Spicy Bean Burger

Name: Spicy Bean Burger
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 potatoes; 1 beetroot; 1 carrot; 1 handful lentils; 1 can black beans; 1 can red kidney beans; 2 cloves garlic crushed; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp vegetable stock powder; 1 tsp cardamon pods; 2 tsp paprika; 1 tsp herbs de Provence (mixed dried herbs); 2 pinches dried chilli flakes; 3 handfuls plain white flower; Olive Oil; 4 Bread rolls; Goats Cheese

Ed Robinson @errm

Bath

I was trying to recreate a bean burger I had at a restaurant and came up with these. Getting the spices right is important, you want a little kick, but don't be tempted to add too much chilli as it will drown out the other flavours. Adding beetroot gives them a nice dark colour...

I prepared the mixture first thing in the morning popped it in the fridge, and then cooked the burgers at lunch time, yum!

Ed Robinson @errm

Bath

I prepared the mixture first thing in the morning popped it in the fridge, and then cooked the burgers at lunch time, yum!

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Ingredients

4 servings

2potatoes
1beetroot
1carrot
1 handfullentils
1 canblack beans
1 canred kidney beans
2 clovesgarlic crushed
1 tspsalt
1 tspvegetable stock powder
1 tspcardamon pods
2 tsppaprika
1 tspherbs de Provence (mixed dried herbs)
2 pinchesdried chilli flakes
3 handfulsplain white flower
Olive Oil
4Bread rolls
Goats Cheese

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Steps

1

Peal and chop up the potatoes, and put on to boil
2

Add the beetroot, carrot, and lentils
3

While you are waiting for the vegetables to cook get all the spices, herbs, stock powder and salt together and grind it all together.
4

Drain and wash the beans
5

Once the veggies are nice and soft drain the water, put the pan back on the hob for a minute or so the dry some of the moisture.
6

I used the hand blender to blitz the veg until it was smooth... You could do this with a potato masher if you wanted, its just harder work.
7

Add the beans, garlic and the spice, and then mix together by hand with a fork, you want to bash the beans up a bit, but not too much, as they give the burgers a nice texture.
8

Put the burger mixture into the fridge to cool down for at least an hour. This makes it much easier to form the patties and cook them.
9

If the mixture is a bit sticky you can add a few spoonfuls of to dry it out a bit. Form a ball of the mixture then squash it flat with your hands, dust the surface with flour. Fry on quite a hot heat. Wait for one side to get quite crispy before flipping as this helps to avoid the whole thing falling to bits. Before you serve add a pinch of salt to the top of a hot burger to taste.
10

Spread some goats cheese on a bun. If you want more cheese you can grill a little cheddar onto the other half of the bun.
11

Put the burger in the bun, serve with salad.