Mini Black Bean Turkey Burgers
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Recipe by Budget Bytes.
The burgers, lightened
- beansinstead offlour
- avocadoinstead ofbutter
- turkey or chicken minceinstead ofbeef mince
Ingredients
Scaled from 5. Cooking times barely change.
- ¼ 15oz. can black beans493 cal
- ⅝ green onions3 cal
- ⅛ tbsp chili powder2 cal
- 2 pinches of ground cumin1 cal
- 2 pinches of garlic powder1 cal
- a pinch of cayenne pepper0 cal
- 2 pinches of salt0 cal
- 3¾ oz lean ground turkey204 cal
- ¼ avocado48 cal
- ⅛ lime5 cal
- a pinch of garlic powder0 cal
- 2 pinches of salt0 cal
- ⅛ cup sour cream48 cal
- 2 pinches of sugar2 cal
- 1 pita halves119 cal
- ⅜ Roma tomatoes, sliced9 cal
Contains milk, gluten
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Method
- 01
Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Drain and rinse the black beans. Place the black beans in a large bowl and mash them slightly with your hands or a potato masher. Slice the green onions and add them to the bowl along with the chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and salt. Stir until the beans are evenly seasoned.
- 02
Add the ground turkey to the seasoned black beans. Mix well using your hands. Form 10 small patties (about 2-2.5 inches diameter, 1/2 inch thick). Place the patties on a roasting pan or a baking sheet covered with foil and wire cooling racks.
- 03
Bake the patties in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until browned on the outside and no longer pink in the center. Alternatively, you can cook the patties in a skillet, on a grill, or using an indoor countertop grill.
- 04
While the patties are baking, prepare the avocado sauce. Add the avocado (diced), juice from half a lime (about 2 Tbsp), garlic powder, salt, sugar, sour cream, and 2-4 Tbsp of water to a blender. Blend the ingredients together, adding the water slowly until a smooth, thick sauce forms.
- 05
Smear some of the sauce inside each pita half, add a couple tomato slices, and two of the turkey patties.