Vegan Flying Dutchman Burger Recipe Using Cabbage Steaks
You may have seen the flying dutchman burger recipes going viral on TikTok recently, and I have made my own versions of these a few times with various ingredients.
Now I’m not really one for a burger. It’s the last thing I would order off a menu (and simultaneously the first thing I think of when I’m hungover) but let’s move on..
What is the Flying Dutchman Burger?
In-N-Out Burger in the USA went viral for their viral Onion-Wrapped Burger; the flying dutchman burger. Essentially, they substituted the burger buns with grilled onions, creating a carb free meal. That to me screams slimming world friendly!
The onions are grilled and caramelised to perfection; adding an umami flavour that is way better than lettuce or tomato-wrapped burgers! I have tried this with onions, mushrooms, red peppers and more recently – cabbage steaks. This is my favourite one so far – and trust me on this, you won’t be missing the traditional bread bun.. at all.
Of course these viral burgers are not vegan, I’m not sure they even make a vegan version. However, thanks to the Tesco Plant Chef meat-free burgers which are delicious at only 1 syn each, I had to make these myself.
Flying dutchman burger. Such a weird name, right? I have no idea what the meaning is behind this, but what I do know is that my version tastes incredible.
Keep reading to find out how to recreate my experiment (and also to see how it almost went wrong).
Cabbage Steak Recipe
I started off by experimenting with cabbage steaks. Around 1cm thick slices of white cabbage, in a frying pan with a splash of oil and a generous sprinkle of onion salt on both sides. This helped draw out some of the moisture during the grilling process, while adding a ton of flavour. If you haven’t tried onion salt, you must. It really elevates any vegetable!
As you can see, one fell apart as I went to flip it! Still tasted great though..
For ease, I used the cabbage steaks as an ‘open burger’ – just easier to eat in my opinion. Mine was the messy one as naturally, I gave the ‘good bits’ to my husband. Anyone else do that?
Now I could have made the cabbage steaks in the air fryer, and I’m not sure why I didn’t to be honest! Like I said, I was being experimental while trying to use up the remaining bits in the fridge before my next food shop.
Vegan Flying Dutchman Burger Recipe
Ingredients
- White cabbage (cut into 1 cm thick slices)
- Onion salt
- Oil/frylight
- Tesco Plant Chef meat-free burgers
- Carrots
- Mustard
- Ketchup
Method
- Salt the cabbage steaks on both sides with onion salt. Regular will do, if that’s all you have.
- Place into a hot pan with a drizzle of oil. You can bake or air fry these too, I pan fried them for some reason. You want the cabbage to caramelise and burn slightly on the edges before you flip them.
- Flip the ‘steaks’ carefully.. see below as to how mine fell apart.
- Meanwhile, chop up your carrots into the shape of fries and parboil in salted water. You could use potato, but I decided to go with a carb free meal tonight.
- Drain carrots, spray with oil and air fry until they resemble orange fries.
- Air fry your burgers according to packet instructions (approximately 12 minutes).
- Assemble. I kept it simple with just mustard and gherkins tonight, but you could go crazy with lettuce, onion, tomato or cheese. The options are endless.
- Attempt to eat the flying dutchman burger in a dignified way. Please report back.
In N Out Secret Sauce
The original Flying Dutchman burger sauce contains the following ingredients:
- caramelised onions
- mayo
- relish
- sriracha
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- soy sauce
As you can see, I just went for mustard and then added a gherkin on top. It was a quick SP dinner and delicious enough for me!
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