Black Bean Burger
From Recipes
This delicious burger is great for when veg-ohs come to visit. You can mix up the spice however you like, and add in all kinds of different things to make their taste-buds sing. The important thing is to make it a nice, malleable consistency in the end that won't fall apart. Yeah, so don't add too much extra stuff.
Ingredients
- 1 tin black beans
- 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice (or allspice)
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste, at least 1 tsp, though)
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 1/2 bell pepper, no seeds, very finely diced (can substitute with jalapeño, also de-seeded and very finely diced)
- 1 egg
- Breadcrumbs (approx 1/2 cup)
Method
- First drain the the black beans. Leave some of the gluggy liquid from the bottom in as this can help to bind it.
- Mash up the blackbeans in a mixing bowl (you can use a fork or a potato masher if you have one).
- With a fork, mix in the spices (including the salt and black pepper), bell pepper and egg.
- When the mix is well combined, add in the breadcrumbs a bit at a time until the mix is firm enough to roll into balls and maintain its shape (you may need more or less than 1/2 a cup depending on the other ingredients you have added and how soft the black beans were).
- Make into balls. If not cooking straight away, sprinkle the container and the balls with breadcrumbs to stop them from sticking.
- Melt some butter on a frying pan on medium heat. When the butter has melted, coat the pan with it. Place the balls down and squish into burgers. Cook until slightly browned on the outside.
- Enjoy!
Links
Allrecipes version, that I based this one off.
