The Really Hungry Burger | Vegan Recipes | Veganuary USA

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 6 big portobello mushrooms, roughly chopped into little bits
• A few sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves picked
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 × 400g tin of white beans, haricot or cannellini, well-drained
• 4 fat Medjool dates, pitted
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
• A small bunch of fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
• 200g cooked and cooled brown rice (100g raw weight)
• 50g breadcrumbs or oats
• Grated zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
• 1–2 avocados, peeled and sliced
• Tomato relish or ketchup
• Pickled cucumber
• A few handfuls of spinach leaves
• 8 seeded burger buns