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Veggie bean burgers
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Veggie bean burgers

These budget-friendly kidney bean burgers have a gently smoky flavour and a crisp golden crust.

Prep
20 min
Cook
12 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy
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Gather

Ingredients

  • 2 tinkidney beans, 400 g tins, drained and rinsed
  • 1small carrot, finely grated
  • 2spring onions, finely sliced
  • 80 gbreadcrumbs
  • 1egg, beaten
  • 1 tspsmoked paprika
  • ½ tspsalt
  • 2 tbspvegetable oil
  • 4burger buns, halved
  • 4lettuce leaves, washed

Make

Method

  1. 1.

    Pat the beans dry and mash in a bowl, leaving a few small pieces for texture.

    4 minutes
  2. 2.

    Mix in the carrot, spring onions, breadcrumbs, egg, paprika and salt.

    3 minutes
  3. 3.

    Shape into four burgers about 2 cm thick and chill for 10 minutes.

    13 minutes
  4. 4.

    Heat the oil over a medium heat and fry the burgers for 5–6 minutes on each side, turning carefully, until golden and piping hot throughout.

    12 minutes
  5. 5.

    Serve in the buns with the lettuce.

    1 minutes