Name: Spicy Black Bean and Beet Burgers
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 15 oz cooked black beans; 1 cup cooked brown rice; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp homemade taco seasoning - see recipe below; 1 beet raw, peeled and grated; 1 carrot, raw, peeled and grated; ½ yellow onion finely diced; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 3 garlic cloves, minced; ¼ tsp Morton's lite salt; black pepper to taste; 3 tbsp ground cumin; 2 tbsp chili powder; 2 tbsp sweet or smoked paprika; 2 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp crushed red pepper; makes 1/2 cup

15 oz cooked black beans

1 cup cooked brown rice

1 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp homemade taco seasoning - see recipe below

1 beet raw, peeled and grateduse food processor if you have one, wear rubber gloves

1 carrot, raw, peeled and grateduse food processor if you have one

½ yellow onion finely diced

2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

2 tbsp tomato paste

3 garlic cloves, minced

¼ tsp Morton's lite salt

black pepper to taste

Taco Seasoning

3 tbsp ground cumin

2 tbsp chili powder

2 tbsp sweet or smoked paprika

2 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp crushed red pepper

makes 1/2 cup

Preheat the oven to 400 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. If you are going to cook today. These are freezable for 3 months.

get out your food processor and pulse the cooked black beans and rice until thoroughly combined. It should look like chop-meat. Transfer to a medium bowl. Set aside

Heat a medium skillet over medium heat , then add the oil. Add the taco Seasoning and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 1 minute.

add the beet, carrot, and onion and cook, stirring often until the vegetables are soft. About 5 minutes.

Add the vinegar, tomato paste, and garlic and cook until the tomato paste has darkened and thickened, about 3 minutes. There should be almost no moisture left in the pan. If there is, use a slotted spoon when transferring the vegetables in the next step to avoid soggy burgers.

Remove from the heat and add he salt; season with pepper to your liking. Add the vegetable mixture to the bean and rice mixture. Stir until thoroughly combined.

Put on rubber gloves, your are dealing with beets.

Get a small lid that has a lip. I have included a photo. You want the burgers to be even for even cooking.

Weigh out 8 ounces and mold to the lid. You should have 8, eight ounce patties

You can cook right away or freeze for 3 months.
If cooking place burgers on parchment paper and bake for 30 minutes then flip and cook for another 10 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet. Do not move hot.