Here is a great Black Bean Burgers recipe. Always handy to have in your freezer.
Prep time 25 mins, but they make 15-16 patties that take 10 minute (or less) to cook. Pretty great for a healthy fast meal for you and your family.
Two different super healthy ways we eat them:
Serve on a slice of gluten free rice bread, arugula, with your fav (Trader Joe's 1.99) salsa -add some cherry tomatoes and cilantro and topped with a half of avocado - never to much avo.
Grind a dash of salt and pepper ;) Pure perfection.
or ditch the bread all together and simply crush up some blue corn tortillas on top, for that needed crunch. Your choice of avo
But have some fun make them up however you like.
Now that I got your mouths watering here is what you need:
4 cans Black Beans
2 small-medium size Sweet Potatoes
1 red onion
1 bunch of Cilantro
1 Lime
1 Jalapeno
Cumin
Cali Chili Pepper
Wheat Germ
Oats
your choice of nut : Cashews, Almonds, or Walnuts (if you dont have you can skip these entirely)
fresh Garlic or crushed garlic
Salt and Pepper
Plastic Wrap
IN VERY LARGE BOWL:
Rinse and drain all 4 cans of black beans
take 2 cans of black beans and smash with fork, leave 2 cans whole (add after SP)
microwave 2 small-medium sweet potatoes (or SP) for 5 mins or until soft enough to peel from skin
smash and stir SP into the smashes black beans,
now add the 2 cans of whole black beans
STIR TOGETHER
FLAVOR TIME - STIR IN
1/2 red onion - chopped fine
Cilantro 1 bunch - chopped fine (yes the entire thing)
1 heaping teaspoon cumin
1 heaping teaspoon cali chili powder
about 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper - or a couple of grinds
1 jalapenos - chopped fine (your choice of seeds or not-We are the no seed type)
3-4 cloves of garlic - minced (I hope you like garlic as much as us)
1/2 lime squeezed - just want the juice (if it's not a juicy one squeeze in both haves)
DRY INGREDIENT
1/4 - 1/2 cup oats (we grind ours in the Bullet or any mixer of your choice)
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup crushed cashews or any nut for that matter (again can grind in mixer/grinder if whole)
HINTS
The dry ingredients really are your choice. You can do just one, like wheat germ (is the usual) or any nut you prefer. You just add the dry ingredients until the bean mixture holds together tightly but doesn't stick to your hands. So add dry ingredients slowly.
ALMOST DONE - SMASH AND FREEZE
Tear off a good size sheet of plastic wrap (about the size of a piece of paper)
Roll bean mixture into larger then golf ball size ball
place on top part of plastic wrap, now fold plastic wrap over the ball;
creating a little pocket that the ball is in
then flatten with small plate.
Fold in excess plastic wrap -they will all be individually wrapped :)
A set of extra hands are very helpful. One person roll and drop onto the plastic wrap.
While the other person folds over plastic wrap and flattens ball with small dish.
Place on flat cookie sheet
they are ok to stack
place cookie sheet full of BB Burgers in freezer. Once frozen you can take cookie sheet out.
TO COOK
Heat pan with grape seed oil (preferred, it's healthier for you) then place frozen patty straight in pan :)
cook until hot and slightly browned. THATS IT :)
enjoy!
