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After my deliciously successful first attempt at homemade black bean burgers based off a whole foods recipe, I decided to put homemade bean burgers into my regular rotation of easy meals.
Selling points:
- Super quick to make!
- Bean Burgers are made with common and easily stocked ingredients, like canned or dried beans, bread, eggs, and spices
- You can make a large batch of burgers for a couple dollars! Take that, fast food!
- You can freeze extra burger patties for a quick meal
- They taste great on a bed of fresh greens or mixed into a salad. You can also crumble one up and use it as taco ‘meat’ in a pinch!
Homemade Bread Crumbs:Toast several pieces of bread (your choice), optionally topped with some herbs or seasoning, until crisp and dry. I did this by baking at 300 degrees for about 14 minutes. Crumble cooled toast into fine pieces or use a food processor.
Part 1: 12 Bean Party Burgers:
For a party I was having, I decided to try a 12-bean burger. I had a bag of mixed beans, including navy, great northern, kidney, pinto, chick pea, black beans, and more.
I followed the same basic recipe as before except that I made my own bread crumbs.
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz bag of mixed beans, prepared (I cooked mine in a pressure cooker with 6-8 cups of water at pressure for 15-20 minutes, then drained. You can also soak or quick cook them on the stove, but it will take longer than 30 minutes overall)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 c diced leek
- 2-3 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 cup whole wheat bread crumbs (you can do these homemade by toasting and food processing your bread)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- a handful of fresh chopped basil
- 1 jalepeno, diced, and/or hot sauce to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste
Serve on greens/in a salad, on a roll, or however you prefer!
Instructions
Prepare your beans if they were dried (pressure cooker/soaking/etc.)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Partially mash beans with a fork in a large bowl.
Separately saute garlic, leek, and jalapeno until leek is tender, in a little oil.
Toast bread for 10 minutes or so in the oven with various herb/garlic seasonings to make bread crumbs. Crumble.
Add eggs, bread crumbs, oregano, basil, garlic/leek/jalapeno, salt, and pepper to the bowl.
Mix well to combine then shape into approximately 30 sliders, or 8-10 larger bean burgers.
Lightly oil the bottom of a baking pan
Arrange patties and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through, depending on size
Serve as desired.Part 2: Better Black Bean & Mushroom Burgers
This is the remix.
I highly recommend starting with this recipe, though it’s changes were minor (homemade bread crumbs, fresh herbs, sauteed mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce), they made a significant difference in the burgers. These were amazing!
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz bag of black beans, prepared (I cooked mine in a pressure cooker with 6-8 cups of water at pressure for 15-20 minutes, then drained. You can also soak or quick cook them on the stove, but it will take longer than 30 minutes overall) You can also use 2-3 15 oz cans of low sodium black beans.
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 c diced leek
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 cup whole wheat bread crumbs (you can do these homemade by toasting and food processing your bread)
- a handful of fresh oregano
- a handful of fresh chopped basil
- a handful of fresh chopped parsley
- 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 8-10 button mushrooms, diced (as many as you like, really.. you can play with the ratio of beans to mushrooms here!)
- hot sauce to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Prepare your beans if they were dried (pressure cooker/soaking/etc.)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Partially mash beans with a fork in a large bowl.
Separately saute garlic, leek, and mushrooms in a little oil.Toast bread for 10 minutes or so in the oven with various herb/garlic seasonings to make bread crumbs. Crumble.
Add eggs, bread crumbs, oregano, basil, garlic/leek/mushrooms, salt, and pepper to the bowl.
Mix well to combine then shape into approximately 10 larger bean burgers.Lightly oil the bottom of a baking pan
Arrange patties and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through, depending on size.Serve as desired.