I love making black bean burgers, but most of the time I am spicing them up and adding a Mexican twist. When I came across this recipe from Inspiring Healthy Living, I was eager to try Greek style black bean burgers, and boy were they good! Instead of using Greek yogurt for the tzatziki (I only had flavored ones on hand), I used my favorite organic lactose free sour cream.
Making “bread crumbs” out of the oats
Combining all of the ingredients.
With a sprinkle of feta on top!
These burgers were delicious!
Greek Black Bean Burgers
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Ingredients
- Black Bean Burgers:
- 1/3 medium red onion, cut into wedges
- 1 can (15-oz.) no-salt-added black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 tsp organic olive oil
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 2 cloves garlic
- Pinch of salt
- 1 large organic egg
- 1/2 cup organic whole grain oats (whole wheat breadcrumbs are also fine)
- Homemade Tzatziki:
- 250 g plain organic Greek yogurt (I used organic lactose free sour cream)
- 1 organic cucumber, grated and squeezed to remove excess liquid
- 1-2 cloves of garlic, grated
- Lemon juice, to taste
- organic Olive oil, to taste
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- To make the burgers, add the onion wedges to a food processor and chop. Add the black beans and pulse until the beans are partially smashed. Pour the bean and onion mixture into a bowl and mix in the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, parsley, garlic, salt and egg. Feel free to add more olive oil if the mixture seems too dry.
- Add the oats to the food processor and process until they look like breadcrumbs. Add the processed oats to the bean mixture and stir until well-combined. Using your hands, form the mixture into 4 equally-sized patties. The original recipe said to stack the patties with a piece of wax paper in between each, and place into a freezer bag or container and freeze for at least 2 hours before cooking. I didn’t plan that far ahead, and only chilled them in the fridge for about 20 minutes before cooking. Once they were ready, I pan fried the burgers in a little bit of olive oil until the outside is brown and slightly crisp.
- While your burgers are in the fridge/freezer or are cooking, prepare the tzatziki sauce. Simply combine the yogurt, grated cucumber, grated garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt in a small bowl.
- My husband and I decided to go bunless and ate these with with a fork and knife. I added some grape tomatoes, cucumbers, and feta cheese on the top, and served it with a tomato and cucumber salad on the side.