vcon black bean burgers

homemade black bean burgers with fire roasted jalapenos, a chipotle aioli, lettuce, onions on a widmer hefeweizen bun. a black bean and couscous herbed salad served on romaine. basil & rosemary grilled corn.





Vcon black bean burgers
Ingredients:
2 cups black beans, cooked or 1 15oz. can rinsed and strained
1/2 cup Vital Wheat Gluten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 tablespoon Tomatoes Paste or ketchup
1/4 cup Water
2 tablespoons Olive Oil (if you’re going to sauté them)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cumin
1/2 small Onions
2 cloves Fresh Garlic
salt and pepper
¼ cup finely chopped cilantro (optional)

Mash the beans with a fork in a mixing bowl, not to the point of puree but to the point of no whole beans left. Add wheat gluten, bread crumbs, chili powder, tomato paste, water, cilantro, cumin but don’t mix yet. Mince garlic or press garlic into mix. Grate onions in using a cheese grater. Mix ingredients with fork and then knead with hands.

Turn out onto cutting board and cut into 4 or 6 even sizes pieces then roll into balls and then flatten into patties.

At this point you could sauté the patties in a pan, broil them in the oven, or grill them over medium heat. I suggest grilling.

Veg Exp Black bean and couscous salad
Ingredients:
1 cup couscous
1 15 oz. can black beans rinsed and strained
1 large celery stalk
1 colored bell pepper
¼ cup chopped green olives
½ cup chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp chopped fresh dill
several fresh mint leaves chopped
2 scallions, green parts only, finely chopped
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp ev olive oil
salt and pepper
lettuce leaves to serve on

combine the couscous with 2 cups boiling water in a container with a lid and let stand covered for 10 minutes. At the end of 10 minutes remove lid and stir. Let couscous cool for 5-10 minutes.

Combine couscous with all other ingredients except lettuce and mix well. Serve over lettuce.

Corn
Ingredients:
2 ears corn
rosemary
basil
salt and pepper
margarine

peel back the husk on the corn and remove the hair. Rinse corn. Sprinkle with herbs and salt and pepper and put one tbsp margarine in then reclose husk around corn and wrap in foil. Grill until ready.