Spicy BBQ Chickpea Burgers & Lightened-Up Crispy Baked Fries – Oh She Glows

Name: Spicy BBQ Chickpea Burgers & Lightened-Up Crispy Baked Fries – Oh She Glows
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup dry/uncooked chickpeas (or 2 & 1/4 cups cooked chickpeas) + kombu (optional); 1/2 cup dry brown rice (or 1 & 1/4 cup cooked rice); 3 tbsp sunflower seeds + 1 tbsp pepita seeds, toasted; 2 large garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 cup diced red pepper; 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced; 1/4 cup diced red onion; 1 small carrot, grated; 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley; 3 tbsp BBQ sauce; 1/4 cup breadcrumbs, or more as needed (use GF breadcrumbs if necessary); 2-3 tbsp ground flax; 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes; Fine grain sea salt, to taste (I used 1 tsp + Herbamare); 2 large Yukon Gold potatoes (0.5 kg/1.1 lb), sliced into wedges; 1 tbsp cornstarch; 1/2-3/4 tsp fine grain kosher salt (I used 3/4 tsp), to taste; 1 tbsp cooking oil (use oil safe for high heat such as canola, sunflower, safflower, and sesame); Herbamare, for seasoning