Right Foods Series: Healthy Vegan Ramen Burger Recipe
You don’t need to travel all the way to Brooklyn’s Smorgasbord to snatch yourself a ramen burger.
You also don’t need to clog your arteries either. We have Right Foods to thank for this. And me. You should thank me too. When Right Foods sent me their soup cups, it was a nearly instantaneous idea to turn their Vegan Chicken Flavor Ramen Soup into a ramen burger. While this particular flavor of Right Foods’ soup is not celiac friendly, the entire brand is vegan which is the most important thing in my book. My husband is not forbidden to indulge in gluten like myself, and therefore, I was not going to put this gluten-filled soup to waste.
As all vegans do, I took to the internet to learn how to make a tasty non-vegan dish into a healthier version using only plant-based products. Thankfully, I am a twenty-something millennial gal, trying to do the most and the least all at the same time and you can count on my recipes to be as simple, cheap and fool-proof as possible. All you will need is the Right Foods Chicken Flavor Ramen Soup, a vegan egg (I used Namaste Foods Egg Replacer—you can use a chia or flax egg), and a vegan burger( I used Wholesome Pantry’s Masala burger).
Just to break it down for you real quick…
A typical non-vegan, grossly fried ramen burger from good ol’ trendy Brooklynn will bring you in at 673 calories, 35 grams of fat and 15 of those grams coming from saturated fats. Before you run away screaming, you have ways to repent for your sins. Here’s one way—make this healthy vegan version, which rings in at 280 calories and 4 grams of fat. There’s obviously a time and a place for everything, and if getting together with your crew on a hot summer’s day in Brooklyn, eating deliciously unhealthy food is what’s on the itinerary, then please do not stop yourself from participating in those glorious memories.
However, if you have any care at all for the state of your health, you won’t be eating those greasy ramen burgers everyday. Lucky for you, I’ve figured out a way to make them simply, healthily, and best of all—cheaply. That’s right. One of these bad boys will cost you $3.00. How’s that for a happy meal? Healthy does not need to be boujee and expensive, my little turmoilers.
Healthy Vegan Ramen Burger
Use This:
1 vegan egg (I used Namaste Foods Egg Replacer)
1 vegan burger (I used Wholesome Pantry Masala Veggie Burger)
Optional: Arugla, if you’re feelin’ extra fancy
Do This:
Follow cooking instructions on the back of the soup cup.
Drain the noodles from the broth (set the broth aside for this recipe!)
While the noodles are cooling, make your vegan egg. Because I used Namaste Foods Egg Replacer, I mixed 2 tsp of the mix with 2 Tbs of water. OR, make a chia/flax egg.
In a bowl, pour the vegan egg over the noodles. Mix until well combined.
Form into 2 patties and line on parchment paper. Place the patties in the fridge for 20 minutes to firm.
Grease a pan with olive oil spray and cook the noodle patties on each side until lightly crisped. Cook you veggie burger. ASSEMBLE. VOILÀ.
