Vegan Pizza Burgers taste just like a pepperoni pizza in burger form! The veggie patty is seasoned with sausage style seasonings and smothered in dairy free cheese.
Today we are doing veggie burgers that taste like a slice of pepperoni pizza, topped with oooey gooey cheese all sandwiched between two golden brown, butter toasted buns.
Did I mention that these burgers are gluten-free, vegan, and STILL taste like a pepperoni cheese pizza in burger form?
This is the Vegan Pizza Burger and it is living its best life now.
It all started on a rainy afternoon: scrolling through Pinterest, listening to country music, doing the basic things that I do, when I saw a tall, juicy, cheese drenched pizza burger. It was zero percent gluten free, zero percent healthy, and zero percent plant based - scratch that, I'll give it a two percent for the piece of lettuce swimming in all that glorious cheese.
Had I not been allergic to nearly every ingredient in that burger, you had better believe I would have found myself one to chow down on in T minus 5 minutes flat.
Instead, I ran to the grocery store and picked up some ingredients. A little sausage seasoning here, some sun dried tomatoes there, a package of beautiful golden brown buns, and these Vegan Pizza Burgers were born.
Yes, the ingredient list on these burgers is a tad long.
But each one is hand picked to bring big pizza flavor! The sun dried tomatoes lend sweetness and marinara-esque flavor, the fennel makes these burgs legit taste like pepperoni sausage, and the other seasonings bring the Italian flavors to life!
Toss everything in the food processor and let it work its chopping blending magic. Out comes the perfect burger dough and then they get formed into (generously sized) patties and popped into the oven.
And do I even need to mention the cheese? Slide it onto the burgers in last 5 minutes and watch gooey, stringy, melty pizza goodness take form.
*Face plants into burger*
PrintVegan Pizza Burgers
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 50
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 burgers 1x
- Category: Entree
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Vegan Pizza Burgers taste just like a pepperoni pizza in burger form! The veggie patty is seasoned with sausage style seasonings and smothered in dairy free cheese.
Ingredients
For the burgers:
- ¼ cup flaxseed meal mixed with ¼ cup water
- 1 cup sun dried tomatoes (drained if packed in oil)
- 1 15 oz. can garbanzo beans, drained
- ½ white onion, roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup tomato paste
- 3 cloves garlic
- 3 tablespoons Italian Seasoning
- 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ cup gluten free oats
For serving:
- 4 pieces of lettuce
- 4 burger buns, (gluten free if needed and toasted with vegan butter)
- 4 slices red onion
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
- Add all of the burger ingredients into a food processor. Process until the mixture is broken down into small pieces and begins to stick together.
- Form the mixture into 4 burger patties. Place on the baking tray and bake for 40 minutes, flipping halfway through. Top the burgers with cheese and bake for another 2-3 minutes, or until the cheese is melted. Serve on a bun with lettuce and onion.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 burger (no cheese or bun since the nutrition facts vary brand to brand)
- Calories: 364
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 982mg
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Carbohydrates: 51g
- Fiber: 14g
- Protein: 14g
Eric Lovelace says
Holy cow I can't wait to try this!
I know I've done three comments in half an hour, but I just found your site via foodgawker and your recipes are great. Thank you!
Laurel says
It is one of my favorite recipes! I hope you love it. And bring on the comments :)
mary says
What can I use in pl ace of oats?
Laurel says
Hi Mary, I haven't substituted the oats in this recipe, so I can't vouch for the results, but I think either quinoa flakes or cooked quinoa or brown rice would work. Happy cooking!