black bean burgers

The official start of summer according to my calendar is this Wednesday and somehow that date is totally in tune with what I’d decided is my personal “start of summer”. On Thursday my brother and his wife arrive from the U.K. (via Mexico – only slightly envious) for a week and Dan and I are pumped.

I can’t tell you what we’ll be up to because it involves Top Secret Birthday Celebrations for my brother but suffice to say, I’m excited for a few days off (our only real summer holiday this year – sob) and an excuse to kick off summer properly.

The other exciting thing happening this week? I’m celebrating five years of living in this wonderful city. If you’re the sentimental type then you can read my heart-on-sleeve ode to Minneapolis, which I wrote this time last year. I can’t believe it’s been half a bloody decade. Old.

These black bean burgers totally scream summer and they’re the best we’ve ever made at home. They have fantastic flavour and a really good texture, falling apart just a teeny tiny bit (I think that’s because we couldn’t quite get them dark and crispy enough on both sides). They soak up a fair bit of oil while frying so you’ll likely want to douse the pan with some more as you flip ‘em.

I love that they’re studded with sweetcorn and doubly love the spices added to the mix. It adds some great flavour without making them spicy at all. If you want them hot you’ll need to up the quantities of spices. We added a smear of chipotle sweet and hot sauce to our buns which brought the heat.

Black Bean Burgers
from Spoon Fork Bacon

Ingredients

  • 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can black beans, drained
  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons rolled oats
  • 1 ear yellow corn, kernels and milk removed from husk
  • 1 green onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 cup plain breadcrumbs
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 4 whole wheat burger buns

Directions

  1. Place onion, jalapeno and garlic in a food processor and pulse 5 or 6 times.
  2. Add beans, oats, corn, green onion, cumin, curry powder, and cayenne. Season with salt and pepper and pulse 8 times. Scrape downs sides of the bowl and pulse an additional 5 to 8 times (depending on desired texture).
  3. Place mixture into a mixing bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least two hours.
  4. Remove chilled mixture from refrigerator and stir in breadcrumbs. Adjust seasonings.
  5. Pour oil into a heavy bottom skillet and place over medium. Form mixture into four equal patties. Cook patties for 5 to 7 minutes on each side or until a crust develops and the patties are heated through.
  6. Remove patties from heat and place onto burger buns. Assemble burger with toppings and condiments of your choice and serve.
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7 Responses to “black bean burgers”

  1. Kathryn
    June 18th, 2012 at 9:07 am

    Congratulations on 5 years in Minneapolis! It’s been so fun learning more about the city through your eyes.

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  2. Laurie Jesch-Kulseth @ Relishing It
    June 18th, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Those look fantastic! Definitely want to give them a try sometime this summer. :). Glad you’ve been here for 5 years — let’s see how high we can get that number!

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  3. Kari @ bite-sized thoughts
    June 18th, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    These look absolutely gorgeous. Definitely perfect for summer, but I think I’d take them now for our winter too :) Enjoy your time with your brother – very exciting.

    Also, I nominated you for the Food Stories Award for Excellence in Storytelling :) (see http://bite-sized-thoughts.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/best-chocolate-dessert-ive-had-this.html ).

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  4. sarah
    June 19th, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    These look delicious. I keep meaning to make a veggie-burger; we are trying to cut back on our meat consumption. I’ll have to give these a go.
    And yeah to 5 years!

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  5. Suzanne
    June 19th, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    Been enjoying your blog for some time now. Thanks for the wonderful recipes and writing. Just made the black bean burgers and they are my new favorite! And vegan too!

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  7. cindy
    July 1st, 2012 at 7:43 pm

    I love black bean burgers and these ones look amazing! I hope you have the best time with your fam!

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