This Healthy Black Bean Sweet Potato Burger is really easy, extra's are freeze able for later, really healthy and full of flavor! Vegan and Gluten Free
I can't believe it's already the second week of November! I know time flies by fast but...is it just me? Or doesn't it seem to go faster October-December? Then it draggggs on until spring when the weather warms back up? Do you agree? Or am I just talking crazy here?
Anyways! I loveee this burger guys and gals! 😉 It's so simple to make, it takes a bit of prep but you can make a double batch and store them in the freezer for up to a month and when your ready just heat them in a fry pan until warm and crispy on the outside!
I like to make a big batch of these so they can be ready for dinner! Sometimes I eat them on a bun as a burger and other times I just eat them over a big salad! These really are a super fast meal if you prep them in advance!
This one is kind of similar to my Sweet Potato Quinoa Patty's except these have more flavor, they are much bigger, and they have rice and beans... Ok I guess maybe the only similarity is the sweet potato part? Ha! But they are both delicious!
So about these Healthy Black Bean Sweet Potato Burgers:
Flavored with subtle chili flavor (which you can adjust if you want more!)
Sweet potato, and black beans make this very filling
Corn gives a little sweetness
Super healthy
Great for a prep in advance meal
Tastes great on a burger bun or over a salad
Soft inside with a slight crisp on the outside
Great for lunch or dinner
NOTE: these burgers are fragile, FULL of flavor but still be careful when flipping in the pan you can't just flip and smack then down HA! you need to handle with care! 😉 carefully TURN them over!
p.s. I also suggest using a sticky rice like white or basmati, brown rice works too but it's not the best option.
Anyways, I hope you give these a try and let me know what you think! Did you add more chili powder? The peppers? Did you eat it over a salad or on a burger bun?
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PrintHealthy Black Bean Sweet Potato Burgers
Healthy Black Bean Sweet Potato Burgers WITH a FREEZER option
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 8-10 1x
- Category: burger/lunch/dinner
Ingredients
- 10 oz. of sweet potatoes (1 ⅓ cups smashed after steaming, or approx. 2 smaller sweet potatoes peeled and chopped) *see notes**
- 2 cups cooked rice (I used basmati) about ¾ cups dry maybe a little more read package instructions.
- ¾ cup black beans, no salt added, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup plain corn (I used frozen, cooked and drained!)
- ¼ a red onion chopped finely
- ½ tbsp olive oil optional see notes*
- 2-3 teaspoon chili powder (I used 2 ½)
- Salt/pepper to taste
- Optional: jalapeño or bell peppers chopped finely about ⅓ cup
- FLAX egg optional see notes! (1 tablespoon flax seeds ground up which will make 1 ½ tablespoon plus 3 tablespoon water)
- Spread:
- 1 avocado
- ½ lime juice
- 1 ½ tsp chili powder
- Salt/pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Extras:
- Buns
- LettuceTomato
Instructions
- First get a stove top pan and add ¼ cup of water to it, (leave it off)
- Start pealing and chopping (if not using frozen bag) your sweet potatoes and placing them in the pan with the a TINY splash of water, once added turn on medium heat and cover the pan with a lid and let simmer until soft, 20-30 minutes depending on how small you chopped the sweet potatoes. (they should be mash-able with a fork or spoon like mashed potatoes)
- Prep the rest of your ingredients, chop your onion and place in a large bowl, add your black beans that have been drained and rinsed, add your corn, add your rice* see notes and peppers if choosing to!
- Once potatoes are cooked and soft turn off the heat, using a spoon smash them until they look like mashed potatoes, some lumps are ok but try to get rid of as many as possible.
- Add the smashed sweet potatoes to the other mixture of ingredients and mix everything together
- Add your olive oil if using, salt, pepper, chili powder and mix everything well!
- add flax egg here if you are choosing too.
- To cook, form large party's and place them on a skillet pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray and cook until browned on both sides (flipping when needed) mine took about 5-7 minutes on each side.
- To prepare the spread:
- Place all the ingredients into a food processor (I use a mini Nija food processor) the avocado, lime juice, salt, pepper, chili powder, olive oil and blend until creamy.
- Assemble:
- Apply some spread to one side of your bun, lettuce and tomato to the other, place a burger on the tomato and top with you top bun!
- I got 8 large party's from this recipe
Notes
Notes: if you are using microwave rice you can start cooking it after you get the potatoes going and then just add to the bowl with the rest of the ingredients, of you are using a rice cooker get that going first before the potatoes!
***my "sweet potatoes" were orange! not white. this is super confusing to people but sweet potatoes are actually white and yams are orange but my package says sweet potatoes and they were orange so if you are using fresh ones use the orange ones which are technically yams.
*Olive oil is optional, the only reason for this is to help it from sticking to the pan, if you are using non-stick spray you should be fine leaving this out.
the Flax egg is 1 tablespoon of flax seeds ground up (which will be 1½ tablespoon after being ground) mixed with 3 tablespoon water and let it sit until it forms a gel consistency... I personally DO NOT use this but I have tested it and it will make it slightly more formed if you are having trouble keeping it formed... so my suggestion is to mix everything and leave this the very last thing and decide if you need it!
Store in freezer up to one month... Fry them up first before freezeing and to re-heat just fry up in a pan until warm and crispy on the outside!
UPDATE!!!
due to some people emailing me for nutrition breakdowns below are screen shots of a nutrition calculator I used to give you some info. ALSO note that this does INCLUDE the optional bell pepper listed in the burger but it does NOT include salt/pepper to taste and the Avocado spread also does NOT include salt/pepper to taste.
also note that not everyone has the same brands of food so it can vary greatly, as well as how, and how long food is prepared can drastically differ the nutritional breakdown of a recipe. Different seasons also make a difference in nutritional facts of produce. Please do not rely on this nutritional breakdown if you have a serous condition PLEASE look at your own packages and tally up the nutritional facts based exactly on the foods/brands you are using!
if you want to get the nutriton facts yourself or use a different recipe I used THIS calculator!
Harriet Emily
I love making veggie burgers like this! Black bean and sweet potato is such a great combination, and I love the kick of chilli powder! The avocado spread looks delicious too!
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tworaspberries
girl! it was SO good! I totally love making them too especially when you can freeze them for late! thanks so much! 😉
Amanda
I will choose a black bean burger over a regular burger every single time. That's just how I roll. :). And these look so yummy. I love how they have both beans and rice in them. So filling and delicious!
tworaspberries
me too!!! and yes super filling and delish! thanks Amanda! 😉
Heather @ The Soulful Spoon
These look SO good, and I don't even eat bean burgers, lol! I am definitely adding these to my list of new vegan dinners to try. Thank you for sharing them!
tworaspberries
you'r going to love them! they taste mostly a sweet potato flavor more than bean! so good! thanks girl! 😉
Nadia's Healthy Kitchen
Looks really yummy!! Love veggie burgers 🙂
tworaspberries
me too! thanks Nadia! 😉
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary
Yes, time flies by WAY to fast! But if I can nosh on these bad boy burgers while it speeds along, all is okay in the world! I love black bean burgers, but the addition of sweet potatoes sounds delish! Love that these are freezer friendly too! So YUM! Cheers! 😉
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Zyra
Wow these look super yummy ...must try
tworaspberries
I hope you do, you will love them! so tasty! 😉
Brittany
Just tried these tonight and they were delicious! Thanks for sharing!
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tworaspberries
YAYYY! I am so glad you liked them 😉 thanks so much for letting me know! I hope you have a wonderful day!
Kelly
Hi Michele, while the sweet potato black bean burgers were very tasty and filling, for whatever reason, mine didn't stay together as a burger patty at all. They were just loose mash in the pan when I tried cooking them. Fell all apart and couldn't flip them over. Just ended up eating the mixture on a plate...which was good. Not sure what happened. 🙁
tworaspberries
Hi Kelly!
I am so sorry to hear this... I can say most likely it was too much sweet potato (my fault) in the recipe I had 2 sweet potatoes written, after making my most recent sweet potato curry burger that went on the blog a couple weeks ago I realized that "2 sweet potatoes" was too broad of a term as they come in too many different sizes! my mistake :-/
SO I have updated it with an actual measurement for the sweet potatoes now! 😉
the other reason could be the rice, I usually use a white basmati rice or a sticky one, brown rice works too but it's not the best option... what kind of rice did you use?
another thing to note is that these are not meant to be firm like a store bought veggie burger, so when placing them in the pan you need to be careful and they need to cook really well (about 5-8 minutes) before trying to carefully turn them with a spatula... BUT they should stay together and be able to be turned over! 😉
I hope this helps and you give it a try again and let me know how it works! just make sure to use a form of rice that is sticky when cooked and let them cook really well before carefully turning them over! 😉
I hope you have a great weekend!
Bec
Wondering if I could replace the rice with quinoa?
tworaspberries
Hi Bec!
most likely it will be fine to replace the rice with quinoa but you will maybe need more quinoa than what's called for of the rice in this recipe... also I would cook the quinoa with a little less water than what the package calls for just so that the quinoa stays more sticky like rice instead of really soggy with too much water absorbed... also the quinoa will make it less sturdy so keep that in mind when carefully flipping them while cooking, if they seem too loose you could add a tiny bit of flour like almond four or flour of your choice to thicken it up a little bit until you feel you can form the right burger/patty shape! 😉
let me know how it works! I hope you have a wonderful day! 😉
carla
is there a difference between a yam and a sweet potato?? today i went to the store to buy sweet potatos. they were long like sweet potatos but when cut open--they were white!! not orange!! per google--a yam and a sweet potato ar different, so i guess ive been using yams when things call for sweet potatos. should the sweet potato I'm using in this recipe be orange or white?
tworaspberries
Hi Carla! the same thing happened to me about a year ago, until then I had no idea there was a difference either! 😉 ... the ones I used in this recipe were orange sweet potatoes but the white yam ones have a very similar texture (they aren't the same as a regular white potato) they are very much like the orange ones, so with that being said, you could most likely get away with using the white ones if you still have them on hand, I personally haven't tried it but I feel it would most likely be ok. The taste may be slightly different but I'm sure it would still be yummy because the white yams have a little sweet-ness to them just like the orange sweet potatoes!
on a slightly different note: I find that usually the white and orange ones get mixed up at the store a lot! So, sometimes I will look for ones with little nics or cuts in them so I can verify the color they are! then I usually just cut off that piece that was exposed!
hope this helps! have a wonderful day! 😉
tworaspberries
Added: this is a picture of the ones I generally buy from whole foods, but I have also used fresh ones just be sure to measure it out!
http://www.stahlbush.com/products/vegetables/sweet-potatoes/
Ladie
Found this recipe on Pinterest and thought it looked good, but something went horribly wrong. These turned out terribly. The color was wrong and all I tasted was chili powder. Was I supposed to put 5 tsp of chili powder?
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tworaspberries
Hi Ladie
I'm so sorry these didn't turn out for you, I have tested the recipe again and I have made a couple adjustments in regards to making the measurements of the rice and orange sweet potatoes more specific...I make different flavors of these style burgers all the time and I also top them on my salads so I hope you try them again and you like them. 😉 so sorry! hope you had a great day!
Jamie Wiebe
I'm not usually a veggie burger fan but I really enjoy these! My two year old also loves them 😊 I've included them in my Healthy Family Meals post. http://lifefling.ca/food-10-healthy-family-friendly-recipes/
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tworaspberries
YAY! I am so glad you like them 😉 thanks for leaving me a comment! hope you are having a lovely day!