Porto-Umami Burgers
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Recipe type: Wood Plank Grilling
Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ cup finely chopped red onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup cooked lentils
  • 1 can less-sodium black bean, drained and rinsed
  • 3 Tablespoon canned diced green chilies
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon curry powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ⅓ cup cornmeal
  • ½ cup panko bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 4 burger-sized portabello mushrooms, stems and gills removed
  • Vegetable oil for grilling
  • 4 Slices smoked Gouda
  •  -
  • Burger buns
  • Lettuce, sliced tomato, red onion
  • Extras:
  • 1 or 2 wood grilling planks soaked in water for at least 1 hour; over ½-inch thick, soak 2 hours
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and sauté until onion has softened – about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds more. Add lentils, black beans, green chilies, chili powder, curry powder and cumin; saute for 5 minutes until well combined and heated though. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and let cool enough that you can put your hands in it. Add the remaining ingredients and smoosh though your fingers and hands until well combined. Press the mixture into the four mushroom caps and make level.
  2. Toast the wood planks for about 1 minute on each side, this will help ease any warping.
  3. Place the porto-burgers on the planks and close the grill cover. Cook for 12 to 15 minutes. Stay near and check from time-to-time to be sure the plank has not ignited. Keep a squirt bottle of water on-hand just in case. Add a slice of Gouda and cover grill during last 2 minutes.
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