Black Bean Burgers with Kumara ‘Buns’, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes & Rocket
Our recipe below for Black Bean Patties only takes a few minutes and you get the benefit of knowing exactly what's gone into it. We've also shared our recipe for vegan lemon and herb mayonnaise – deliciously creamy yet much lighter than traditional mayonnaise with higher protein.
Ingredients
Kumara Buns
- 1 large orange kumara sliced
Thyme Roasted Tomatoes
- 6 vine tomatoes sliced into 1 cm rounds
- 1 sprig thyme leaves picked
- 1 clove garlic minced
Black Bean Patties
- 1 can black beans
- ¼ red onion finely diced
- 2 brown button mushrooms finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tsp each ground coriander & ground cumin
- 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
- 3 Tbsp chickpea flour
- ¼ cup wholemeal breadcrumbs
To Serve
- Large handful of rocket
- ¼ red onion thinly sliced
- ½ avocado sliced
- Vegan lemon & herb mayonnaise see recipe below
Vegan Lemon & Herb Mayo
- ½ block silken tofu about 150g
- Zest of half a lemon
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Small handful of herbs such as coriander, parsley or basil
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp wholegrain mustard
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
Burgers
- Prep and cook kumara 'buns'. Pre-heat oven to 220°C. Toss kumara rounds on a lined oven tray with a drizzle of olive oil. Season with salt and roast on lower oven rack for 25-30 minutes, until golden and tender.
- Prep and cook thyme roasted tomatoes. Arrange tomato sliced on a lined oven tray. In a small bowl, combine thyme leaves and garlic with 2 Tbsp olive oil. Drizzle thyme and garlic oil over tomatoes, season with salt and pepper and roast on rack above kumara for 20-25 minutes, until golden.
- Prep and cook black bean patties. Open the can of black beans and reserve 2 Tbsp of the brine in the can. Drain black beans and rinse with cold water. Place drained and rinsed black beans into a bowl and mash with a potato masher or fork. Add the 2 Tbsp of reserved black bean brine and the remaining patty ingredients to bowl along with ½ tsp salt. Mix until well incorporated (use your hands to mix everything together). Shape ¼ cups worth of the mixture into patties about 2 cm thick (they should be roughly the same size as the kumara rounds).
- Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium heat. Cook patties for 3-4 minutes each side, until browned and hot through. Add more oil to pan between batches when needed.
- Serve kumara rounds filled with the black bean patties, roasted tomatoes, rocket, red onion, avocado and a drizzle of vegan lemon herb mayo (or another vegan mayo alternative).
Vegan Lemon & Herb Mayo
- Blitz all ingredients together in a food processor or Nutra Bullet until smooth and creamy. Season to taste.
