How To Make Banana Heart Burger

How To Make Banana Heart Burger

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Ingredient notes

Quick tip

How to serve and store

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Banana Heart Burger

One of my favourite vegetables to cook with is banana heart. It’s not only cheap, but it’s also a versatile component that can be used to make a variety of delectable cuisines like kilawin or lumpia.

This meatless burger is one of my favourites to prepare with it. With all the ingredients, you’d hardly notice the absence of beef!

Ingredient notes

Banana heart– also known as banana heart or blossom, a fleshy, tear-shaped pendulum that grows below the last bunch of unripe bananas.

Oyster sauce– a syruplike condiment that adds a sweet, salty, and savory flavor

Flour and Eggs- act as an extender and bind the shredded vegetable into patties.

Oyster sauce– adds salty, sweet, savory flavor.

Hamburger fixings– bread buns, cheese, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, and mayonnaise. You also use your favorite burger additions, such as pickles, sliced onions, or mustard.

Quick Tip

Drain the sauteed vegetable very well before combining it with the flour and eggs, as the excess liquid will make the mixture loose and keep it from forming.

Allow the vegetable to cool completely before adding the eggs, as the residual heat might cook off the eggs.

How to serve and store

While the puso ng saging patties are great to enjoy on a bun as meatless burgers, they’re also delicious served with steamed rice and dipping sauce like ketchup or sweet and sour sauce.

Store leftovers in a container with a tight-fitting and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Reheat on a wide pan over medium heat until completely warmed throughout or microwave at 1 to 2-minute intervals depending on thickness.

Ingredients

1 medium banana heart

oil

1 small onion, peeled and chopped

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 cup flour

2 eggs, beaten

For The Burgers

4 hamburger buns

4 slices American cheese

green leaf lettuce, leaves separated

tomatoes, sliced thinly

mayonnaise

ketchupInstructions

Peel and discard the outer, fibrous skin layers of banana heart until you reach the lighter, softer core. Trim off the stem and discard. Cut banana core into half and slice thinly.

In a bowl of cold salted water, place shredded banana heart and soak for about 15 to 20 minutes. Using hands, squeeze to release bitter sap. Rinse with cold water and with hands, squeeze well to dispel liquid.

In a pan over medium heat, heat about 1 tablespoon oil. Add onions and cook until softened.

Add banana heart and cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through.

Add oyster sauce and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Continue to simmer until liquid is mostly absorbed.

Remove from pan, drain well, and allow to cool.

In a bowl, combine sauteed banana heart, flour, and eggs. Mix well. Form into 4 uniform-sized patties.

In a pan over medium heat, heat about 2 tablespoons oil. Gently add banana heart mixture in a single layer and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden and firm. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.

Assemble burgers with desired condiments, veggie patty, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.

Notes

Drain the sauteed vegetable very well before combining it with the flour and eggs, as the excess liquid will make the mixture loose and keep it from forming.

Allow the vegetable to cool completely before adding the eggs, as the residual heat might cook off the eggs.