Vegan Black Bean Burgers

By mluoceanbeach

"Easy black bean burgers for everyone! You don't need to follow the recipe or amounts exactly. I never do. Serve with your favorite burger fixings and sweet potato fries."

Ingredients

• 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

Preparation

Step 1

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 onto 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.