The Best Black Bean Burger

This is the best black bean burger ever! The flavor you get from adding fresh herbs, spices, garlic, and shallots will have your taste buds jumping for joy. And it's easy to make.

• 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
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika
• 1 medium shallot, chopped
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground coriander
• 1 ½ teaspoons grapeseed oil, or as needed
• ½ medium green pepper, chopped
• 3 sprigs fresh basil, 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.