Black Bean Burgers

Ingredients

• 1 Black Beans
• 3 Baby Carrots
• ⅓ cup Sweet Onion
• ¼ cup Green Bell Pepper
• 1 tbsp Garlic
• 3 tbsp Chile-garlic Sauce
• 1 tbsp Cornstarch
• 1 tbsp Water
• 1 tsp Chili Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 1 tsp Seafood Seasoning
• ¼ tsp Salt
• ¼ tsp Black Pepper
• 2 slices Whole-wheat Bread
• ¾ cup Unbleached Flour

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
2. Mash black beans in a bowl. Add carrots, onion, bell pepper, and garlic mix well.
3. Whisk chile-garlic sauce, cornstarch, water, chili powder, cumin, seafood seasoning, salt, and black pepper together in a separate small bowl.
4. Stir chile-garlic sauce mixture into black bean mixture mix in bread crumbs. Stir flour, 1/4 cup at a time, into bean mixture until a sticky batter forms.
5. Spoon mounds of batter onto the prepared baking sheet, about a 3/4-inch thickness per mound shape into burgers.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until cooked in the center and crisp on the outside, about 10 minutes per side.