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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.

Question:

I am looking for a nice plant based burger that would work on the grill. They mostly fall apart. I know you have something up your sleeve!?

— Anna Marie Trotman

Answer:

If you make them, when I, when I make, uh, burgers, I use a cedar plank to cook them on because I have an old fashioned charcoal grill and I use wood charcoal on it. And so that they, the burgers don't fall through the cracks. Uh, sometimes I might add a little bit too much of flax egg, but I don't mind that I enjoy that texture. But I would definitely, um, look for some burgers that you like. I will say that commercially there is a very delicious burger called actual veggies and they are oil free and they taste very, very good. And if you find either the most delicious whole wheat roll or sometimes I find making a, uh, burger using grilled portobello mushrooms and the portobello would be your bread that you then have a very savory and delicious burger that you're gonna load up with your favorite condiments, maybe a delicious, uh, salsa or whatever mustard, whatever you like. I think, um, finding a delicious veggie burger is probably the first way to go. And I will say that if you go online and type in Yo Adrian Burger, uh, by Char Nolan, uh, it's a recipe that I contributed to engine two several years ago. It's a great recipe. It's got kale in it, it's got brown rice in it, it's got sunflower seeds. It's really good and it stays up really well. So you might like to try a Yo Adrian burger. I've lived in Philly for many, many years, so rip thought it was only appropriate to call it a Yo Adrian Burger.

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