Food Hospital - Homemade Bean Burgers

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Homemade Bean Burgers

Makes 4 burgers

Prep time: 40 mins
Cook time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

1 red onion, peeled and chopped

2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped

Olive oil

A teaspoon of ground cumin

A teaspoon of smoked paprika

1 sweet potato, peeled

1 medium potato, peeled

1 tin of chickpeas

1 tin of kidney beans

The zest of 1 lemon

A small bunch of coriander, leaves picked and chopped

1 small courgette, grated

1 egg yolk

A small handful of breadcrumbs

Salt and pepper

To serve:

Tomato chutney

4 lettuce leaves

4 slices of tomato

4 wholemeal buns, toasted

Method

Heat a non stick pan, add a glug of olive oil, fry off the onion and garlic until soft and sweet, add the spices and fry for another minute. Then set aside.

Bring a large pan of water to the boil and add the sweet and normal potatoes and a pinch of salt, cook for 10-12 minutes until soft then mash with a little olive oil.

Put the mash and the onion mix in a bowl and add all the other ingredients, season well with salt and pepper then cool in the fridge.

Remove form the fridge and shape into 4 burgers, place on a baking tray and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

Drizzle the burgers with a little olive oil then bake in the oven for 25 minutes until golden brown.

Serve in toasted buns with lettuce, tomato and a good heaped spoonful of the chutney.