[recipe] Spicy Mexican Bean Burger

[Guest guest]

This is a very simple and tasty veggie burger

recipe I recently tried. These would make a great

main dish for Cinco de Mayo.

 

Spicy Mexican Bean Burger

 

16 ounce can of red kidney beans, drained and mashed

~ I have used black beans and pinto beans too

1/2 cup small onion, coarsley chopped

1/2 green pepper, coarsley chopped

1 carrot, steamed and mashed

1/8 cup picante sauce or salsa (spicy or mild to your taste)

1 cup bread crumbs

1/2 cup flour

1 tsp. black pepper (or to taste)

dash of chili powder

 

Mix all ingredients together. Add more flour to

create a firmer mixture, or more salsa if mixture

is too stiff. Form into balls and smash into patties.

These cook best in a pan with a bit of peanut oil

or butter... about 8 minutes or until both sides are

crispy brown.

Serve on a whole wheat bun with lettuce, tomato and

salsa.

yield: 8 - 10 burgers

 

~ PT ~

 

Be kind and tender to the Frog,

And do not call him names,

As " Slimy skin, " or " Polly-wog, "

Or likewise " Ugly James, "

Or " Gap-a-grin, " or " Toad-gone-wrong, "

Or " Bill Bandy-knees " :

The Frog is justly sensitive

To epithets like these.

No animal will more repay

A treatment kind and fair;

At least so lonely people say

Who keep a frog (and, by the way,

They are extremely rare).

~ a poem by Hillare Belloc entitled 'The Frog'