Recipe#3855

Title: Consumer Reports Vegetarian Burger

From: eboyd@shentel.net 
Date: Sun, 19 May 96 06:26:36 PDT 

      Yield: 6 servings
 
      1 c  Cooked -- drained barley
      1 c  Cooked chickpeas -- slightly
    1/2 c  Quick-cooking oatmeal -- raw
    1/8 ts Salt
      1 ts Paprika
      2 tb Soy sauce
    1/4 ts Ground blackpepper
           Other spices to taste
      1 sm Stalk celery
      1 sm Onion
      1    Scallion
      1    Clove garlic
           Chili powder opt'l
           Curry powder opt'l
 
  Combine the barley, chickpeas, oatmeal, salt, paprika,
  soy sauce, black pepper and other spices in a large
  bowl. In a blender, finely chop: celery, onion,
  scallion and garlic. Add the chopped vegetables to the
  ingredients in the bowl and mix thoroughly. Shape into
  patties, "sausages" or "meatballs". Melt a little
  butter or margarine in a frying pan and cook over
  medium heat for three to five minutes on each side, or
  until lightly browned.  Makes six burgers. Other
  grains, such as rice or cracked wheat, can be
  substituted for the barley; soybeans, navy, pinto, or
  other beans can be substituted for the chick-peas.
  Nuts and seeds can also be added. Each CU burger
  contained 114 calories, with 5 grams of protein, 1
  gram of fat, 22 grams of carbohydrate, and 1.9
  milligrams of iron. It lacked vitamin B-12 and was
  high in sodium (500 milligrams). If you're watching
  your sodium intake, omit the soy sauce and try chili
  or curry powder.