Black Bean Burgers

Be very careful with this " replace one or two meals a week with meatless alternatives" idea. I did that when I was 27. Within a few years people were demanding that I teach cooking classes. I haven't consumed or served meat in 45 years.

Do not need to run food processor for 30 seconds. A few pulses is all that is needed to combine.

Use parsley and chive to replace cilantro.

Save remaining mushroom liquid to make lentils.

We've been enjoying these black bean burgers for years. Pulse/grind rolled oats before adding to bean mixture. They'll soak up more liquid, won't be as noticeable, and the beans can remain coarser, more "toothsome" when you process them.

These were delicious and held together well even though I used fresh, chopped crimini mushrooms instead of dried porcini (didn't read the ingredients list very carefully, my bad).

I used the quantities but modified the ingredients - I used white beans, rosemary and sage for the fresh spices, no cumin and balsamic reduction in place of the soy sauce for a more French style taste.

I made these about 6 weeks ago and froze the few leftover ones. I was pleasantly surprised that the ones I took out of the freezer today tasted just as good as they did when they were fresh. Topped with a little bit of cheese and avocado--perfect Saturday lunch!

I made these last night and I honestly don't think you need the dried mushrooms if you don't have them on hand--I didn't really notice them in the finished product. I used a potato masher and the texture was wonderful. My paprika was old so I used a spicy chili powder I had on hand and 3 cloves of garlic, which worked well. Definitely needed a good pinch of salt and pepper to season.

I thought the mixture was bland, but I'm Mexican. So I added a teaspoon of ancho chili and another of onion powder. I also used Spanish pimentón as my smoked paprika. And after the two new additions, they were wonderful! I'll be making these again.

I've recently moved to Paris where black beans are nearly impossible to find outside of a few out of the way shops. So I substituted chickpeas. Delicious!

Combining the ingredients in the food processor produced more of a batter than a burger, so I mashed the beans in a bowl, pulsed 1/2 of the oats in a small food processor and combined the ingredients by hand.
Flavor was lacking, so I combined the spices and oil in a small bowl then "bloomed" them in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
Result: a more burger-like texture with far more flavor. Chili powder, curry powder, berbere and Jamaican meat patty spices all worked well.

Instead of beans I used cooked lentils. Garlic through garlic press, no soy sauce (afraid patties would be too salty), paprika. Pulsed until combined.
Let patties cool, chopped them and mixed them in a simple salad of Boston lettuce, tomato, and red onion. Homemade dressing - grapeseed oil, lemon juice, salt.
fantastic!!!

I am a youngish adult who does not have a very well-stocked kitchen (no food processor), so I improvised. I ground the oats a little by pouring them in a plastic sandwich bag and crushing them with one of the cans of beans. I accidentally didn't drain the beans as well as I should have before adding them to the mixture, so I added a little more oatmeal (without bothering to grind it). I rough chopped the veggies and mashed the beans with a fork. The burgers were *delicious.*

Used Esperanza's tip to pulse oats a bit first (good tip - worked swell) but otherwise per recipe. Used chili powder option in the smoked paprika or choice. Delicious outcome. Made 6 patties, about 4"-ish wide each, so easy to turn them in skillet and just right for bun size. Cooked in about 3 1/2 min. each side. If 5 min per recipe they would have been over crisp. Used olive oil in scanpan. Have a couple left that I'm going to freeze to see how that works for make ahead.

Just made these last night and they were a hit. I substituted baby bella mushrooms for the dried, parsley in place of cilantro and no salt or liquid. Froze them for a few hours and they cooked up really well. Since I used 1/2 pound of mushrooms, I added more rolled oats.

Used Jacob's Cattle beans, 1 t chili powder, 1t smoked paprika and curly parsley with the potato masher method. Worked well. They need to pressed together very well to be flipped without breaking; might have been more cohesive with the food processor. Liked' em. My first bean burger ever!