vegan black bean burgers

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/3 cup chopped sweet onion
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 3 baby carrots, grated (optional)
• 1/4 cup minced green bell pepper (optional)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon warm water
• 3 tablespoons chile-garlic sauce (such as sriracha®), or to taste
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as old bay®)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 slices whole-wheat bread, torn into small crumbs
• 3/4 cup unbleached flour, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a baking sheet.
• mash black beans in a bowl; add onion, garlic, carrots, and green bell pepper. mix.
• whisk cornstarch, water, chile-garlic sauce, chili powder, cumin, seafood seasoning, salt, and black pepper together in a separate small bowl. stir cornstarch mixture into black bean mixture.
• mix whole-wheat bread into bean mixture. stir flour, 1/4 cup at a time, into bean mixture until a sticky batter forms.
• spoon 'burger-sized' mounds of batter the prepared baking sheet, about a 3/4-inch thickness per mound. shape into burgers.
• bake in the preheated oven until cooked in the center and crisp in the outside, about 10 minutes on each side.