Black Bean Burgers
I wanted to be sure to include a vegetarian option during this week of burgers. Hubby and I eat vegetarian about once a week. It’s not necessarily something we plan on, it just happens with all the various recipes we are trying out. I set out to find a tasty looking black bean burger recipe and this one was in my Google Reader with a star next to it.
Hubby actually made these burgers the other night when I was doing some chores around the house. I like that the recipe makes 8 patties so we have leftovers (I popped 4 of them in the freezer for a quick meal at a later date). You could definitely cut the recipe in half if you only want to make 4 patties though.
I topped mine with mustard, lettuce, and tomato. It was delicious this way. The burgers had a great depth of flavor. If you like spicey food, be sure to check out Katie’s original recipe. After omitting the spiciness, we also subbed grated zucchini for the green pepper because that’s what we had on hand. The zucchini helped to keep these burgers moist.
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Black Bean Burgers
Yield: 8
Ingredients:
2 (14oz) cans low-sodium black beans, drained and rinsed well
1/2 medium yellow onion
1 cup shredded zucchini, squeezed dry
1 clove garlic
1 medium carrot
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp smoked paprika
pinch salt and pepper
1 egg
1/4 cup herbed bread crumbs
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment.
In bowl of food processor, add onion, green pepper, carrot and garlic. Pulse to combine well and mince ingredients.
Remove from food processor bowl and place in fine mesh strainer to strain off excess liquid.
In medium to large bowl, place rinsed and dried black beans. Smash into paste with fork. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine well.
Using hands, place bun-sized patties onto baking sheet.
Place into oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until edges have crisped up and burgers are cooked through.
Recipe adapted from Good Things Catered
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
wow..great to see a green bean casserole with ingredients that are actually found in nature! 🙂 thank you!
love,
cathy b.
I think this homemade version has to beat the pants off the one with canned mushroom soup. I mean, with portobellos and shitakes? Yes please!
I’ve only tried the “classic” green bean casserole for the first time like a month ago and I’m definitely recreating it this weekend – cream of mushroom and all! Yours, however, looks gourmet and unprocessed!
i’ve never had Green Bean casserole and want to try it so badly! I may just make the processed version to see how it tastes. Yours looks way more fabulous than I could probably ever get mine to be!
Yummmmm- well done in getting rid of the processed sections and going for the natural approach!!!! Looks delicious!
I’ve never had green bean casserole but this makes me want to try it! Yours looks really good.
home made green bean casserole! I didn’t know it was possible! 🙂 Personally I’m in the hate category… but I’d be willing to try this version 🙂
definitely looks better than the “traditional” version!!
Oooh, I am so excited about this! A friend requested green bean casserole for a small holiday party that I’m hosting, but I really, really didn’t want to make the regular version of it. This is perfect!
everything’s better homemade!
This sounds like a very useful veggie side dish come the post-Xmas dinners. I did notice recently that oriental shops also sell roasted shredded crispy onions, if you find yourself very short of time one day (they are not expensive).
Definitely the best green casserole recipe! I’ve been making Alton s recipe for years.
beantownbaker — November 24th, 2013 @ 5:51 pm
Isn’t it great?!?