Updated from: thespruceeats.com

You can also use this mix for any of other ground beef style recipes, like spag bol. One ball per person portion.

Makes 6 patties

Ingredients

For burger patties

• 1/2 cup soaked cashews
• 1 cup cooked white rice (1/2 cup uncooked) or 1 cup cooked brown lentils
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms (~250g)
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 – 2 Tbsp aquafaba
• 1/2 tin drained chickpeas
• 1 small grated beetroot, or about 10 slices of tinned beetroot.
• 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 tsp liquid smoke
• 1 tsp tomato pulp
• 1 tsp apple sauce
• 1 -2 tsp miso paste
• 1/4 tsp yellow mustard
• 1/2 tsp vegemite
• 1 cube vegetable bouillon, or about 1 heaped tsp
• 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp cajun spice seasoning
• 1/4 tsp MSG
• 1/4 tsp volcanic salt

For serving (choices of, to taste)

• Burger buns, toasted if desired
• vegan mayo
• Caramelised red onion
• Spinach leaves
• Vegan cheese
• Sliced gherkins
• Sliced tomato
• sliced avocado
• sliced (tinned) beetroot
• finely sliced mushroom
• Ketchup
• Yellow mustard
• Hot sauce
• Hot chips (around 200g per person)

Method:

1. Cook the rice and soak the cashews (ideally overnight, or 30 minutes in boiling water)
2. Fry the sliced mushrooms in oil, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms have caramelised well (around 10 to 13 minutes). Add a little salt and pepper towards the end of the cooking.
3. Add the mushrooms to a food processor, or pulsed in a commercial blender, with the rice, drained cashews, and rest of the pattie ingredients. Process until completely ground with mostly small pieces (I personally prefer a finer processed mix, but you might prefer it more chunky)
4. Form the mix into six balls and form each of those balls into a patty. Place them on parchment paper. 
5. Air-fry for about 15-18 minutes at 180 degrees C (along with your chips).
6. Add sliced vegan cheese on top of each patty, and add your sliced buns to the side of the baking tray, to cook for a few more minutes in the air-frier.
7. Remove the patties from the oven and serve on the buns with leaves, mayo, sliced veg and any other preferred toppings, along with a side of chips (around 200g per person)
   

Storage

• After diving the mix into 6 balls, simply freeze what’s left, next to each other in a suitable container. After freezing, break the balls off the group for what you need, and then defrost in the fridge overnight before shaping them into the patties to air-fry the next day.