Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers
Cooked sweet potatoes, black beans, brown rice, and smoky spices are combined and transformed into these hearty Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers! It’s a vegan and gluten free veggie burger recipe you’ll quickly fall for.
Servings: 6 burgers
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato (about 1 large sweet potato)
- 2 tbsp olive oil divided (half for sweet potato, half for frying)
- 1 cup cooked brown rice
- 1 cup black beans drained and rinsed
- 1/4 cup finely diced green onion
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup finely ground walnuts
- 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- buns
- avocado for serving
- sliced red onion for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°. Lightly grease a baking sheet with olive oil. Cut the sweet potato in half lengthwise, coat with a tiny bit of olive oil, and place facedown on the baking sheet. Bake for about 30 minutes, until fork tender and the sweet potatoes are cooked through. Remove from the oven and set aside. Alternatively, you can microwave the sweet potatoes to make this even faster.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl add the black beans and mash together. Then, add the brown rice, diced green onion, diced red onion, ground walnuts, cumin, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper and brown sugar. Mix everything together until combined.
- When the sweet potatoes are cooled, peel off the skin and add the flesh to a medium bowl and mash together. Then transfer the mashed sweet potato to the large bowl with the other ingredients and mix until everything is combined.
- Frying: Add the remaining olive oil to a large skillet and heat over medium-high. While it’s heating, form the mixture into 6 large burgers (approximately a heaping ¼ cup full). Cook the burgers on medium heat for about 3-4 minutes before flipping and repeating for another 3-4 minutes until the burgers are lightly browned.
- Cooking in the oven: spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.. Fill a ¼ cup measuring cup, then form into a burger shape, about 1 inch thick and place burgers on the prepared baking sheet. Cook the burgers at 375° for 15 minutes then flip the burgers over and continue cooking for another 12-16 minutes.
- Serve with buns, sliced red onion, avocado, lettuce, tomato, etc. and enjoy!
Notes
*Calories are per serving and are an estimation.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 397mg | Potassium: 247mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1706IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 2mg
