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    Buffalo Chickpea Burgers

    Modified: Aug 28, 2022 by Addison LaBonte · This post may contain affiliate links · 32 Comments

    pin showing overhead of two chickpea burgers on lettuce with vegan ranch, Buffalo sauce and avocado slices on top

    Add some pizzazz to your veggie burgers with these Buffalo chickpea burgers! They're perfect topped with avocado slices and your favorite sauces. They're also both gluten-free and vegan before adding toppings.

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    burger with avocado, Buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing on wooden board with sweet potato chips around and another one in the background
    Buffalo chickpea burgers topped with avocado slices, Buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing

    Chickpeas are great for replacing chicken in meatless dishes like chickenless chickpea salad, chickenless chickpea nuggets, chickpea meatballs and of course, these chickenless chickpea burgers.

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    • Ingredients you'll need
    • How to make Buffalo chickpea burgers
    • Toppings
    • What to serve with Buffalo chickpea veggie burgers
    • Storing and reheating
    • What's the best Buffalo sauce to use?
    • Are these gluten-free veggie burgers grain-free too?
    • More chickpea recipes
    • Buffalo Chickpea Burgers
    Vegan Buffalo Chickpea Burgers on lettuce with ranch dressing and avocado with front one cut open

    Ingredients you'll need

    • Canned Chickpeas
    • Buffalo Sauce
    • Carrots
    • Shallot
    • Fresh Parsley
    • Salt 
    • Chickpea Flour
    chickpea burgers on lettuce with ranch dressing and avocado slices

    How to make Buffalo chickpea burgers

    Start by adding the carrots, shallot and parsley to your food processor.

    Carrots, shallot and parsley in a food processor

    Pulse until finely chopped, stopping periodically to scrape down the sides.

    blended carrots, shallots and parsley in a red food processor

    Next, heat olive oil in an 8-inch non-stick skillet.

    Add the carrot mixture and salt, and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

    Carrots, shallots, parsley and salt cooking in a pan

    While the carrot mixture is cooking, rinse out your food processor and set aside as you will need to use it again.

    Once the carrot mixture is done cooking, allow it to cool for 1-2 minutes before adding to the food processor along with chickpeas.

    Carrot mixture and chickpeas in a food processor

    Blend carrot mixture and chickpeas on the low setting until everything is well-combined but not pureed, scraping down the sides as needed.

    Blended ingredients in a food processor

    Transfer the burger mixture to a large bowl. Add chickpea flour and Buffalo sauce.

    Chickpea mixture with Buffalo Sauce and chickpea flour in a bowl

    Mix until well-combined using a spoon or your hands.

    All ingredients mixed together in a mixing bowl

    Using your hands, form 4 burger patties.

    Add olive oil to a 10-inch non-stick skillet and heat over medium heat.

    Add the burgers to the skillet and cook on medium to medium-low for 5 minutes.

    Carefully flip the burgers and cook for an additional 5 minutes.

    Chickpea burger patties cooking in a pan

    Add ½ teaspoon Buffalo sauce to the top of each burger.

    Chickpea burgers in a pan with buffalo sauce on top

    Then, carefully flip each burger with a turner spatula and cook on low for 1 minute.

    Add an additional ½ teaspoon Buffalo sauce to the "new" top of each burger and carefully flip again. Cook for 1 more minute.

    Buffalo Chickpea Burgers cooked in a pan

    Toppings

    Aside from even more Buffalo sauce, we love these burgers topped with avocado slices and blue cheese dressing.

    To keep them vegan, try them with our homemade dairy-free ranch dressing.

    Chickpea Burgers on lettuce with avocado, Buffalo sauce and vegan ranch
    Buffalo chickpea burgers with our vegan ranch dressing

    You can also opt for our vegan avocado ranch dressing.

    Or, you can go with a lightened up dressing like our oil-free vegan ranch or our oil-free vegan blue cheese.

    You can also try them with a slice of cheese (vegan if needed), sliced onion, lettuce and tomato or anything else your heart desires. 🙂 

    What to serve with Buffalo chickpea veggie burgers

    • Air Fryer Tater Tots
    • Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
    • Air Fryer Baby Carrots

    Storing and reheating

    Store leftover cooked burgers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

    Reheat the burgers in a nonstick skillet with a little bit of olive oil over medium heat until warmed throughout.

    What's the best Buffalo sauce to use?

    Some of my favorites are Noble Made, Frank's RedHot and Tessemae's which as of the date of publication, are all gluten-free and vegan options.

    Of course, you could always make your own too.

    Are these gluten-free veggie burgers grain-free too?

    While bread crumbs, oats or rice are typically used for binding in veggie burgers, in this recipe chickpea flour replaces these grains.

    Although some Buffalo sauces are made with vinegar that is derived from grains, such as corn, there are technically no actual grains in the burger itself. 

    You can keep them grain-free by using grain-free toppings. 

    Of course, traditional burger buns are not grain-free; however, you can opt to go with a lettuce wrap or try a grain-free tortilla such as the Siete brand. 

    Or you can go with a grain-free bun (such as the ones shown in the photos) which are from Against the Grain. Note that these contain egg and dairy products, and are therefore not vegan.

    burger with avocado, Buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing on wooden board with sweet potato chips around and second one behind it
    Buffalo chickpea burgers with Against the Grain buns

    More chickpea recipes

    • Vegan Ranch Chickpea Veggie Burgers
    • Buffalo Chickpea Meatballs
    • Chickpea Salad with Olives and Walnuts
    • Vegan Buffalo Blue Cheese Hummus
    close-up of burger with avocado, Buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing on wooden board with sweet potato chips around and another one in the background
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    5 from 13 votes

    Buffalo Chickpea Burgers

    Add some pizzazz to your veggie burgers with these Buffalo chickpea burgers, which are both vegan and gluten-free before adding any toppings. They're perfect with additional Buffalo sauce and blue cheese dressing for a vegetarian option. Or for a vegan option, try them with our vegan ranch dressing, vegan avocado ranch dressing or vegan blue cheese dressing.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Keyword buffalo sauce, chickpea, chickpeas, vegan, vegetarian, veggie burger
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 21 minutes minutes
    Total Time 31 minutes minutes
    Servings 4
    Calories 210kcal
    Author Sireesha A.

    Ingredients

    • 2 medium carrots (peeled and cut into large pieces)
    • 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped shallot
    • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (heaping tablespoons)
    • 3 tablespoons olive oil (divided)
    • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
    • 1 (15-oz.) can unsalted chickpeas, drained and rinsed
    • 1-2 tablespoon chickpea flour (aka garbanzo bean flour)
    • 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon Buffalo sauce, divided (use gluten-free/vegan Buffalo sauce if needed)

    Instructions

    • Chop the carrots, shallot and parsley in a food processor on the pulse setting until finely chopped, but not pureed. You may have to stop to scrape down the sides.
    • Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in an 8-inch non-stick skillet. Add carrot mixture and salt.
    • Cook carrot mixture on medium-low for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool 1-2 minutes.
    • While carrot mixture is cooking, rinse out the food processor and set aside.
    • Add chickpeas and carrot mixture to the food processor. Process on low until everything is well-combined but not pureed, scraping down the sides as needed.
    • Transfer chickpea mixture to a large bowl. Add 1 tablespoon chickpea flour and 1 tablespoon Buffalo sauce. Mix thoroughly using a spoon or your hands. If you find the mix is too loose, you can mix in another tablespoon of chickpea flour.
    • Use your hands to form 4 burger patties.
    • Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a 10-inch non-stick skillet.
    • Add burgers to the skillet and cook over medium to medium-low heat for 5 minutes.
    • Using a turner spatula, carefully flip burgers and cook for 5 more minutes.
    • Add ½ teaspoon Buffalo sauce to the top of each burger and carefully flip. Cook over low heat for 1 minute.
    • Add an additional ½ teaspoon Buffalo sauce to the top of each burger and carefully flip. Cook an additional minute over low heat.
    • Serve with desired toppings.

    (Please refer to the post above for instructional photographs and other helpful information for this recipe)

    Suggested Equipment/Tools

    Food Processor

    Notes

    Store leftover cooked burgers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat the burgers in a nonstick skillet with a little bit of olive oil over medium heat until warmed throughout.
    The nutrition information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. Accuracy is not guaranteed. Information shown should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. Please note nutrition calculation is for the burger itself and does not include any toppings or buns.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Fiber: 6g

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    1. Skye

      May 26, 2020 at 2:19 pm

      5 stars
      I loved these chickpea burgers! I made them using my favorite BBQ sauce instead of buffalo, simply because I didn't have any buffalo sauce. I used extra BBQ sauce when cooking, because I love BBQ. I made these twice (a double batch the second time), and the first time I didn't have trouble with them crumbling, but the second time I did. I think it was my fault for letting the mixture sit for awhile before cooking while I was prepping other dishes (like your vegan ranch to go with them!). I also didn't use oil to cook them, just a bit of water (which I don't necessarily recommend, but I am on an oil-free diet, and it worked okay). I had these chickpea burgers over a spring mix and cole slaw mix with BBQ sauce and vegan ranch drizzled on top, in a whole wheat pita pocket the same way, as a taco filling mixed with salsa and the vegan ranch, and even over brown rice and cole slaw with sriracha and soy sauce. Yum! Each variation was totally satisfying and delicious! I was hoping to post some pictures of what I did with them. Thank you so much for this recipe! It has helped me so much with making the switch to a vegan diet!!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        May 26, 2020 at 3:46 pm

        That is so awesome, Skye! I love the idea of the BBQ sauce and I am definitely going to have to try that myself. 🙂 I'm so happy you enjoyed the burgers and the vegan ranch. So glad you were able to enjoy these burgers in different ways; that is so cool. I really appreciate you kind words and it means so much that this helped you in your vegan food journey. I'd love to see your pics! Perhaps you can post them on your Facebook or Instagram and tag me at Watch Learn Eat. Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Wishing you the best! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Kelsie

      July 04, 2019 at 3:07 pm

      Mine fell apart and were very crumbly. Tasted great though! I might add more chickpea flour next time.

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        July 04, 2019 at 3:47 pm

        Thanks Kelsie; I'm glad you enjoyed them! You can definitely try adding a little more chickpea flour. Also, I'm not sure what utensil you used to flip them, so I've added to the directions to use a turner spatula which is the best way to flip them while keeping them intact. Let me know how it goes with adding more flour. Hope you have an awesome weekend!

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      • Roberta

        July 16, 2019 at 8:24 pm

        5 stars
        As long as you don't expect them to be firm, I think you'll love these. My son is not a vegan and is an honest critic on my vegan dishes. He really liked these and so did I. I found an easy vegan buffalo sauce recipe, also on Pinterest that was yummy. But also nice to top with your own favorite sauce/condiment.

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        • Sherri Hall

          July 16, 2019 at 10:01 pm

          Thanks so much for sharing, Roberta! I'm so glad you and your son both enjoyed the chickpea burgers! I haven't made my own vegan Buffalo sauce yet, but I will definitely have to give that a try soon. Hope you have an awesome rest of your week! 🙂

          Reply
    3. Eva MacDuff

      April 10, 2019 at 11:39 am

      5 stars
      Made these for dinner the other night for my family (they aren't vegan) and everyone LOVED IT! We added your vegan ranch dressing on top with avocados. Definitely going to be a repeat dish in our house this summer.

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      • Sherri Hall

        April 10, 2019 at 12:50 pm

        That's so awesome, Eva! So glad you and your family love the burgers! 🙂

        Reply
    4. Krystle

      October 27, 2018 at 9:00 pm

      5 stars
      These look divine! I'm going to have to drizzle it with your avocado bleu cheese. Yummy!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        October 29, 2018 at 7:23 pm

        Thanks Krystle! I bet they would taste great with the avocado blue cheese!

        Reply
    5. Healthy World Cuisine

      October 25, 2018 at 10:31 pm

      5 stars
      Feeling better with less meat and more vegan meals. This is one delicious way to enjoy meatless Mondays. Look crispy and delicious!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        October 29, 2018 at 7:20 pm

        Yes, I've been doing the same myself. Thanks so much! 🙂

        Reply
    6. David @ Spiced

      October 12, 2018 at 8:38 am

      You had me at buffalo! So I've never had a chickpea burger, but I'd be curious to try it...especially if it involves buffalo sauce and a drizzle of ranch or blue cheese dressing. Yum!!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        October 12, 2018 at 11:30 am

        I hope you go for it, David! Chickpea burgers are awesome! 🙂

        Reply
    7. Lauren Vavala @ DeliciousLittleBites

      September 09, 2018 at 2:05 pm

      5 stars
      I love a good chickpea burger! How brilliant to use Buffalo sauce too - I'm kinda obsessed with all things Buffalo sauce and can't wait to try this!!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 12, 2018 at 9:36 pm

        I'm obsessed with Buffalo sauce too! Thank you Lauren! 🙂

        Reply
    8. Allison - Celebrating Sweets

      September 09, 2018 at 1:24 pm

      5 stars
      These sound so good! Perfect for game day!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 12, 2018 at 9:35 pm

        Thanks Allison! 🙂

        Reply
    9. Shanika

      September 09, 2018 at 12:17 pm

      5 stars
      I love chickpea burgers and this looks so good! Plus, it has buffalo sauce! Dynamite!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 12, 2018 at 9:35 pm

        Thank you Shanika! Yay for chickpeas and Buffalo sauce! 🙂

        Reply
    10. Krissy Allori

      September 09, 2018 at 12:01 pm

      5 stars
      Cooking with chickpeas is one of my favorite healthy tricks! There's something about that Buffalo flavor that I just love too!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 12, 2018 at 9:34 pm

        Thanks Krissy! I ♥ both so much too! 🙂

        Reply
    11. Shadi Hasanzadenemati

      September 09, 2018 at 11:28 am

      5 stars
      love a tasty vegetarian dish like this! Bet buffalo makes it absolutely delicious!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 09, 2018 at 11:34 am

        Yes, Buffalo sauce rocks! Thank you Shadi! 🙂

        Reply
    12. Dawn @ Words Of Deliciousness

      September 08, 2018 at 10:12 pm

      5 stars
      These buffalo chickpea burgers look great! I love the different ways that you use chickpeas!

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 09, 2018 at 10:46 am

        Thank you Dawn! Chickpeas rock!

        Reply
    13. Denise

      September 06, 2018 at 2:41 pm

      5 stars
      This HAS to taste incredible! It looks incredible and flavorful! I need to try it for sure.

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 09, 2018 at 10:45 am

        Thank you so much, Denise! Hope you enjoy it!

        Reply
    14. David @ Spiced

      September 05, 2018 at 7:24 am

      You had me at buffalo! Now I love a good beef burger, and I've done chicken burgers on occasion, too...but I must admit that I've never even had a chickpea burger. I do love hummus, though, so I'm totally down to try these out! I was surprised to see the carrots in there, but it totally makes sense. It's football season, and that means buffalo everything needs to be on the table! 🙂

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 09, 2018 at 11:30 am

        Thanks David! I loooove Buffalo sauce! And chickpeas 🙂

        Reply
    15. GiGi Eats

      September 04, 2018 at 1:58 pm

      5 stars
      So friggin unique!!! YOU are doing what I recommended - making veggie burgers from scratch so you know EXACTLY what goes into them!!! 🙂

      Reply
      • Sherri Hall

        September 04, 2018 at 5:04 pm

        You know it, girl! I loved your piece on veggie burgers! Thanks so much! 🙂

        Reply

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