Vegetarian Spicy Black Turtle Bean Burgers have added sweetcorn, Cheddar cheese, sriracha and coriander etc. So delicious, even meat eaters will love them!
The other day I came across a bag of black turtle beans that had recently gone out of date at the back of my cupboard.
I’d been sent them last year and at the time I created some delicious Flavours of Brazil Turkey Burgers with Bacon and Pineapple.
So a huge wave of guilt came over me for allowing the beans to languish unloved for all this time.
They looked in pristine condition so I decided that the best course of action would be to cook them all and then I could use them to make something and freeze the rest for another day.
So after a 12-hour soak, I boiled the beans up and after a busy day didn’t feel in the mood for cooking but knew I had to do something.
So I decided to make Spicy Black Turtle Bean Burgers as I’d made chickpea ones before which were delicious.
I started Googling recipes and just grew a little frustrated as they all seemed to mention frying onions first for 10 minutes and adding them to the burgers.
I wasn’t in the mood for a lot of fuss so decided to work on the principle that these were like Frikadeller which uses grated onion.
Then I just needed to add some flavour which came in the form of sweetcorn, sriracha sauce (a new favourite here), cayenne pepper and some chopped coriander.
To make these burgers extra yummy I decided to add some grated mature cheddar.
I was tempted to taste the raw mixture but as it contained raw egg I decided against it so had to wait until the burgers had cooked to know if they were any good.
Well, I needn’t have worried as my family loved them. My hubby even said he preferred them to beef burgers (a closet vegetarian perhaps)?!
I was going to put the rest of the beans in the freezer but I’ve been asked if we can have them again tonight which suits me as I have the rest of a large tin of sweetcorn to use up.
These burgers are so easy to make and much healthier than a beef burger! I know we will be having these often now as they’re such a hit.
Using a bag of beans is much cheaper than buying them tinned and I would advise cooking the whole bag up and freezing what you don’t use which saves on your fuel bill.
More Recipes Using Black Turtle Beans
I do hope you make these quick and easy Spicy Black Turtle Bean Burgers as I can’t recommend them highly enough and if you do cook up a whole bag of black turtle beans then here are some ideas of how to use the rest:
- Flavours of Brazil Turkey Burgers with Bacon & Pineapple
- Veggie Packed Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup
- Chipotle Black Bean Burgers
- Barbecue Beef Feijoada with Spicy Sweetcorn
- Vegetarian Encheladas
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Spicy Black Turtle Bean Burgers
Equipment
- 1 small glass bowl
- 1 small whisk
- 1 Chopping Board
- 1 cook’s knife
- 1 medium non-stick frying pan
- 1 set or measuring spoons
- 1 Garlic crusher
- 1 mini blender
- 1 Grater
- 1 plastic spatuler
Ingredients
- 400 g Cooked black turtle beans 200g raw weight (or just under 2 tins of black beans)
- ½ Egg lightly beaten
- ½ Red onion large, grated
- 2 Cloves garlic crushed
- 165 g Tin of sweetcorn
- 1 Slice of wholemeal bread whizzed into breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaf (cilantro) I used frozen
- 50 g extra mature Cheddar cheese grated
- 1 tbsp sriracha sauce or to taste hot chilli sauce
- ½ tsp cayenne Pepper
- Salt & Pepper
- flour for dusting
- 125 ml rapeseed oil
Instructions
- Put 300g of the beans in a bowl and blend to a paste with a stick blender (or use a food blender).
- Next mix in beaten egg and grated onion to loosen the mixture.
- The add all the other ingredients (except the oil) including the rest of the black beans and mix well with a wooden spoon until you have a large ball of paste.
- Divide the paste into 4 equal portions and make into patties on a well floured surface to coat the burgers.
- Heat the oil in a pan and fry for 5 – 8 minutes per side until cooked through and golden.
- Serve with extra sriracha sauce, burger buns and a salad.
Sarah
Great veggie recipe, I’ll be substituting chick peas (as it’s what I have in my stock cupboard) and seeing how it goes!
Camilla
I bet they will be fine as I’ve made chickpea burgers before that were lush:-)
Elizabeth
I absolutely love the sound of this recipe! Perfect meat free BBQ fare! Thank you for sharing with the No Waste Food Challenge 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth, think you’d need some kind of clamp to put them on the BBQ or they would fall apart.
Vivien Baird
They sound delicious, better thank plain bergers
Camilla
Thanks Vivien, they are fab:-)
Ursula Hunt
These go down a treat with my bbq friends
Camilla
Really, I wondered how they’d turn out on a BBQ without the oil to crisp up the outside so I expect the cheese steps in then to make up for the lack of oil then:-)
Jen
I’ve not cooked with black beans for ages, quite often veggie burgers can be much nicer than meat burgers so I;m not surprised the family loved them.
Camilla
Yes beef burgers seem quite boring in comparison now!
Helen @Fuss Free Flavours
Lovely veggie burgers Camilla, I really like black beans and on the whole prefer veggie burgers to meaty ones any day.
Camilla
Thanks Helen, so do we now:-)
Lilinha Espindula
Yummy, the black bean burgers sound delicious. I love the fact they are spicy and made with healthy pulses!
Camilla
Thanks Lilnha, they were so good:-)
Lucy @ BakingQueen74
these are right up my street, and I bet my family (except the meat-loving husband!) would love them too!
Camilla
Lucy my hubby couldn’t be a bigger carnivore and he actually preferred these burgers to beef ones as they are so tasty – so you never know!
claire toplis
These look utterly amazing and very easy to make as well
Camilla
Thanks Claire, they really are a good effort to glory ratio:-)
Notmyyearoff
Are the turtle beans also known just as black beans? I’ve not heard of Turtle beans before! 🙂
Camilla
Hi yes, I think when you buy them dried they call them by their full name and I’ve noticed the tinned ones just say black beans – one and the same:-)