Don't knock 'em till you've tied em!
My handsome husband made up this recipe a while ago when we are craving the BBQ, but wanted a healthier (and even cheaper!) alternative to beef. He's made them a number of times since and has asked me to add the recipe to the blog!
Ingredients:
1 can corn
1 can chick peas
1 can black beans
A few pressed/minced cloves of garlic
1 egg
Breadcrumbs
Directions:
Drain and rinse canned ingredients (no need for the excess salt!); blend in food processor, along with garlic, in batches (as much as your food processor can handle at a time). Once combined and all mashed up, place in large bowl, add egg, and combine with well washed hands. Add breadcrumbs until 'batter' is able to stick together on it's own just like if you were making beef burgers.
Form into patties (about 10), BBQ, and enjoy!
Notes:
1) I like mine dressed with light mayo, Thai peanut sauce, a leaf of lettuce, and thin slices of bell pepper.
2) He usually only makes about 8 patties and forms the rest into meatballs - fantastic for a ground beef substitute in spaghetti!!
3) They freeze really well, so instead of BBQ all of them, just throw some ready-made patties in the freezer and treat just as you would frozen beef patties.
Sorry there's no pic... but I will add one next time we have 'em.
3 comments:
that's soo great!! I was wanting to pass on a legume recipe like that for one of my pts, but it's nice to know this one worked out....so this one I shall use!
Thanks!
Umm....Just so everyone knows... I'm not commenting on my own blog, that was another Candic. She's a dietitian, I'm just a nutritionist.
Love these. To help them stick together a little better I also coated the outside with breadcrumbs... this helps them brown a little bit more on the BBQ as well. Yummy
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