The Best Black Bean Burger

This truly is the best recipe for black bean burgers if you are looking for a tasty veggie burger. Try for yourself!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 293 Calories

Ingredients

• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 medium shallot, chopped
• 3 sprigs fresh basil, chopped
• 1.5 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1.5 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1.5 teaspoons grapeseed oil, or as needed
• 0.5 medium green pepper, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mash black beans in a bowl with a potato masher, leaving a few beans whole for texture; set aside.

Step 2

Heat oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add shallot, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook and stir until vegetables have softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add to black beans and season with basil, cumin, coriander, paprika, salt, and pepper.

Step 3

Fold beaten eggs into the bean mixture. Sprinkle in bread crumbs, adding a little at a time and fold in. Be careful not to overmix the bean mixture.

Step 4

Reheat the skillet that you cooked the onion mixture in. Scoop out 1 cup bean mixture and shape into a ball. Set the ball into the hot skillet and gently flatten to form a burger.

Step 5

Cook until firm and lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining bean mixture. You might need to add more oil.