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Corey's Sweet Potato & Chickpea Burgers with Caramelized Onions and Apples

For the Veggie Burgers Peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1-inch cubes. Fill a pot with cubes and cover with water. Boil until soft and drain. Add chickpeas and all spices to the cooked sweet potatoes. Use potato masher to mash and mix together. Add egg and flour. Stir mixture until well incorporated. Heat several T of Dill Olive Oil in a large skillet. Use a spoon to drop burger-sized portions of sweet potato mixture into the hot oil. Fry on one side until golden/dark brown. Then, flip and smash flat with spatula. Cook second side until golden/dark brown. The Topping Heat butter and Green Chili Oil in skillet. Add onion, apple, and Kosher salt. Cook on medium-high heat for about 5 minutes. Reduce to low heat until onions are translucent and slightly caramelized. Serve on burgers with topping on brioche buns.
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Ingredients

Number Of Servings: 6

2 sweet potatoes
1/2 can chickpeas
1 tsp. coriander
1 1/2 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
1 egg
1 C flour
Salt and pepper to taste
2-3 T of The Olive Bin's Wild Dill Olive Oil
1 yellow apple, finely diced
1 small yellow onion, finely diced
1/2 T butter
2 T of The Olive Bin's Green Chili Olive Oil (Fused)
1 tsp. Kosher salt

Directions

For the Veggie Burgers

  1. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1-inch cubes. Fill a pot with cubes and cover with water. Boil until soft and drain.
  2. Add chickpeas and all spices to the cooked sweet potatoes. Use potato masher to mash and mix together. Add egg and flour. Stir mixture until well incorporated.
  3. Heat several T of Dill Olive Oil in a large skillet. Use a spoon to drop burger-sized portions of sweet potato mixture into the hot oil. Fry on one side until golden/dark brown. Then, flip and smash flat with spatula. Cook second side until golden/dark brown.

The Topping

  1. Heat butter and Green Chili Oil in skillet. Add onion, apple, and Kosher salt. Cook on medium-high heat for about 5 minutes. Reduce to low heat until onions are translucent and slightly caramelized.
  2. Serve on burgers with topping on brioche buns.

Additional Info

Thanks to our friend, Corey Green, for this recipe!

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