Jumbo Italian Spiced Chickpea Burgers

*Jumbo Italian Spiced Chickpea Burgers*
Serves 4

A fabulous recipe from Total Greek Yogurt, making four very big and tasty burgers with a wonderfully tasty sauce!  Serve with or without the buns.  These really are good!

For the burgers:
4 TBS Greek yogurt, classic Total
75g of bread, torn, or made into crumbs
(about 1 slice)
2 X 400g tins of chickpeas, drained (garbanzo beans)
25g bunch of basil (one very generous handful)
3 TBS sundried tomato paste
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
pinch chili flakes
salt and pepper
Oil for frying

To serve:
125g of Total Greek Yogurt, Classic (about 1 cup)
75g of black olives sliced (about 1/2 cup)
1 small red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
4 ciabatta rolls 

Put the bread into a food processor and qhire to make crumbs.   Add the chicpeas, basil (reserve a large sprig for later), tomato paste, yogurt, garlic and chilli.  Season with some salt and pepper, and blitz until everything is well chopped and coarse.  Shape into 4 large patties

Spray a large nonstick frying pan with some sunflower oil. Heat over medium heat.  Add the pattie sand cook for 5 minutes per side, until each is deep golden brown and piping hot.

Meanwhile, chop the reserved basil and mix with the olives, onion and yoghurt.   Set aside.

Split and toast your ciabatta rolls.  Add a few salad leaves and tomato slices to the bottom of each.  Top each with a hot burger and then some of the yogurt sauce mixture.  Serve immediately.


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