Eggplant Burger Steak with Mushrooms

This Eggplant Burger Steak with Mushrooms recipe, also known as “Roasted Eggplant Patties” or “Vegan Eggplant Burger Recipe” is a great alternative to those trying to add more vegetables high in fiber, antioxidants, and calcium into their diet. All you need to make this eggplant burger steak Filipino style are; eggplants, beef broth cube, onion, garlic, eggs, salt, pepper, and flour. These are all mixed together then fried into browned circles. Ready to be doused in a deliciously savory and creamy mushroom sauce made of butter, mushrooms, flour, evaporated milk, beef cube, pepper, and soy sauce.

For the Eggplant Patty

• 4 large eggplants
• ½ beef broth cube
• 1 medium onion ( minced )
• 4 cloves garlic ( minced )
• 2 large eggs
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• Oil for frying

For the Mushroom Sauce

• 1 tablespoon butter
• ½ cup mushrooms ( sliced )
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• ½ beef cube
• Pepper to taste
• 1 & ½ teaspoon soy sauce
• Parsley ( for garish )

Steps:

1. Prepare your eggplants by slicing the ends. Boil or grill these until the skin changes in color. Take these out to cool slightly, open to check if there are any damages. Chop into bits and set aside.
2. Dissolve beef cube with 1 tablespoon of hot water. Mix in with the eggplant, also add in onion, garlic, eggs, salt, pepper, and flour. Mix until well combined.
3. Add oil in a pan at medium heat. Once hot, scoop some of the mixture in, flipping to cook the other side once until both sides have browned. Once cooked, take these out.
4. In another pan melt butter and saute in mushrooms for a few minutes. Add in flour and mix well. Pour in evaporated milk, beef cube, pepper, and soy sauce. Mix then cook for 2 minutes, or until the sauce has slightly reduced.
5. Serve the eggplant patties with rice, topped with mushroom sauce, and garnished with parsley.

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How to cook this Eggplant Burger Patty Recipe?

Love burgers but are trying to find something new? Looking for a healthier way to add more vegetables into your diet? Then this eggplant substitute for your usual burgers is perfect for you! To start, prepare the needed ingredients for this mushroom burger steak recipe. Cut out the ends of the eggplants. For the healthier version, boil these in a pot of boiling water until it changes in water. But for more flavor, you can grill these over a stove using tongs or use a regular grill, grill until it’s charred. When using the boiling method, mince or mash the eggplants. If grilled, remove the other skin ( blacked charred skin ) then mince or mash.Place these into a bowl and mix in a dissolved beef cube, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and flour to help everything get binded together. Once well mixed, prepare a pan with some oil at medium heat. Scoop a dollop of the mixture into the hot oil, try to form these into patties. Once one side has browned, flip to cook the other side. Once both sides look browned and slightly crisp, take these out. 

To prepare the sauce, melt butter or oil. It’s best to use butter to give the sauce a silky smooth richness. Add in the sliced mushrooms and saute them for a few minutes before mixing flour into these. The flour will help thicken the sauce faster. Pour in evaporated milk, a beef cube, pepper, and soy sauce for an added umami flavor. Keep mixing until the sauce is as thick as you like. Serve the patties as is or with a side of rice, doused with the mushroom sauce, garnish with parsley for some pop of color. 

You’re sure to enjoy this budget-friendly eggplant burger that’ll be great not only for creating affordable lunch boxes, a quick inexpensive dinner, and it’s great for those on a low carb diet. Eggplants, which is our main ingredient, is also great for boosting the metabolism, strengthens the bones, improves heart health from the good amount of antioxidants and fiber it has, and may prevent cancer. This makes this dish all the more better from being accessible and nutritious!

Questions

• Additional ingredients for this Eggplant Burger Steak recipe
  • Additional vegetables to add into the batter like carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, spring onions, or any type of vegetable.
  • You can also add more spices like garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cumin, turmeric, or any other spices you’d like to add.
  • Can you add meat? Yes you can make an “Eggplant Ground Beef Recipe” a simple eggplants with ground beef mix of half eggplants and half beef then following the recipe frying the burger patties. You can also use ground pork, shrimp, or ground chicken or any meat you prefer.

• Other Eggplant Burger Steak Sauce options

Other than the mushroom sauce, you can also choose to buy or make sweet and sour sauce, spiced vinegar ( like pinakurat ), sriracha, or a mix of garlic, honey, and mayo.

Try our other Yummy Eggplant recipes here : 

• Sweet and Spicy Eggplant
• Spicy Eggplant Tofu
• Eggplant Fries
• Eggplant Stir-fry with Ground Pork
• Special Binagoongang Baboy ( Pork and eggplant sauteed in shrimp paste )  

Eggplant Burger Steak with Mushrooms Resipi: (Tagalog)

Mga Sankap:

Para sa Eggplant Burger Patty

• 4 malalaking talong
• ½ ng beef broth cube
• 1 sibuyas ( hiniwa ng maliliit )
• 4 butil ng bawang cloves garlic ( hiniwa ng maliliit )
• 2 malalaking itlog
• Asin panlasa
• Paminta panlasa
• ¼ tasa ng harina
• Mantika panprito

Para sa Mushroom na Sarsa

• 1 kutsarang mantikilya
• ½ tasa kabute ( hiniwa )
• 2 kutsarang harina
• 1 tasa evaporated milk
• ½ beef cube
• Paminta panlasa
• 1 & ½ kutsaritang soy sauce
• Perehil ( pang dekorasyon )

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ihanda ang mga talong sa pamamagitan ng pag hiwa ng mga dulo nito. Pakuluan o iihaw ang mga talong hanggang mag iba ng kulay. Tanggalin at palamigin ang mga ito bago buksan at tingnan kung may mga sira. Hiwaiin ng maliliit at itabi.
2. Itunaw ang beed cube gamit ang 1 kutsaritang tubig. Haluin ito sa talong, ihalo din dito ang sibuyas, bawang, itog, asin, paminta, at harina. Haluin ng mabuti.
3. Maginit ng mantika sa kawali na nasa katamtamang init. Iscoop ang hinalong talong dito, pag baliktarin hanggang mag kayumanggi ang bawat panig. Pagnaluto na, tanggalin sa kawali.
4. Sa ibang kawali, tunawin ang mantikilya at lutui ang mga kabute ng ilang minuto. Haluan ng harina. Pagkatapos, haluan ng evaporated milk, beef cube, paminta, at soy sauce. Pakuluan ng 2 minuto o hanggal kumapal ang sarsa.
5. Ihanda ang burger kasama ng kanin at sarsa, i-dekorasyon ng perehil kung gusto.