Quinoa Black Bean Burger Food

QUINOA BLACK BEAN BURGERS

Steps:

• Bring the quinoa and water to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the quinoa is tender and the water has been absorbed, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Roughly mash the black beans with a fork leaving some whole black beans in a paste-like mixture.
• Mix the quinoa, bread crumbs, bell pepper, onion, garlic, cumin, salt, hot pepper sauce, and egg into the black beans using your hands.
• Form the black bean mixture into 5 patties.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet.
• Cook the patties in the hot oil until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes per side.

BLACK BEAN-QUINOA BURGERS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine quinoa and 1 1/4 cup water seasoned with a dash of salt and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, cover, and reduce to medium-low heat to simmer for about 20 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed. When the quinoa is done, you should have about 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa.
• While waiting for the quinoa to cook, put the onion and sun-dried tomatoes in a medium-sized frying pan and cook for 3-4 minutes or until the onion is soft. The genius part of having the sun-dried tomatoes in this step is that there is no need to add any extra oil, as the the tomatoes should have enough oil still on them to cook up the onion.
• Add garlic, steak seasoning, 3/4 cup black beans, and 1/2 cup water (you can add a little more if you want, but I find that my burgers don't stay together very well using more water), stirring to combine.
• Simmer this mixture for about 5 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated (VERY important as the less liquid you have, the more likely the patties will stay together).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place hot mixture along with 3/4 cup cooked quinoa into food processor and pulse until smooth.
• Transfer blended mixture into a mixing bowl and stir in remaining 3/4 cup cooked quinoa and 3/4 cup black beans. You can choose to season with salt and pepper at this time, but I usually feel as if the steak seasoning is enough for my taste buds.
• Allow the mixture to cool a couple minutes, so you don't burn your hands during the patty-making process.
• Mold the mixture into 8 patties, or about 1/2 cup each by patting with hands.
• Place on greased baking sheet and bake for about 20 minutes.
• Flip burgers and bake for another 10 minutes (the outside should be crispier).
• Serve with desired toppings on buns or bread and enjoy!

QUINOA AND BLACK BEAN BURGER RECIPE

Steps:

• Mash beans in medium bowl until smooth. Add next 5 ingredients; mix well. Shape into 4 (1/2-inch-thick) patties.
• Cook in skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat 5 min. on each side or until heated through and evenly browned on both sides. Top with cheese; cook 1 min. or until melted.
• Fill buns with lettuce, tomatoes and burgers.