Simon Hill

Mexican Black Bean Burger

Simon Hill
PREP 20 MIN
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COOK  20 MIN

Everything you love about burgers, yet all plant-based. Simon’s two essential ingredients to keep your black bean patty from falling apart: the chia magical egg (a gel formed by mixing chia seeds with water) and besan (chickpea) flour. For a crispier burger, you can fry in a skillet with a little oil.

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Number of servings
2
Ingredients

2 wholegrain/wholemeal rolls, medium (70g ea) (or gluten free) warmed or toasted & sliced in half

1⁄8 head of butter lettuce or lettuce of choice

1⁄2 green chilli (optional) thinly sliced

Burger Patties

1⁄2 tbs chia seeds

1 tbs water

25g button mushrooms chopped

1⁄8 red onion chopped

1 garlic clove minced

1⁄2 tin of black beans (400g tin) drained & rinsed

1⁄8 cup (17 1⁄2g) walnuts

3⁄4 tsp ground cumin or to taste

salt & pepper, to taste

1⁄4 cup (22 1⁄2g) chickpea flour (besan) or plain flour

Smashed Avocado

1⁄4 avocado (medium, 240g)

1⁄4 lime juiced

Tomato Salsa

1 medium tomato diced

1⁄4 red onion finely diced

1⁄4 bunch of fresh coriander (80g bunch) roughly chopped

1⁄2 jalapeño chilli deseeded & minced

1⁄4 lime juiced

Methodbased on 4 servings
1

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan-forced 160°C/gas 4 and line a baking tray with baking paper.

2

To make the patties, whisk chia seeds and water together and set aside for 3-5 minutes to thicken.

3

Heat a non-stick frypan over medium heat and saute mushrooms, onion and garlic for a few minutes. Transfer to a food processor with remaining burger ingredients, except flour. Add chia egg, season with salt and pepper and blend until smooth. Gradually add flour to reach desired consistency and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Once mixture is firm, shape into patties, transfer to baking tray and bake for 20 minutes.

4

Mash avocado and lime juice in a small bowl with a fork, adjust seasoning and set aside.

5

In another small bowl toss tomato salsa ingredients together, season and set aside.

6

Layer bottom half of the rolls with lettuce, patties, avocado, salsa, sliced green chilli (if using) and top half of the rolls to serve.

Nutritional Informationper serving

Energy (kJ)

1792 kJ / 428 cals

Protein

19.9 g

Fat

13.7 g

Sat. Fat

1.4 g

Carbs

46.8 g

Sugar

7.3 g

Fiber

18.4 g

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