Easy Beet & Black Bean Burgers (Vegan)

A vegan beet black bean burger sits on brown paper. The burger is served in a sourdough bread bun, with lettuce, tomato and mayo.

4.95 from 18 votes

Easy Beet & Black Bean Burgers (Vegan)

Taking less than 30 minutes, this black bean beet burger recipe is made with simple pantry ingredients. Perfect when you want a good veggie burger, but a healthier one! Naturally gluten free too.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Total Time25

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, comfort food, gluten-free, healthy, vegan

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: burgers

Calories: 176kcal

Author: Elizabeth Emery

Ingredients

For the burgers

2 tablespoon ground flaxseed
1½ cups black beans, drained and rinsed (1 400ml can)
½ medium onion (finely diced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 small beet/beetroot, grated (about 1 heaped cup)
½ cup frozen sweetcorn
2 teaspoon coriander powder
2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves (or 1 teaspoon dried)
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
½ cup flour (gluten free if needed - I use brown rice flour)
2 tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
Avocado or grapeseed oil for frying

To Serve (all optional)

4 burger buns (gluten-free if required)
Vegan mayonnaise
3-4 Lettuce leaves, shredded
1-2 tomatoes, sliced
Microgreens or alfalfa sprouts
Slices of your favourite cheese or vegan mozzarella

Instructions

In a small bowl, mix ground flaxseed with 2 tablespoon cold water until well combined and thick. Set aside for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mash black beans with potato masher until broken down.
Add flaxseed, onion, garlic, beet, sweetcorn, coriander, thyme, paprika, flour and soy sauce to bowl, and mix well to combine. (If mixture feels too wet, add a little more flour.) Season with salt and pepper if needed.
Divide black bean mixture into 4 balls, and shape into burger patties about ¾-inch thick.
Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a large frying pan on medium heat. Fry burgers for 4-5 minutes each side until browned. (If pan isn't big enough, cook burgers in two batches.)
Serve immediately on burger buns with vegan mayo, lettuce leaves, tomato slices and any other favorite toppings. Enjoy!

Notes

Ground flax - ground chia also works as an alternative.

Onion - Be sure to chop the onion as finely as possible to avoid getting large uncooked chunks of it in burgers.

Gluten free - Gluten free flour works really well in this recipe. I personally use brown rice flour, but all purpose gluten free would also work great, as well as oat flour. I don't recommend using coconut or almond flour as they will give the burgers a strange taste/texture.

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