Quinoa Black Bean Burgers

These vegetarian burgers are delicious! Your carnivorous friends will be impressed. My favorite way to serve is on a whole-wheat bun with garlic-lemon mayonnaise, fresh raw spinach, sliced tomato, and caramelized onions!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 245 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup water
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ cup bread crumbs
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 tablespoons minced onion
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• ¼ cup quinoa
• ¼ cup minced yellow bell pepper
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring the quinoa and water to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the quinoa is tender and the water has been absorbed, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Step 2

Roughly mash the black beans with a fork leaving some whole black beans in a paste-like mixture.

Step 3

Mix the quinoa, bread crumbs, bell pepper, onion, garlic, cumin, salt, hot pepper sauce, and egg into the black beans using your hands.

Step 4

Form the black bean mixture into 5 patties.

Step 5

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet.

Step 6

Cook the patties in the hot oil until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes per side.