Jamie Oliver’s Vegetarian Black Bean Burgers
Updated Jan. 23, 2020

- Total Time
- 1 hour
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Ingredients
- 1½red onions
- ½pound mixed fresh mushrooms
- 3½ounces rye bread, torn into ½-inch pieces (about 2½ cups)
- 1(15-ounce) can black beans, drained and roughly mashed with a fork
- 1teaspoon ground coriander, plus more for dusting
- Kosher salt and black pepper
- Olive oil, as needed
- 2ounces sharp Cheddar, grated (about 1 cup)
- 4large brioche rolls, potato rolls or burger buns
- 4ounces cherry tomatoes, chopped (about 1 cup)
- 1lime
- Chipotle hot sauce, as needed
- 1ripe mango
- 1ripe avocado
- ¼cup plain yogurt
- 4fresh cilantro sprigs
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Peel and roughly chop 1 onion, then place it in a food processor. Add the mushrooms and pulse until just finely chopped. (Be careful not to overprocess into a paste.) Transfer mixture to a large bowl and wipe out the bowl of the food processor. Add torn bread to the processor, pulse until it forms fine crumbs, then transfer crumbs to the mushroom mixture.
- Step 2
Add black beans and coriander, season well with salt and pepper, then mix together until thoroughly combined. Divide into 4 equal portions and shape into 1-inch-thick patties. Rub all over with oil and dust with ground coriander, then place on an oiled baking sheet.
- Step 3
Roast patties until dark and crisp, 35 to 45 minutes. Sprinkle the burgers with the Cheddar. Let burgers cool slightly to firm up. While the burgers cool, transfer the buns to the hot oven and heat for a few minutes until toasted.
- Step 4
Meanwhile, peel and very finely chop the remaining ½ onion. Transfer to a medium bowl. Add the tomatoes. Zest the lime on top, then halve the lime and squeeze lime juice on top, to taste. Add a few shakes of hot sauce and season with salt and pepper to taste. Pit, peel and finely slice the mango and avocado.
- Step 5
Spread the yogurt on the bases of the rolls or buns, then top with half the salsa, the mango and the avocado. Add the burgers, the remaining salsa, extra Tabasco and cilantro leaves, then pop the lids on, press down lightly and serve immediately.
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I made this recipe for my family and we all loved it! I’m only 13 years old and I think that it is really easy to do and it taste good. I’m a really picky person and in my opinion it tasted really good
I have a recipe for Really Awesome Black Bean Burgers from SeriousEats that starts with putting the canned, rinsed, drained black beans on parchment paper in the oven to dry them out. Then they are pulsed to 1/3 inch in the food processor. Those who don't like the softness of Jamie's burgers may want to try that. My husband prefers the SeriousEats burgers to beef! You might want to google them (they are a bit more complicated to make than these, but they make 8 burgers and freeze well.)
As mushrooms contain so much water I'm going to make these by first roasting the mushrooms - this should help with the moisture issue.
Was good except for too many onions. If I make it again, I will reduce the amount of onions by half.
These were good. I was preemptive (a policy I do not support in military action) and added the egg as someone recommended. Love the pairing: toasted bun, yogurt, tomato mixture, and avocado.
This is so good topped with….bacon