Tomato Chickpea Burgers
Simple, Quick, Easy, and Tasty, Tomato and Chickpea Burgers are perfect for these hectic back-to-school nights!
I’ve partnered with Red Gold Tomatoes to bring you these juicy, vegetarian, tomato and chickpea burgers. As always, all opinions and recipe are my very own. Thank you so much for supporting the brands that keep this Srilankan Runnin!
If you’ve ever worked with Photoshop, there’s no denying its crazy editing powers…
Hair can be added to bald spots; a green lawn can appear without brown spots; necks can be lengthened; streets can be widened; I mean, there’s really no end to what a few clicks can do!
Sometimes, a few clicks can result in something controversial: as in those highly edited print advertisements…
And, sometimes, a few clicks can result in something just mind-blowing…
Recently, I was perusing the interwebs, when I came across “foodscapes” by Carl Warner.
Mr. Warner has been around perfecting his art of photography and photo manipulation, for the past 15 years, but I just found out about him and his amazing talent of using vegetables and fruits to create mind-blowing landscapes, or, rather – “foodscapes”!
I then proceeded to spend way, way too much time feasting my eyes on his Onion Taj Mahal, his Celery Forest, and his Salmon Sea.
To be honest, I’ve never been much a salami fan – but, I gotta say, salami never looked so good as in his Salami Mountain or Salami Tuscany.
In one article, Mr. Warner was quoted as saying: “It’s really quite fun… just creating something from nothing. I like the idea that I can grab a bag of groceries in the morning, and in the afternoon I’m retouching a photograph of a beautiful broccoli forest. That really inspires me, because it makes you think you can do so much with so little.“
And, doing “so much with so little“, is all what these burgers are about!
These are simple vegetarian burgers, made with Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilies Red Gold Tomato Paste, and chickpeas.
An egg, a little seasoning, and these burgers were ready in less than 30 minutes!
Simple, easy, and quick!
My daughter and I eat these with a side of Spicy Pineapple and Mango Sauce. Since we managed to polish off all these burgers last night, I am just sitting here wishing I could use Photoshop to clone or “rubber stamp” a copy of these burgers for lunch today!
Ingredients
- 1 10 oz . can Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies
- 1 15.5 oz . can of chickpeas
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon Red Gold tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Add the olive oil to a pan and let it heat up over a medium flame
- Meanwhile, add the chickpeas and the Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies to a blender and pulse till chickpeas are broken down
- Scrape this into a bowl and add the chopped garlic, egg, Red Gold tomato paste, paprika, and cumin – and mix well.
- Form into circles and let cook/fry/brown in the pan with the olive oil for 3- 4 minutes (or till golden) on each side.
- Enjoy with Spicy Pineapple and Mango Sauce!
Nutrition
This looks and sounds delicious! Right up my alley. Going to Google foodscapes now!
Thanks so much Nicole!
Happy accident for me but I have all the ingredients to make these delicious pantry tomato chickpea burgers for tomorrows lunch. I am always looking for new delicious meatless ideas so thanks for the inspiration Shashi. I hope you are doing okay…take care, BAM
Thanks so much Bobbie! I hope you and your boys enjoy these – though that Moroccan chicken and couscous would be hard to beat! I am doing ok – hope you are as well, my friend!
AS you know Shashi I’m a HUGE fan of chickpeas and very much so with chickpea burger variations. I love how you use red gold tomoto paste in these too I’ll need to look out for that, and try that taste.
Thanks so much Neil – but seriously – is there anyone you know who doesn’t like chickpeas??? Such little things, but so versatile and oh so darn tasty no matter what you do to them! 🙂
I love chickpea in many ways, but I think I’ve never made burgers! These look delicious. I would probably have taken smoked paprika instead of regular (Jast saying):) Well done!
Smoked paprika is a GREAT choice, Ben! It would have made these burgers all sorts of awesome! Thanks so much!
……How did I not know about Foodscapes?! Geebuz. Although, these tomato chickpea burgers would give it a run for it’s money- Paprika and Cumin are foods of the God 😉 I mean spices!
Hahaha Arman! Sometimes, I tell myself that coffee is the nectar of God – so I’ll buy it that Paprika and cumin are the “Foods” of God!
OK, obviously I am losing it because you DID use an egg. . I did not see that the first time!!! too early in the morning!!! sorry!!! these burgers look great! I’ll go get my coffee now! 🙂
I actually use Lightroom instead of photoshop but I wanna try using photoshop too! I love diced tomatoes and the pineapple and mango sauce for these burgers!!! May I ask how crumbly these were? I recently tried making chickpea patties without an egg to bind but had no luck because they wouldn’t stay together . . these look great so was just wondering how well they hold up!
Oh Alice – no worries – Hey – YOU managed to log onto your computer without coffee – me, I cannot make it past the kitchen without coffee – forget about turning anything else on than the coffeemaker! 🙂
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I am wishing I could photoshop these burgers right onto my FACE! The chickpea and tomato combo sounds so incr-EDIBLE!
Now, I need to go check out these foodscapes and see what the hubub is about! Pinned!
Girrrl – I wish I could Photoshop a dozen of those Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Avocado Salsa and Turkey Sausage onto my plate! Heck – forget about Retina Display, I want a scratch and taste monitor! 🙂
Woah. Those foodscapes are crazy. I’ve never come across those before, but how awesome! I’m pretty sure I want to live in the broccoli forest now. My address? 1 Broccoli Forest Lane. Or maybe 6 Chocolate Express Drive has a better ring to it. Haha! And these burgers? They sound delish, Shashi!!
As much as I love broccoli, I gotta say “6 Chocolate Express Drive” has a way way better ring to it! I think I could live IN that chocolate express of his – though Lil Shashi and I might eat OUR way through it and be homeless…in which case we’d have to bum a stay with you and Mrs. Spiced …but then we might end up eating our way through y’alls home too…and ugh…things could get ugly….maybe Lil Shashi and I should just stay in the Broccoli forest after all! 🙂
Those foodscapes are awesome! ANd summer is all about doing a lot with minimal ingredients, if you ask me! You definitely captured that feeling with these burgers!
Joanne – sohonored – thanks so much for your incredibly kind words! I hope you didn’t waste as much time ogling those Foodscapes as I did! 🙂
Whoaaaaa–just went to foods capes and holy crap his photos are insane! My mind is confused by how he does it, but the photos are so cool. …..kind of like these burgers!! 😀 I’m all about the chickpeas in any form, but burger form is perfect for summertime.
I found some Youtube videos of him kind of setting up for a shoot and dang – gosh – am just in awe – so so fascinating! Here’s one in case you are interested – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P_AAky578o
BTW – Thanks so much Erin
Now this is one burger that makes me excited 🙂 Can’t wait to try this and it looks easy!
Thanks so very much!
These chickpea patties are exactly what I need for a healthy and hearty lunch! Yum yum!
Thanks so much Angie!
I love that these only have a few ingredients and seem so easy to make! Yum!
Yes – they are super easy to make indeed – hope y’all love them as much as my daughter and I did! 🙂
I wish I could grab these out of the screen! :O! They look so darn good! (My stomach is rumbling. 😡 Time to forage for food!!)
Aww shucks, Farrah you are too kind! Thanks so much lady!
Yum, I wish you could photoshop a few of these right into my breakfast bowl. Oh and add a little of that salsa too. I’d be a super happy camper!! They sound wonderful!
Haha – now THAT would take some serious skills!!!
BTW – Thanks so much Chris!