Southwest Black Bean Burgers – 21 Day Fix Approved

A little break from being a carnivore for an evening (haha!)…these southwest black bean burgers – 21 Day Fix Approved, too! – were SO delicious and flavorful! This is one of the recipes from our grilling challenge! My teammate, Emily Berger found the recipe for this and I am SO happy she did! I adapted it for our tastes and BOOM. Basili was upset I didn’t make more! I doubled the recipe I used below so I wouldn’t second guess how much to make for next time! These will freeze well too! Prep them ahead of time and throw them on the grill, frozen, after a long day! 🙂 Easy peasy!

Would you believe this is the only photo I took? I served these with some lightly sautéed mini sweet peppers and zucchini seasoned with oregano and pepper. Topped with some avocado (and some cheese for the boys). When I am doing a dedicated round of the Fix or Fix Extreme, I like to eat all of my yellow containers BEFORE dinner – so I would have this as a lunch on the weekend vs at dinner. When I am not doing a ‘dedicated round’, I will still eat within my container/calorie bracket, but I am not AS strict with the times, it’s a lifestyle after all!

 

Angela McGowan

Spicy Black Bean Burgers

This recipe had my husband coming back for me and both kids cleared their plates! Little did they know, they were eating lots of veggies and beans for dinner! Sneaky mommy. 🙂
Print Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 16 oz cans black beans, drained & rinsed
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into 2 inch pieces
  • 1 cup green onions chopped
  • 6 T fresh cilantro chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 T chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tsp hot sauce
  • 1 cup quick cooking oats
Optional for Serving
  • 8 whole wheat thin buns 100 calories
  • 2 avocados sliced or mashed, your preference
  • 2 tomatoes sliced
  • Romaine lettuce leaves

Method
 

  1. Drain and rinse beans. Dry well.
  2. In medium bowl, mash beans with a fork until desired consistency is reached.
  3. In food processor, combine bell pepper, cilantro, onion & garlic and finely chop. Add oats, eggs and spices, finely chop.
  4. Add mixture to the beans and mix well.
  5. Divide mixture into 8 patties and place on foil or wax paper - add additional oats if mix is too runny
  6. Freeze at least 2 hours before grilling - these burgers will freeze well for several days before grilling - great for prep day!
  7. Grill over medium heat for 7-8 minutes on each side

Notes

21 Day Fix Counts:
1 Burger = 1 Yellow, 1/4 Green, 1/8 Red (seriously, don't count that)
Portion it out accordingly - the black beans are considered a YELLOW. NOT A RED. 🙂 According to what Autumn said at Super Saturday, this is simply based on the make up (macros) in black beans - they are simply more starchy even though they are a source of protein.
Adapted from Skinny Taste

2 Comments

    • I am so happy you enjoyed them, Dana!! 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to send feedback!

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