vegan mushroom falafel sliders
Check out this game changing falafel recipe that’s injected with lots of flavor and fresh ingredients!
Servings 14 sliders
Ingredients
baked falafel
- 1 tablespoon ground flax
- 3 tablespoon water
- 1 C sliced mushrooms
- ½ C sliced onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 x 398 ml can chickpeas (approximately 1 ¾ C)
- ¼ C low-sodium vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ¼ C curly parsley leaves
- ½ C almond meal
- ⅓ C chickpea flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
hemp tabbouleh
- 2 C curly parsley
- ¼ C finely chopped red onion
- ¼ C diced tomato
- 3 tablespoon hemp hearts
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
maple tahini sauce
- ¼ C tahini
- ¼ C water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Combine ground flax with water and refrigerate for 10 minutes to allow the mixture to thicken.
- In a pan heated to medium, sauté mushroom and onion in olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the mushroom and onion mixture to a food processor along with rinsed and drained chickpeas, the thickened flax and water mixture, and remaining falafel ingredients. Process until everything is well combined and the mixture comes together as a thick batter.
- Take approximately 1 ½ tablespoons of the mixture and form balls. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, flipping the falafels half way through.
- While the falafels are baking, prepare hemp tabbouleh and maple tahini sauce.
- For the tabbouleh, finely chop parsley leaves and add to a bowl along with remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
- For the maple tahini sauce, place all the ingredients in a high-powered blender and combine until smooth.
- Warm up the mini pitas in the oven during the last couple minutes of baking the falafels.
- To assemble the falafel sliders, cut mini pitas in half and spread maple tahini sauce on the inside of the bottom half. Place hemp tabbouleh on top, add a falafel, and dollop with more maple tahini sauce. Serve immediately.
