Chickpea Cutlets

So my friend Betty made me this Vegan meal over the weekend and I HAD to get the recipe from her. SO delicious. And so simple to make.

• 1 cup cooked chickpeas
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup vital wheat gluten
• 1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup vegetable broth or water
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed or grated with a Microplane grater
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
  
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  
• 1/4 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
  
• Olive oil for pan frying

1 - mash up the chickpeas in a big bowl with the Olive oil.
2 - ad the rest of the ingredients and kneed them till you get strings of gluten (3 min max)
3 - heat up a large pan with a decent amount olive oil while you form the "cutlets" with your hands. I formed them in my hands and then squished them on a cutting board.
4 - fry them till they are golden brown. I doubled the batch and am freezing the rest for later - sandwiches maybe. Man they are so so good.

I think next time I am going to bake them. YUM!