*We adapted this recipe from www.thefrontburnerblog.com along with several other black bean burger recipes online.
Ingredients:
(makes 8-10 burgers)
- 4 cans black beans (rinsed and drained)
- 4 carrots, grated
- 1 cup dry rolled oats
- 1/2 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp whole cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- ¼ tsp of chipotle powder
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Whole wheat hamburger buns
- Cheese and condiments to taste
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Toast ½ cup pepitas and 1-teaspoon whole cumin seeds in a dry skillet. Next, add the oats, toasted pepitas and toasted cumin seeds to your food processor and grind until coarsely chopped. Grate the carrots; place them on a double layer of paper towels and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Add the carrots to your mixture in the food processor. Add 3/4 of the beans, all the spices, and the olive oil. Once all of this is in the food processor, mix it all together.
Coarsely mash the reserved beans in a large mixing bowl. Add the contents of the food processor to the crushed beans. Stir to combine.
Oven: Form into 8-10 medium sized patties. Place patties on a non-stick baking sheet and bake at 300 degrees for 40 minutes, turning once half way through the cooking time.
Grill: If you want to grill these, pre-bake them at 300 degrees for 30 minutes and then put them on the grill to brown a little bit.
