Black Bean Fiesta Burgers

By doroalry

From http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com

Ingredients

• Toppings:
• 1 1/2 cups black beans, drained/canned (unsalted)
• 3 Tbsp fine bread crumbs
• 3/4 cup baked/mashed sweet potato
• 3 Tbsp chopped cilantro - including stems
• 1/3 cup diced white onion
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 Tbsp cider vinegar
• 2 Tbsp lime juice
• 1/2 jalapeno, diced/de-seeded
• 3 Tbsp nutritional yeast - or use more bread crumbs
• a few dashes of chipotle powder or cayenne for extra heat
• Cilantro Jicama Fiesta Slaw
• 5 round onion slices and 5 round tomato slices
• optional: lime-juice spritzed avocado slices (highly recommended!)

Preparation

Step 1

1. First off prepare the Fiesta Slaw according to the directions. (recipe) - Chill in fridge until ready to add to burgers.

2. Next up, prepare the burgers. Pulse all the ingredients in a food processor. You can also mash well by hand - but a fp is a tad faster. Next, hand-form burger patties with the mixture and place them on a lightly greased baking sheet. I like to roll my burgers in a touch of bread crumbs so that they have nice crisp edges.

3. Bake your burgers at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool for a few minutes before assembling burgers. The last 5 minutes of cooking - add your burger buns to the oven to warm/toast them.

4. Assemble those burgers!