Lentil Cakes (Patties)

These patties, made with soup mix and nuts for texture, are delicious with tomato or mushroom sauce—or serve on a bun with your favorite burger fixings!

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 289 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (e.g. Grape-Nuts™)
• 1 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
• 1 cup dry brown lentils
• 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.25 cup milk
• 0.5 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 2.5 cups water

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place lentils and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain.

Step 2

Combine cooked lentils, milk, wheat and barley cereal, eggs, walnuts, onion soup mix, and poultry seasoning in a large bowl. Mix well using your hands, as the mixture will be very thick. Let stand for 30 minutes, or refrigerate overnight.

Step 3

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Use an ice cream scoop to portion out balls of lentil mixture. Drop scoops into bread crumbs, and coat while flattening into patties. Fry burgers in the hot skillet until nicely browned on both sides, about 5 minutes per side, depending on thickness of the patties.