Falafel-Style Chickpea Burgers

with Cucumber Ribbons, Tzatziki & Za'atar Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges


Allergens: Wheat, Sesame

Total: 35 min • Prep: 5 min

Servings:
Ingredients
  • Chickpeas

    1 unit

  • Sweet Potato

    2 units

  • Flour

    2 tablespoon

  • Mini Cucumber

    1 unit

  • Brioche Buns

    2 units

  • Scallions

    2 units

  • Turkish Spice Blend

    1 tablespoon

  • Cilantro

    ¼ ounce

  • Tzatziki Sauce

    4 ounce

  • Za'atar Spice

    1 tablespoon

  • Salt

    1 teaspoon (tsp)

  • Olive Oil

    2 tablespoon (tbsp)

  • Cooking Oil

    1 tablespoon (tbsp)

  • Black Pepper

    1 teaspoon (tsp)

Cooking steps
1
  • Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.

  • Cut sweet potatoes into ½-inch-thick wedges. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Finely chop cilantro. Trim cucumber. Using a peeler, shave cucumber lengthwise into ribbons, rotating as you go, until you get to the seedy core; discard core.

  • On one side of a baking sheet, toss sweet potatoes with a large drizzle of oil, Za'atar Spice, salt, and pepper. (For 4, spread sweet potatoes out across entire sheet.) Set aside (you'll add more to the sheet later).

2
  • Drain and rinse chickpeas; pat dry with paper towels.

  • Place chickpeas and 1 tsp olive oil (2 tsp for 4 servings) in a large bowl. Using an immersion blender, blend until almost smooth (it’s OK if there are still some chunks of chickpeas). TIP: If you don't have an immersion blender, use a standard blender or a food processor!

3
  • To bowl with chickpeas, mix in scallion whites, cilantro, Turkish Spice Blend, and flour. Taste and season with salt (we used ½ tsp; 1 tsp for 4 servings) and pepper.

  • Divide chickpea mixture into two mounds (four mounds for 4 servings); gently flatten into patties (ours were 2-3 inches wide).

4
  • Lightly drizzle oil on empty side of baking sheet with sweet potatoes; add patties. Bake on top rack for 10 minutes. (For 4 servings, add patties to a second sheet; bake patties on top rack and sweet potatoes on middle rack.)

  • Carefully flip patties and return to top rack until patties are lightly golden and sweet potatoes are browned and tender, 10-12 minutes more.

5
  • While patties and sweet potatoes bake, halve and toast buns until golden.

  • In a small bowl, combine cucumber, scallion greens, a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of salt, and pepper.

6
  • Fill buns with patties, tzatziki, and cucumber ribbons.

  • Divide burgers and sweet potato wedges between plates and serve.