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Perfect Black Bean Burgers (GF)

I wrote about these beefy-but-meatless burgers many moons ago. And yesterday, because I was hungry, I filmed the easy recipe for you! Included in the video is my nifty trick for skillet-toasting a hamburger bun or English muffin. Ready to watch? Click the play arrow:

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Perfect Black Bean Burgers

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 4 bean burgers

Inexpensive and hearty, these bean burgers are perfect for a fast weeknight meal. Feel free to alter the seasonings to suit your taste buds.

Ingredients

  • 2 (15.5 oz) cans plain black beans, drained and rinsed under cold water
  • 1/4 - 1/3 cup minced red, yellow or white onion
  • 1 cup seasoned dried bread crumbs (seasoned gluten-free crumbs will work as well)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • Olive oil and butter for frying
  • Optional for serving: English muffins, lettuce greens, sliced red onion, and mayonnaise and/or ketchup

Instructions

  1. Put the drained and rinsed beans in a large bowl. Add the onion, bread crumbs, spices, and egg. Mix with hands, crushing some of the beans as you go. Form the mixture into 4 patties.
  2. Warm the olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. When the butter melts, add the bean patties, and let them cook until nicely browned on the bottom -- about 5 minutes. Flip the patties over, cover the skillet, and cook until brown and hot -- about 5 minutes.
  3. Serve on toasted English muffins, along with mayonnaise, lettuce greens, and red onion.
https://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2018/01/perfect-black-bean-burgers-gf/

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Comments

  1. 1

    Kevin, since we first saw this recipe when you initially published it, this has become our go-to veggie burger! It is an awesome recipe and I hope others will try it. And it’s so easy!

  3. 3

    FYI you video says to add “red onion” – your recipe says yellow or white onion. No big deal but thought you might want to know.

  5. 5

    Kevin, thank you so much for this recipe. I am a vegetarian as well as my granddaughter who lives with me. These look delicious and I will be preparing them for our dinner this evening. Enjoy many of your recipes and prepare them frequently. Thank you again, have a lovely Sunday.

  6. 6

    I am drooling on my iPad right now. I can hardly wait to go shopping for the ingredients!
    Thanks Kevin!

  7. 7

    I looked up your ketchup recipe on your site. Looks delish. Will be making it tomorrow(don’t have all the ingredients on hand). I love ketchup and this just might be a healthier version of store bought. Have to try the black bean burgers. They look great. Thank you!!

  8. 8

    Thanks this looks delicious and I will try it. I would also be interested in your ketchup recipe.

  9. 9

    This is my all time favorite of your recipes. I also make it into small “meatballs” and use with spaghetti. The recipe freezes well too. I make up a batch and take it out as I need it. Of course, your ketchup recipe recipe doesn’t hurt it either. That also freezes well.

  10. 10

    We made these a few times after your post and will have a o add them back to our repertoire. Along with the chicken polpetines. Thank you for such delicious recipes.

  11. 11

    Sounds delicious! On another note, what must we do to preserve our poinsettias so they will look as beautiful next year?? I live in FL so keep them alive but the leaves are only a fraction of the size as the new ones I buy at Christmastime. Thanks for any tips! (Hope you are still considering adopting another pup to love )

  13. 13

    Hi, Kevin — I was so glad to see this video. I’ve made bean burgers in the past and really liked them, BUT I had used my food processor which is one of the things that went away in my recent huge downsizing. So I was really delighted to see this version that just smashed everything together by hand!! Also loved the method for toasting the English muffin — interestingly, I was planning on some burgers today at lunch (have some leftover ground beef mixed with chopped scallion, sun-dried tomato, and bleu cheese that I need to use) and without any buns on hand was thinking of using English muffins. And, YES, would love your ketchup recipe!

  14. 14

    Kevin-I am making these burgers for lunch. I have always been timid about making a bean burger; your video made it look possible. I would love your recipe for homemade ketchup.

    I am a novice gardener, and would like to try my hand at an asparagus patch. I am inundated with information. Do you have any suggestions as to which crowns to purchase. and any tips in starting this bed? I live in zone 6b.
    Thank you,
    I love your posts and videos.
    Meg

  15. 15

    Outstanding recipe. This is my go to bean burger recipe. I’ve tried many, but found this easy recipe to be the best – easiest to make and – outstanding taste. thanks

  17. 17

    The Bean Burger looks delicious…. Do teach us how to make
    ketchup……. Have never even thought about making it. I used to
    make mayonnaise for chicken salad long years ago…… Thanks !!

  19. 19

    Excellent recipe – black beans, the most used staple in my kitchen – very little red meat in my kitchen. I like the idea of toasting the English muffin with the mayo. Will have them this week.
    Thank you once again.

  20. 20

    I love black beans and can’t wait to try the burgers. I canned homemade ketchup many years ago.
    Would love to try making yours. Love your videos, its like having you in my kitchen!

  21. 21

    Can’t wait to try these. Will use white or yellow onions, thought because red onions are major migraine trigger for my husband. We have tried many commercial vegetarian burgers in the past, but the texture was just….off, at best, and unpleasant at worst.

  23. 23

    Love the cook book! I’m going to try this burger recipe. Could I bake the black bean burger ?
    Thanks again!

  24. 24

    These look scrumptious. Cannot wait to try them Would really like the homemade ketchup recipe. Thx, Kevin.

  25. 25

    I love black beans. Looking forward to trying this recipe although I will leave the crushed red pepper out.
    I would like the ketchup recipe. Always good to know how to DIY. May decide it’s better not to buy premade.

  26. 26

    These look great! We made your English Muffins before so we plan to be ambitious and make both. I am also looking for any help or advice for transforming my lawn on a budget. We tried your boxwood hedge and it was super.

  28. 28

    Wow, Kevin. These look delicious. They are going on my list to make soon. I would love to have the ketchup recipe, because I want to regulate the sugar… Thanks, in advance.

  29. 29

    Wow. Your cooking videos and recipes are so wonderful, Kevin! I have tried several and they have turned out nicely. I have never felt very successful in the kitchen up to now but you are a great teacher, complete with your touches of humor, which totally crack me up. I am empowered to try new things! And I love your gardening advice, too. Thank you, thank you!! I look forward to each new installment. Janis

  30. 30

    I always enjoy your videos. The bean burgers look delicious. BTW, I just gave myself a well earned gift….I ordered your book and can’t wait to dive into it.

  33. 33

    This recipe is wonderful as are all of your recipes. I haven’t seen your cookbook yet, but am looking forward to it.

    I would love your ketchup recipe.

  34. 34

    I’ve been making these bean burgers since you first posted the recipe, and as I responded at that time, they are FANTASTIC! So quick, easy, and scrumptious. You’ve also turned me into an English muffin fan, though I haven’t yet tried your recipe for making my own (or homemade ketchup, for that matter, but all in good time…).
    Today, though, I have to thank you for your video and the muffin-toasting tip – terrific! I’ll be following it when I next make the bean burgers.
    Thanks for all you do to make life more delicious!

  35. 35

    My daughter and I love these. We started making these when the recipe first came out and it’s one of her go-to meals for a college girl on the run. We make extra and just reheat later, delicious!

  36. 36

    These look amazing. I am definitely going to try them this week. I will also forward the recipe to my kids. Thank you!

  37. 37

    I can’t wait to try this, especially the muffins fried in mayo – that sounds heavenly. 🙂
    Next time, try Big Al’s “Smoking Hot Paprika” (aka “The Cure”) I sent you. I’ll use it in my version since I use it in everything.
    Lots of love to you,
    Big Al

  38. 38

    Made these burgers this evening. Yumm!! Please post your ketchup recipe, I bet it’s terrific.
    -Michelle

  40. 40

    Kevin, I have made your delicious black bean burgers several times. I flash freeze them, then pull one out of the freezer, heat it and arrange it on an English muffin exactly as you recommend (sometimes I’ll add a tomato slice). Love ’em! Another thing I love is your cookbook! All your hard work produced a beautiful book – I hope you sell millions!

  41. 41

    I have wanted to try this for so long but was afraid it was too complicated. Your video changed all that! I made them that very day and they were the best I’ve ever had! Really, so good! Thanks

  42. 42

    These burgers look fabulous! I can’t wait to try them. Simple is good – and much easier than pulling out the food processor. Definitely need the ketchup recipe to finish them off 🙂 Love the Mayo toasting tip, it’s also good to use when putting a bread crumb crust on items to be baked. FYI – Purchased the cookbook in December, haven’t had time to really sit and read it (every time I had time set aside something or someone interrupted) but the pictures are lovely. Keep on cooking and providing such great recipes and gardening tips and ideas. Hugs from Willow Grove PA.

  43. 43

    Kevin,
    I just watched the video and will make these tonight. I would love the ketchup recipe. I hope you don’t mind me asking how are you holding up after the loss of Lilly? I wish you all the best. When and if your ready I breed the most amazing Shih Tzus.

  45. 45

    LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR KETCHUP RECIPE. I LIKE THE VIDEO AND THE ‘BURGER’ MADE ME HUNGRY! SO DINNER MENU SOLVED. THANK YOU.

  46. 46

    I just watched your Black Bean Burger video and then watched your Homemade Ketchup video, and enjoyed them both. Those two combined would be so yummy. Thanks for the tip about toasting the English muffins. That is a great idea to put the Black Bean Burger on a English muffin rather than the usual burger bun. As usual, you always give us great recipes to try, Kevin.

  47. 47

    Can’t wait to try this. It looks sooooo yummy! Do you think it will make a difference if I use seasoned Panko breadcrumbs? I second Emiy Delaney’s comment, “Love your videos, it’s like having you in my kitchen!”
    Thank you.

  49. 49

    Kevin are you sure you meant 2 15.5 oz cans of Goya black beans? It seems the cans in the video are smaller then the 15.5 oz cans of Goya that I used? When I followed your recipe it made 8 patties? Either way I’m really looking forward to eating my burgers and having another delicious recipe for the future

  51. 51

    Hi Geoff – Yes, two 15.5 oz cans. I make these burgers at least once each week. Number of burgers depends on how big you make them — mine are enormous, hence just four.

  52. 52

    I have made these burgers over and over since I first saw them on your blog. They are terrific!!! I make a double batch, fry them all, and keep them in the fridge for a quick go-to meal. I have served them to 3 different batches of friends and given the recipe away many times and EVERYONE loves them. Thank you for my new favorite meatless meal.

  54. 54

    Our 9 year old granddaughter announced last year she was a vegetarian! No problem, for her parents because they do not eat much meat, but when she and her two sisters are here in Illinois with us, there is always enough for her to eat w/o meat. Soon they will arrive here for an entire week and I CAN’T WAIT TO MAKE THESE BLACK BEAN BURGERS FOR EVERYONE!! They look luscious.

  55. 55

    Mucho thanks for the stellar vege recipe…have book-marked it! Keep those vege. recipes coming..love them! Cheers….Valerie 🙂

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