Easy Meatless Burger Steak
Make this easy Meatless Burger Steak on a busy weeknight. These healthy delectable burger patties will be at your dinner table in less than 30 minutes that your family will love.
Growing up in the Philippines this was one of my favourite To-Go meal at Jollibee (Filipino Fast Food Chain). Burger Steak is usually made of beef burger patties with mushroom gravy sauce. But I decided to improvise this hearty dish in my own way, so I replaced the beef with tofu and it was delicious. It is a very filling entree and can be served with rice or even mashed potatoes.
THINGS YOU NEED FOR MEATLESS BURGER STEAK VERSION
This dish does not need meat, just mix the tofu and all the spices including garlic, onion, scallions, soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Yes, as easy as that! Check out tofu sisig if you want more tofu recipes.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
- We will begin by combining all the ingredients for our Patties. Place pressed tofu on the large bowl. Add finely chopped onions, minced garlic, scallions, soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything using hands until well distributed. Add all-purpose flour, breadcrumbs and cornstarch. Mix together. Once done, get a generous handful of tofu mixture, shape into a ball and flatten into a patty.
2. Heat a medium or large pan over medium setting. Once hot, melt 3 tablespoon of butter and spread on the pan. Place patties on the pan, cook 3-4 minutes each side or until nice and golden brown. Once cooked, set it aside.
TIME TO MAKE OUR MUSHROOM GRAVY
- Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan. Once melted, add mushrooms, cook for 3 minutes. Add 2 cups of Vegetable broth, all-purpose flour, soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste if needed. Continue to stir until the gravy boils and starts to thicken.
SERVE YOUR BURGER STEAKS WITH GRAVY AND RICE. ENJOY!
Recipe
Burger Steak
Ingredients
- 350 grams extra firm tofu or tokwa
- 4 gloves garlic minced
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 2 stalks scallions finely chopped
- 1½ tablespoon tamari soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon vegetarian oyster sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoon butter (for cooking)
Binder
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoon cornstarch
Mushroom Gravy
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 5-6 buttons mushrooms thinly sliced
Instructions
- Make the tofu patties by combining pressed tofu, garlic, onion, soy sauce and oyster sauce. Add in salt and pepper to taste along with flour, bread crumbs and cornstarch. Mix everything until well distributed.
- Make the patties by scooping around ¼ cup of tofu mixture or using hand and form into ball shape. If the patties does not hold up well you can add 1-2 tablespoon of bread crumbs or flour this will help absorb some of the moisture.
- Heat 3 tablespoon of oil or butter on large pan. Once hot, place 4 to 5 patties, fry them for 3 -4 minutes or until golden brown. Flip over and cook the remaining side. Repeat this for the rest of the patties. Remove from the pan. Set it aside.
Gravy
- In the same pan, melt some butter. Once the butter is melted, add sliced mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes.
- Add vegetable broth, all-purpose flour, soy sauce, pepper and salt if needed. Bring it to boil and stir until thickened. Turn off the heat.
