoa is what is known as a pseudo grain, meaning it is actually a grain. It’s known as a super food because of it’s high protein and fibre. It’s a great replacement for things like couscous too for those that are gluten free.
You can buy quinoa in various different types too. Regular quinoa which is the most common, then there is also tricoloured, red, golden and black as well as flakes, flour and crisps (chips). Of course the latter are not what would be classed as a free food on Slimming Eats.
1 cup of cooked quinoa packs about 8g of protein and 4g of fiber as well as amino acids, so it’s a great food to add into your diet.
When cooked it has a slightly nutty taste and each grain looks like it has a little hair, which can be off putting to some, but trust me when I say it’s really actually quite tasty.
Making Quinoa Burgers
When making these burgers you want to ensure you cook the quinoa so that there is no excess liquid, because if the quinoa is too wet, those burgers will not hold together well.
Ensure you really crumble up the feta cheese into the bowl with the quinoa and other ingredients and mix everything together well, this will bind the patties and stop them falling apart when you brown them on a pan.
Can I use different cheeses in Quinoa Patties?
Don't like Feta? Then you can definitely swap for another cheese of your choice. I don't recommend a mild tasting cheese and you want that flavour. But something like mature cheddar or Red Leicester is a great swap for the feta.
Sides for the Quinoa Burgers?
This are pretty filling as they are, so I just pair with a simple mixed salad.
Here are some great options:
However a mixed salad is great too with some of the follow:
- Crisp Lettuce or Baby Leaves
- Cucumber
- Tomatoes
- Radishes
- Beetroot
- Onion
- Peppers
- Shredded Carrot
- Olives
More Quinoa Recipes
Looking for some more quinoa recipes? Check out these:
- Apple Cheddar Quinoa Bites
- Beef Quinoa Meatballs
- Yummy Crab Quinoa Cakes
- Chicken Zucchini Parmesan Quinoa Bake
- Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad
- Chicken Quinoa Meatballs in Veggie Sauce
- Sage Sausage Quinoa Stuffing
- Coconut Quinoa Breakfast Bowl
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Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Quinoa Burgers
Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Quinoa Burgers - these delicious quinoa burgers get an amazing punch of flavour from roasted peppers and feta and are perfectly served in a toasted whole wheat bun with spinach and balsamic softened tomatoes.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup (60g) of uncooked quinoa
- 240ml (1 cup) of chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 small red pepper, chopped
- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 1 large egg
- salt and black pepper to season
- 80g of feta cheese
- 2 tablespoons of low fat cream cheese
- fresh baby spinach
- 2 whole wheat rolls (60g/2.2oz) toasted
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
- splash of balsamic vinegar
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa thoroughly under running water
- Add the quinoa to a small saucepan with the stock, bring to a boil and simmer until stock is absorbed then add lid and turn off heat and leave for 12 minutes - this will cook of any excess liquid and ensure the quinoa is not wet.
- Preheat oven to 220c (fan 200c) 425f or gas mark 7
- Place the onion and red pepper in a oven dish, season with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper spray with olive oil spray.
- Place the tomatoes and garlic in a separate oven dish, spray with spray oil, add the splash of balsamic vinegar.
- Place both dishes in the oven and roasted for 35 minutes until softened.
- Once the peppers have cooled slightly, add to a chopping board and roughly chop up finely.
- Add the roasted peppers and onion to a bowl with the cooked quinoa and crumble in all the feta.
- Mix in the cream cheese and add the egg and then mix well until all combined.
- Form into 2 equal sized patties and place on a plate.
- Spray a frying pan over a medium high heat with spray oil and add the patties to the pan. Spray over the top with more spray oil, fry until lightly golden underneath and then carefully flip and brown otherside (don't try to flip until golden) - approx 5 minutes per side.
- Lightly toast the whole wheat buns on the pan.
- Top half of the whole wheat rolls with some baby spinach and then add the burgers.
- Add the tomato paste to the roasted tomatoes and mix around in the oven dish, so they go all soft and slightly mashed. Add to the top of the burgers and then add the other half of the rolls to the top.
- Enjoy!!
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Nutrition Information
Yield 2 Serving Size 1 BURGER (WITH BUN)Amount Per Serving Calories 472Total Fat 16gSaturated Fat 8.3gTrans Fat 0gCholesterol 138mgSodium 945mgCarbohydrates 59gFiber 8.2gSugar 9.3gProtein 23g
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Anonymous says
I am intrigued with this recipe, that's for sure! They look delicious. Can't wait to experiment with quinoa in burger form. 🙂
Hollie Mason says
I made this recipe BUT I'm not that great in the kitchen 🙁 I couldn't get them to stick in their burger form, but I probably just did something wrong... instead, I just mixed all of the burger ingredients and the tomatoes and ate it as a salad over spinach... delicious!!!
Alexandra Allred says
I am actually quite good in the kitchen & I couldn't get them to stay in burger form either once they were in the skillet. This was delicious, regardless... looked like a quinoa sloppy joe! Haha
Christine Mallar says
I'm making this dish right now and I noticed a few things that would make it easier for people to follow. I chose this recipe because is calls for quinoa, and I have quite a bit of it cooked already - would be helpful to say how much 1/3 cup quinoa measures out to be once cooked (1 cup, says the internet). It would be nice to estimate roasting time for people so they can budget time to make the recipe.
Note: perhaps some tips on how to get it to bind? I cooked them in egg rings to keep them together in the pan, but once we started eating them they just fell completely apart and we both wound up with a big pile of crumbled quinoa mess on the plate. Any ideas?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Hi there Christine, I avoided putting an approx time for roasting the vegetables, because ovens can vary greatly. But I try to put approx timeswhere possible. If you have a HEb spare you could make some wholewheat breadcrumbs to perhaps bind these together more. But I found working the mixture firmly together with the one egg worked enough for me, they did crumble a little, but still held their shape in the rolls. I will be sure to improve the recipe next time I make these (I have them on the menu again for this week). Thanks for your comment 🙂
Keegan Larson says
This looks amazing! I will certainly try this as an alternative. Good work!