This healthy recipe for Asian Black Bean Burgers is full of flavor and perfect for food prep. The burgers are packed with protein and fiber and taste great with a salad for a gluten-free, vegan lunch!
**Post and photos updated 1/6/16**
Hi Friends!
It’s recipe time. I made these Asian Black Bean Burgers over the weekend and they were absolutely delicious. During my weekend prep, I almost always cooks a bag of black beans in my pressure cooker and freeze them to use during the week. I wanted to experiment with my usual black bean burgers and love Asian flavors so I decided to give them a shot!
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Here’s the recipe I used:
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This healthy recipe for Asian Black Bean Burgers is full of flavor and perfect for food prep. The burgers are packed with protein and fiber and taste great with a salad for a gluten-free, vegan lunch!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups black beans, cooked
- 3/4 c quinoa, cooked
- 2 Tbsp peanut butter
- 2 Tbsp thai chili sauce
- 2 tsp sriracha
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 – 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1/2 c carrots, shredded
- 1/4 c oat flour (or breadcrumbs if not gluten-free)
- Optional sauce: mix plain yogurt with thai chili sauce
Instructions
- Add black beans to a bowl and smash with a potato masher or fork.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Form mixture into 4-6 patties and place on greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, flipping once.
- Serve as desired and top with yogurt sauce if you want to!
I love making these as part of my Sunday food prep. I actually prefer eating them as leftovers versus fresh out of the oven.
I typically serve these burgers over a big salad with my favorite salad dressing, although the past few times I’ve made them I mixed together some plain yogurt and Thai chili sauce and smothered them in that – delicious! Here’s a great, vegan homemade Thai Chili Sauce recipe if you want to make your own.
Next time I have a party I’m going to try making them as mini meatballs and serving with the chili yogurt sauce!
Let’s chat: What’s your favorite flavor combo for a burger?
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I make black bean burgers from the Eat Clean Cookbook by Tosca Reno. I love the combo of PB, sunflower seeds and curry powder. These look great, my husband would love the extra chili kick!
oooh that combo does sound delish. i like anything with curry powder!
omg i love black bean burgers and itz been way too long since i’ve tried them! plus, i love asian flavors, so like you, this burger looks right up my alley! yum!
get on it girl!
Yum, that looks so good. And pretty straight forward to make!
yep! i try to keep things simple!
These look great. Ive never been a fan of black bean burgers but this one looks really good!
perhaps these will be the game changer 🙂
Those look delicious! I would’ve never thought of make them with quinoa. The slider version is a great idea!
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i like adding quinoa for more protein and it also helps them stick together!
Nice combo of flavors in this burger! I love any burger that has spice in it. Black bean burgers seem to be our go-to. But the combination of black bean, sweet potato and spices is what gets me!
yes…that is one of the best combos there is, for sure!
I’m def going to try this recipe this weekend! I also need to try making mine with quinoa because a lot of times when cooking, my bean burgers fall apart!
i’ve definitely found that quinoa helps mine stick together. that and chickpea flour
Oh boy, these sound great. The pb, the thai chili, so much yum!
i know, right?! and all in one burger!!! love
I love any burger that has a bit of a kick to it. These sound great! I think if I cooked them, I’d roast some peppers on the side as well. They’d go perfectly together!
omg that sounds delish!
Wow this looks delis. Sans the chili sauce. Not a huge spicy fan =/ I love my burgers with bbq sauce though. I had it in college and never looked back
you can definitely adjust for less spice!
Yummers! I like my burgers plain and simple…with a little BBQ sauce 🙂
oooh bbq is the best!
These look absolutely delicious, I can’t wait to try!
Mmmm loving these burgers, definitely pinning to try in the near future. I just realized I don’t dislike black beans like I previously thought I did so helll yeahhh 😉
same thing happened to me last year. i used to think i didn’t like black beans. now i eat them all the time!
These look great! My favorite combo for burgers is mushrooms and onions. I love to use ground turkey or ground beef, stuff them with sauteed onions and mushrooms and season with any sort of spice I can find. My all time favorite stuff burger: http://abetteryeartoabetterlife.com/2012/02/28/spinach-onion-artichoke-stuffed-burger/
love the idea of artichokes in a burger!
I love black bean burgers and these sound so good. I also love the idea of cooking black beans ahead of time and having them on hand–brilliant!
oh girl, you have to try it. i cook a bag every weekend and then freeze in individual bags so i can just pull them out and defrost or toss in meals during the week. so easy!
our favorite burger flavor combo – we love lentil and sweet potato veggie based burgers 🙂
yummmm! me too!
Ohhh this is a recipe I THINK I can actually get my husband to have an open mind about — he loves spice but has always shied away from veggie burgers. BUT since I won a bet, he has to try them for me as soon as I get around to making them for him. And with the sriracha in here, I think he’ll LOVE IT. I just pinned this for future reference, thank you friend! yum!
yay! feel free to add extra sriracha for good measure 🙂
These look great! I think my meat loving family may even give these a try!
wooo hoo! that’s what i like to hear!
i love these! i’ve gotten really into a sesame ginger dressing lately, so these burgers sound perfect. yum!
yep! that’s what i put on mine. SO GOOD
Ohhhh… do you deliver?
wish i could! hope you’re on the mend!
These look amazing! You wouldn’t have the nutritional info on these would you? I imagine that they are super healthy for you.
i don’t! but there’s a free recipe calculator from spark people that you can put the ingredients in to find out!
Thanks, Ill have to check it out and see if it fits into my calorie goal.
Serious yum! I’m adding this to next week’s menu plan. Just pinned, too!
wheeeeee! can’t wait to hear what you think!
Oh my! These are near perfection, the ingredients sound amazing.
thanks! i try to keep it simple!
These look amazing! I’m pinning it now 🙂 I think I even have all the ingredients!
yay! let me know if you try them!
I’m such a sucker for anything dubbed “Asian”.. I just love Asian favors. Will have to try these out sometime! Yum
haha me too! that’s why i put it in the title 🙂
OMG these look amazing girl! I love adding peanut butter to Asian dishes and that was just the perfect addition here!
the peanut butter was definitely key!
I am not a bean person but man that looks delish! I could take all the other stuff & use it with my extra lean ground turkey. 🙂
indeed you could!!
OMG- These look so YUM!!!
Thank you!
I love this because so many vegetarian burgers have southwestern flavors. This is a nice twist!
me too! it was something fun and different!
That looks so good. For me, I haven’t really tried any fancy burgers before. Now that I am trying to eat as healthy as possible and avoid processed foods, I am looking forward to trying new recipes such as this one.
I love burgers with mushrooms, onions, avocado & bacon. All wrapped up in lettuce! 🙂
Nice variation on a black bean burger! I have to admit that my favorite spicy veggie burger isn’t even my own, it’s store-bought: Trader Joe’s Vegetable Masala Burger. Sometimes I do make my own veggie burgers and stock up and freeze them, other times I let it be the easy store-bought meal from the freezer! And the TJ’s burgers are way less processed than some.
oooh those sound good!
These look delicious! I’m just wondering if they can be made ahead of time and frozen for later in the week? Thanks!!
Yum!! Always on the lookout for new bean or quinoa patties for lunches. I have a quinoa/sweet potato one in the current rotation, but I do love pulling out my bottle of Sriracha! I’m making these on Sunday.
yay! let me know what you think!
I made these on Sunday to use for lunches this week, and turned them into Asian Lettuce Wraps for my lunch today. They are delicious! Looking forward to trying more of your recipes.
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yay! i’m so glad you liked them!
I can’t wait to try this! What kind of thai chili sauce do you use? I’ve only been able to find sweet chili sauce. Is that okay?
yep that’s what i use!
Sounds like a delicious recipe. I have just one question. How do you recommend I cook the black beans before making these patties? Do you bake yours?
thank you!
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i cook mine in the pressure cooker. but you can also cook them in the crockpot or on the stove.
I ALWAYS whip up black bean burgers as a fast weeknight meal (and someone vegetarian/vegan that the boyfriend will eat!), but I’ve never made an Asian version! These sound SO delish! PINNED!
I love the Asian spin you put on these burgers. I’m always looking for a new veggie burger to make at home and these look perfect
I’m doing food prep this weekend for the first time (as part of my NY resolutions) and I think I will add these to my list! Thanks Lindsay!
I recently made pressure cooker burgers for the first time – a method I will continue to use! these flavors sound great!
These sound so delicious, all my favorite flavors. These will definitely be added to my meal prep plans! 🙂