I found this recipe on the Tasty Kitchen blog (see link below). These were pretty good, although I made mine not-so-spicy. I usually buy the Morningstar brand of frozen black bean burgers from Costco, but these had more flavor, and weren't really that hard to make. The only trouble I had was getting the burgers to stay together; they fell apart pretty easily, but that didn't matter once they were inside the bun. I served these with sweet potato waffle fries and fresh fruit. Yum! Makes 4 burgers.
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| Photo from Tasty Kitchen blog |
You'll Need:
- 1 can (15 oz.) black beans
- 1/2 whole onion, cut into wedges
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and rough chopped
- 1 whole red pepper, stem and seeds removed, chopped
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 1 Tblsp. of your favorite hot sauce (I used much less)
- 1/2 c. finely chopped cilantro
- 1 c. panko bread crumbs
- 2 Tblsp. canola oil
- 4 whole burger buns or kaiser rolls
Preparation:
- Drain the can of black beans. In a mixing bowl, mash the black bean with a fork or a potato masher.
- Use a food processor to chop the onion, garlic, and red pepper until very fine. Stir the mixture in with the beans.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine the egg, cumin, onion powder, chili powder, hot sauce, and cilantro. Add this into the bean mixture and combine well.
- If the mixture has a lot of liquid, strain with a cheesecloth or let it strain through a colander with very fine holes. Once the excess liquid has drained off, return the bean mixture to the bowl and stir in half the bread crumbs.
- Use your hands to form four evenly sized patties. Coat the outside of the burgers in the remaining bread crumbs.
- Heat the oil in a skillet on medium-high heat. Cook burgers in the pan until heated through and slightly browned on both sides.
- Put the burger on top of a bun. Dress with all your favorite burger condiments and enjoy!
Recipe and link:
http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2012/03/spicy-black-bean-burger/
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