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. 
love your adaptations- and i agree, one-pot meals usually need more veggies!
beantownbaker — March 25th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
Not that this meal is in any way healthy, but at least bumping up the veggies (and the servings) reduces the amount of pure indulgence per serving…
Love all the changes you made to this! And I agree- the more veggies, the merrier 🙂
beantownbaker — March 25th, 2013 @ 3:45 pm
Glad I’m not the only one!
I love that idea to just throw extra veggies in. I always have some leftover unused veggies going bad in the fridge after I’ve used some for a recipe. The biscuits on this look amazing.
This looks rich and satisfying. I love the idea of biscuits on top rather than pie crust. Cream cheese chive biscuits sound especially delicious!
beantownbaker — March 26th, 2013 @ 7:29 am
I definitely plan to make these biscuits again some time. They’d be delicious even without the creamy pot pie filling under them.
I love the thought of throwing the extra veggies in, i think a lot of people are hesitant to do so. This looks so delicious and satisfying 🙂
beantownbaker — March 26th, 2013 @ 8:16 pm
Yea when it comes to cooking, I figure there’s no harm in playing with recipes. Baking is another story…
My boyfriend, who eats a good portion of the overall meals I cook plus leftovers, hates veggies. This is a problem, because I don’t like food going bad but I can’t eat it all myself. I love recipes like this because it’d probably be SO tasty, he’d hardly even notice the abundance of green. Or he’d pick the peas out. Who knows.
beantownbaker — March 26th, 2013 @ 8:16 pm
I can’t imagine hating veggies… But I agree, I think he’d hardly notice the veggies in this. It’s that creamy and delicious.
This recipe looks delicious. Do you know the nutritional values? If you post it on http://www.myrecipemagic.com they will calculate it for you and you can get paid for posting recipes.
I love that you topped this off with biscuits instead of the traditional flaky crust!
beantownbaker — March 28th, 2013 @ 6:53 am
Biscuits are always the right answer 😉