Homemade Tofu-Mushroom Burger

It was through Ria Tirazona's blog that I first learned about the tofu burgers, something she cooked herself. I told her I will copy her recipe should I decide to cook it, and when the time came that we had some little ground beef remaining, some more tofu in the fridge and we had some oyster mushrooms that mom forgot to cook, I decided to put all together to make some burger patties.

Ria's recipe didn't have beef, but since I cannot cook the ground beef as a stand-alone dish, I might as well add it to the mix. From Ria's recipe, here is how I made it my own.




Homemade Tofu-Mushroom Burger
{makes 5-6 patties}

Ingredients:

• 100 grams ground beef
• 1/2 block firm tofu, crumbled
• 100 grams oyster mushrooms, chopped
• 1 medium sized onions, minced
• 3-5 cloves garlic, minced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs (add more if needed)
• 1 egg, beaten

How to Cook:

• Mix all ingredients well.
• Fry a pinch of the mixture and taste if it fits your liking. Adjust accordingly.
• Making sure the mixture is seasoned to your liking, get some of the mixture, form into a ball and flatten it using both palms.
  
• Fry each until golden brown.
• Serve with bread, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Notes to Consider:

• Obviously, the patties can be eaten alone, if you prefer it that way.
• You can omit the beef if you wish, and it would still taste good.
• If you made quite a lot of patties and would just eat a few, you can separate each patties with a cling wrap and freeze it.
• For my burger, I used the ordinary slices of loaf bread, spread each slice with mayonnaise. I didn't put any ketchup in the sandwich, but I liked to eat the just the fried patties with ketchup.

It was indeed a good snack, and tasting the tofu and the mushrooms was a good change for me. I consider this a healthier option, because it didn't use 100% pure beef... a good diet food, I must say. :)

Thanks for the recipe idea, Ria!

*** Jenn ***