Black Bean Veggie Burgers

One night I decided to make black bean burgers, just for something different. I thought these were really tasty. My son didn’t like the bell peppers and my husband said they were good but he prefers our grass-fed beef burgers. But the flavor was really good and everyone ate them up! You could add quinoa instead of the bread crumbs if you wanted. I would definitely eat these again but do love my grass-fed burgers as well. 😉 This is a great vegetarian option or if you just want to mix things up. I like meat but also like to have other sources of protein sometimes. I made my cheesy garlic mashed potatoes to go with.

Black Bean Burgers

 

The homemade buns are found in this post: http://organicfibromommies.com/2014/06/grass-fed-burgers-homemade-buns/.

Ingredients:

  • 1 15 oz. can of black beans
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 TB chili powder
  • 1 TB cumin
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 TB minced onion or 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup veggies like bell peppers, corn, carrots – chopped small

Directions:
Drain and rinse the black beans. In a medium bowl, mash the beans with a fork or a potato masher. Add the chopped veggies and all the other ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Make patties as shown in the picture below or the size that you want. Note: These do not shrink up like regular hamburger patties do. Cook the patties on a grill, stove-top or in the oven. They do not take long to cook at all and when I cooked them on the stove-top I had to grease the pan pretty good.

Mashing the beans with a fork:IMG_3734

 Cooking the black bean burgers on the stove-top:IMG_3738

Here are the canned organic black beans I buy at Trader Joe’s
(Ingredients – organic black beans, water, and sea salt):black beans