Air Fryer Falafel Burgers

Air fryer falafel burger on bun with fresh vegetable and tzatziki sauce.

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Air Fryer Falafel Burgers

Air Fryer Falafel Burgers are our favorite way to enjoy veggie burgers! We serve these falafel patties on toasted buns with tzatziki sauce! Plus you can load them up with your favorite toppings like lettuce, tomato, and red onion.

Prep Time10

Cook Time12

Total Time22

Course: Main Dish, Vegetarian

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Servings: burgers

Calories: 382kcal

Author: Karly Campbell

Equipment

Ingredients

For the falafel burgers:

16 ounces canned chickpeas
½ cup fresh parsley
⅓ cup fresh cilantro
5 garlic cloves roughly chopped
1 large carrot grated
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
2 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper see note
Oil spray

For serving:

4 hamburger buns
4 tablespoons butter
Lettuce
Tomato
Red onion
Tzatziki Sauce

Instructions

To make the falafel:

Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Pat dry.
Add the chickpeas, parsley, cilantro, garlic, carrot, flour, sesame seeds, cumin, coriander, salt, and cayenne to a food processor fitted with the blade attachment.
Pulse until well combined. Do not overmix.
Portion into 4 balls and shape into patties about the size of your hamburger buns. The mixture should hold as you press it together with your hands.
Spritz the air fryer basket with oil spray and place the patties in the basket leaving space between each for air to flow. Spritz the tops with oil spray.
Air fry at 370 degrees for 10 minutes or until crispy on the outside.

To serve:

Butter the insides of each hamburger bun and toast on a skillet or in the air fryer for 1-2 minutes at 350 degrees until golden brown.
Place a falafel burger on each bun and top with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and tzatziki sauce.
Serve hot.

Notes

When combining the mixture in the food processor, you'll want it to be finely ground. If you overmix, it will turn pasty.

As written with ¼ teaspoon of cayenne pepper, these falafel burgers do have some spice to them. It’s a nice, low level spice that’s not too overwhelming, but you can easily reduce or even eliminate the cayenne if you don’t want the spice.

We use the smaller, cheap hamburger buns for this recipe. If you’re using larger or specialty buns, like brioche or sesame seed buns, you’ll probably want to make just 3 burgers instead of 4 so that the falafel to bun ratio isn’t off.

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