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Recipe Connection: Mexican Style Black Bean Burgers

July 13th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Recipes

black bean burger Tis the season to be grilling!

I’m faking you out. These “burgers” aren’t grilled at all. In fact, they’re a meatless meal (but do they *almost* look like real, grilled burgers?). I’ve tried a handful of meatless veggie burger recipes over the years, and most of them end up being rejected or at least smushed into a tortilla and deemed “tasty, but not a burger,” like this favorite chickpea wrap.

A bit of Mexican flare and lots of bread crumbs resurrected these bean burgers from the certain demise of just being “refried beans”. They were too spicy for my kids, but that’s easily remedied. We adults loved them, and this recipe is a definite “do over.” (That is, we’d eat them again, no problem.)

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Mexican Black Bean Burgers

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked black beans
1 1/2 cups cooked lentils
1/2 small onion
1/2 red pepper
3 garlic cloves
2 jalapenos or 2-3 tsp. cayenne (to taste! This is too spicy
for kids…)
1/4 cup cilantro (or 2 tsp. dry)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 beaten eggs
1+ cup bread crumbs

Method:

Allow legumes to cool if you just cooked them. Whiz in a food processor along with vegetables and cilantro. When mostly smooth, add salt and pepper, eggs and a cup of bread crumbs, then more black bean burger (3) bread crumbs bit by bit until a firm consistency is reached. Roll into balls slightly larger than a golf ball, then flatten with the heel of your hand into patties. Cook in a greased skillet (preferably cast iron) about 5-8 minutes, turning at least once to keep even doneness.

I served the burgers with an experimental Millet Pilaf using a new spice that I’d treated myself to (want to see my trip to the spice store? Come on back tomorrow!). It wasn’t the right spice for our family, unfortunately, and the pilaf still sits in my freezer. It was pretty though!black bean burger with pilaf (1) Adapted from True Adventures in Money Hacking.

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