Veggie Burger
Hearty black bean patty, smoky spice and all the trimmings.
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Dry beans = burger that holds. Wet beans = compost. The 10-min pat-dry is the single biggest difference between a good veggie burger and a sad one.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 2 × 15 oz cancanned black beansdrained, rinsed, patted very dry
- ½ cuprolled oats
- ½ cuppanko breadcrumbs
- ½ mediumyellow onionfinely diced
- 2garlic clovesminced
- 1½ tspground cumin
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 4potato burger buns
- 4 leaficeberg lettuce
- 1 largeripe tomatosliced
- ½ mediumred onionthinly sliced
- 1avocadosliced
- 16dill pickle chips
- 4 tbspmayonnaise
- 2 tbspketchup
- 3 tbspolive oil
- 1¼ tspkosher salt
- ½ tspblack pepper
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 693calories
- 22gprotein
- 84gcarbs
- 32gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Drain and rinse the beans. Spread on a paper-towel-lined tray, pat dry, and let sit 10 min - wet beans = mushy burger. (You can even bake them 10 min at 350°F to dry further.).
- Finely dice ½ medium onion. Mince garlic. Slice tomato, red onion, avocado.
Sauté aromatics
Heat olive oil in the skillet over medium. Cook diced onion 4 min until soft. Add garlic, cumin, smoked paprika; cook 60 sec until fragrant. Off heat, cool 3 min.
5 min · hands onBuild patty mix
In food processor, pulse beans 4-5 times - you want chunky, not smooth (smooth = paste, paste = mush). Transfer to large bowl. Add oats, panko, sautéed onion mix, salt, pepper. Mix with hands until it holds together when pressed.
4 min · hands onShape patties
Divide into 4 portions, form into 4-inch patties about 3/4-inch thick. Refrigerate 10 min to firm up (skip only if rushed).
10 min · hands offSear
Heat remaining oil in skillet over medium-high. Cook patties 4-5 min undisturbed until deeply crusted underneath. Flip carefully (they're delicate), cook 4 min more.
9 min · hands onToast and build
Toast bun cut sides in the same pan, 60 sec. Spread mayo and ketchup. Layer: bottom bun to lettuce to tomato to patty to avocado to red onion to pickles to top bun.
3 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Sub canned chickpeas 1:1 for black beans - slightly nuttier, holds together same way.
Start fries first - they need 25 min at 425°F. Adds about 25 minutes.
Top patties with cheese slice during last minute of cooking.
Check label - use certified gluten-free oats.
What keeps
Patties freeze raw beautifully - shape, freeze on a tray, bag. Cook frozen at 375°F oven for 20 min flipping once.
Cooked leftovers reheat in skillet 3 min/side.
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