I have been experimenting with bean burgers for several years now but with great frustration. While I was able to eat everything I came up with the majority of my concoctions were just not “blog worthy.” Coming up with an excellent recipe without using oil and salt was quite a challenge. My burgers either fell apart, were mushy, too dry, lacked taste or a combination of these. Finally, I stumbled across the right mix of ingredients and came up with a really tasty black bean burger!
Ingredients:
- 1 can reduced or sodium free black beans
- 2/3 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 1/4 cup red onion
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1/4 cup oatmeal
- 1/3 cup mashed sweet potato
- 3/4 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp. chili powder
- 1/8 tsp. paprika
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1 tbsp. date syrup
- 2 tbsp. healthy hot sauce https://nutritionfacts.org/recipe/healthy-hot-sauce/
Directions:
- Spread the black beans on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake in a 325 degree oven for 15 minutes to slightly dry out.
- Sauté the peppers, onions and garlic in a pan using a little water. Gently blot with paper towel to remove excess juice and water.
- Place oatmeal in a high speed blender or food processor and blend until a fine powder is formed.
- Place pepper, onions, garlic, oat flour, sweet potato, cumin, chili powder, paprika, black pepper, date syrup and hot sauce in a bowl and thoroughly mix.
- Add the black beans, smash them slightly with a masher then sir them into the mixture.
- Form into patties with your hand or a burger press. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake in a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
