Mexican Bean Burgers Recipes

Steps:

• Steam carrot until soft.
• Mash beans and carrot in a large bowl. Mix in green pepper, onion, salsa, bread crumbs, and whoe wheat flour. Add more flour to create a firmer mixture or more salsa if the mixture is too stiff.
• Form mixture into patties.
• Bake at 425* for 15-20 minutes or until browned.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Mash with a potato masher until mashed well and thoroughly combined.
• Divide mixture into 8 balls.
• Form each ball into a thick patty.
• (This is easier if you wet your hands first.) Fry burgers in a skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray (or lightly greased).
• Cook until browned on both sides, turning several times.
• Serve on buns with toppings of your choice.

Steps:

• Heat oil in skillet over medium heat.
• Add onions, carrots, corn and chopped green pepper.
• In the meantime, place beans in a large bowl.
• Sauté until vegetables are bright in color.
• Add vegetables to beans, blend with hand mixer.
• Add remaining ingredients, adding more flour to create a firmer mixture, or more salsa if mixture is too stiff.
• Form into balls and smash into patties.
• Place on pieces of waxed paper and stack in Tupperware.
• Place about 5 sliced olives in middle of patty, smash to seal them inside.
• To heat, spray each burger with cooking spray.
• Heat over medium heat and cook until browned on one side.
• Flip and drop a few drops of hot sauce on burger if desired.
• I serve these with salsa, chopped onions and a cheese slice on a toasted burger bun (toast the face in the same skillet used for the burger).