Falafel-Style Chickpea Burgers

🥘 Ingredients

• black pepper
• brioche buns
  4 unit
• chickpeas
  2 unit
• cilantro
  ½ oz
• cooking oil
• dairy-free tzatziki sauce
  8 oz
• flour
  4 tbsp
• mini cucumber
  2 unit
• olive oil
• salt
• scallions
  4 unit
• sweet potatoes
  4 unit
• turkish spice blend
  2 tbsp
• za'atar spice
  2 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• peeler
• baking sheet
• strainer
• large bowl
• small bowl

1. 

   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 1/2-inch-thick wedges. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens. Finely chop cilantro . Trim mini 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 cooking oil , za'atar spice , salt , and black pepper . (For 4, spread sweet potatoes out across entire sheet.) Set aside (you'll add more to the sheet later).

   sweet potatoes: 4 unit, scallions: 4 unit, cilantro: ½ oz, mini cucumber: 2 unit, cooking oil, za'atar spice: 2 tbsp, salt, black pepper
2. 

   2

   Drain and rinse chickpeas using a strainer ; 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!

   chickpeas: 2 unit, olive oil
3. 

   3

   To bowl with chickpeas, mix in scallion whites, cilantro, turkish spice blend , and flour . Taste and season with salt (we used 1/2 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).

   turkish spice blend: 2 tbsp, flour: 4 tbsp
4. 

   4

   Lightly drizzle cooking 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 minutes to ⏱️ 12 minutes more.

   cooking oil
5. 

   5

   While patties and sweet potatoes bake, halve and toast brioche buns until golden. In a small bowl , combine cucumber, scallion greens, a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of salt, and pepper.

   brioche buns: 4 unit
6. 

   6

   Fill buns with patties, dairy-free tzatziki sauce , and cucumber ribbons. Divide burgers and sweet potato wedges between plates and serve.

   dairy-free tzatziki sauce: 8 oz