Quinoa Black Bean Burgers
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Ingredients
Quinoa Black Bean Burgers
- 3/4 cup quinoa, dry (roughly 1 1/2 cup cooked quinoa)
- 1 16 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 small onion
- 3 dates, medjool; pitted
- 1 tsp paprika, sweet
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- salt and pepper
Smokey Tomato Sauce
- 1 large can tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tbsps apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsps soy sauce
- 1 tbsps sugar, organic, raw cane brown; or maple syrup
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 tbsps ginger, fresh grated (optional)
- 1 tsp paprika, sweet
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Quinoa Black Bean Burgers:
- Cook the quinoa according to instructions on the package and let cool slightly. Fluff with a fork and make sure it’s quite dry or strain on a sieve until all water drains through. (It’s great to use leftover quinoa for this recipe!)
- In a food processor, process 1/2 of the beans with 1/2 the quinoa.
- Add in the chopped onion, dates, paprika, cayenne popper, soy sauce and process until combined.
- Turn off the food processor and stir in the remaining beans and quinoa.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven and prepare a baking dish lined with parchment paper.
- Scoop a heaping tablespoon of the mixture into your hands and form patties and place on the parchment paper.
- Continue with all the mixture.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F. for about 30 minutes, turning over halfway.
Smokey Tomato Sauce:
- Add the tomatoes with juice into a medium saucepan and heat on medium low heat.
- Stir in all the ingredients: vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, olive oil, ginger, paprika and cover and cool over low heat until thickened, about 15 minutes.
- Turn off heat and let stand for another 15 minutes. (the sauce will continue to thicken).
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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