The Modern Chef: 15 Incredible Vegan Recipes

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Black Bean Burgers (courtesy of allrecipes.com)

After making these veggie burgers at home, you’ll never buy frozen patties again.

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed

1/3 cup chopped sweet onion

1 tablespoon minced garlic

3 baby carrots, grated (optional)

1/4 cup minced green bell pepper (optional)

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 tablespoon warm water

3 tablespoons chile-garlic sauce (such as Sriracha®), or to taste

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

2 slices whole-wheat bread, torn into small crumbs

3/4 cup unbleached flour, or as needed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

2. Mash black beans in a bowl; add onion, garlic, carrots, and green bell pepper. Mix.

3. Whisk cornstarch, water, chile-garlic sauce, chili powder, cumin, seafood seasoning, salt, and black pepper together in a separate small bowl. Stir cornstarch mixture into black bean mixture.

4. Mix whole-wheat bread into bean mixture. Stir flour, 1/4 cup at a time, into bean mixture until a sticky batter forms.

5. Spoon ‘burger-sized’ mounds of batter onto the prepared baking sheet, about a 3/4-inch thickness per mound. Shape into burgers.

6. Bake in the preheated oven until cooked in the center and crisp in the outside, about 10 minutes on each side.

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