PANTRY MEALS: BLACK BEAN BURGERS

Vegetarians get cheated at barbecues. No more! These black bean burgers are amazing. You won’t have to disinvite vegetarians from summer because they don’t eat meat.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 chopped onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1.5 c black beans (cooked)
• 1 tsp dried coriander
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp chili pepper
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 c bread crumbs (or so)
• Cheddar cheese
• Butter or olive oil

DIRECTIONS

1. Sauté onions in butter or olive oil. Add garlic.
2. Add the cooked beans.
3. Mash in a food processor or with an old-school potato masher.
4. Add 1/2 to 3/4 cups of bread crumbs (until it’s a burger consistency).
5. Form into burger patties.
6. Bread with the remaining bread crumbs and fry in butter or olive oil.

Toppings:

• Cheddar cheese, tomato, avocado, raw onions, cilantro

FOOD FREAK OPTIONS:

• Vegan: use oil for frying and sautéing.
• Vegetarian: This one’s vegetarian
• Carnivore: See “keto.”
• Keto: Nope. You’re out of luck with the beans. But you could sub out beans for a great big slab of steak and skip the bun. That should work.
• Gluten Free: Sub out the bread crumbs. I’ve used almond flour to hold this together. Skip the bun.

COST: $ (Nearly free)