Red Bean-BBQ Burgers

Happy hump day! Last night for supper I made some red bean-bbq burgers that were out of this world. I'm serious...so far these are the best bean burgers that I have made. I used to love bbq before I became a vegan. These remind me so much of bbq. If your from the south, then you know what I am talking about. :o)

Jillian Michaels, from The Biggest Loser, posted a jalapeno-red bean-bbq burger recipe on facebook a while back. I thought it sounded good, so I printed it off. The original recipe called for an egg white, so I decided to do a chia egg in place of that. I made a couple of other changes to the recipe, so I'll share with you what I did. First, let me tell you that when I cook bean burgers, they never seem to turn out like the picture in the recipe. The picture below doesn't do the burgers justice.

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon olive oil

1/2 cup onions (chopped)

1/2 cup tomatoes (chopped) I used the last of my fresh Roma's

1 clove garlic (minced)

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 (15 ounce) can light red kidney beans (rinsed and drained)

1/4 cup dry wheat bread crumbs

1 tablespoon wheat germ

2 tablespoons barbecue sauce

1 chia egg (I did 1 teaspoon chia seeds to 3 teaspoons of water)

Directions:

Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion, tomato, garlic and chili powder. Saute for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, coarsely mash the beans in a bowl.

Add in onion mixture, breadcrumbs, barbecue sauce, and the chia egg (I mixed 1 teaspoon of chia seeds with 3 teaspoons of water and let that sit for about 5 minutes before adding it to the mixture).

Shape into 4-6 balls (depending on how large you want your bugers), and place in the freezer for about 15 minutes. To me, this helped them to stay together better when I flattened them out into patties.

Heat a little olive oil in a nonstick skillet and cook the burgers for about 5 minutes on each side (until golden brown). I'm sure I cooked mine a little longer, because they aren't too golden. :o)

I had mini burgers last night with tater babies. The only thing I put on my little burgers last night was lettuce. I just couldn't get over how good they were without all the toppings.

~Peace~