Black bean burgers - with all the trimmings | Mary McCartney

INGREDIENTS
400g tin of black beans, drained
2 tablespoons of light olive oil
1 medium red onion, finely chopped
140g mushrooms, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons mixed herbs
1 spring onion, finely chopped
Half a teaspoon of chilli flakes
1 tablespoon of nutritional yeast flakes (or Marmite!)
Black pepper to taste
Extra oil for frying, if necessary

METHOD

STEP ONE - FRY
Heat your oil in the frying pan, then add chopped onion and allow to cook for two minutes. Add in your mushrooms, soy sauce and simmer for 2-3 minutes until all the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated. Follow this with your garlic, chopped spring onion, herbs, and black beans (slightly mashed up) - and allow to heat through for a couple minutes.

STEP TWO - MIX
Transfer the mixture into a bowl to cool, then add four tablespoons of flour, a teaspoon of marmite, and a pinch of black pepper to taste.

STEP THREE - SHAPE
Shape the mixture into 4-6 burgers, depending on how big you'd like them.

STEP FOUR - COOK
If you're doing these on the BBQ, you'll need to firm them up in the fridge (or even freezer!) for up to an hour beforehand, so they don't fall through the grill! But if you're eating indoors, just pop them into a hot frying pan and cook on both sides for a couple of minutes, until they're browned and heated through.

Serve 'em up either with rice and salad or with all the trimmings of a traditional burger - mayo, ketchup, mustard (you name it!) plus red onion, tomato, cheese and gherkins in a floury bun. PHWOAR.

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[yoya]

Wow, her way of demonstrating and explaining is better than ALL the tv 'chefs'. Great diction, to the point, no theatrics, or fake personas. Just like Linda's tv demos, no fuss yet totally unique ideas. Love...

[PeaceNYC]

Her cookbook is terrific, highly recommend getting it. I use her cookbook and her Mother's all the time.

[eleanorryan]

Visually they look just as good as regularly burgers...Looking forward to trying. Thankyou and regards from Ireland 🇮🇪

[luci]

I am not vegan but eat very little meat in the summer months. Always looking for some nice healthy recipes so will give this a go

[mmb]

I have to watch Discovery because of Mary's show. That is awesome. Gotta make this

[jo]

She presents very well I'm going to have to try these.

[janemmb]

Just made my first black bean burgers for ‘ meat free Monday’. Substituted marmite with Worcester sauce as I didn’t have any, delicious. Love all beans. Going to try to be vegan 👍🏼✌🏼well vegetarian to start with. Clean eating with plant based food. Thank you Mary 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[tonydelat]

Wow, this looks so yummy. Greetings from Mexico :)

[luci]

Tried the burgers and I now prefer them over beef burgers. Very tasty. I was worried beans might not fill me up, but they did and there was no bloating like you get with meat. Suprisingly good, so on my menu now.

[KasSommers]

Hooray for vegan burgers! Healthy, good for the planet, no animals were hurt and tasty too. More of these please.

[河野幸恵-tm]

It looks really good 😊 I like the soy sauce base. I love green onions 🍀😌🍀
I will make it.

[andreamiller]

From childhood I have always hated hamburgers and I may be nearly the only American who has never even tasted a McDonald's. So seeing this is a real revelation - THESE burgers I may actually like! Thanks, Mary!

[irisseer]

I lost my favorite black bean burger recipe 😐 But I just made this one tonight and it's wonderful 😊

[luiszepol]

Looks good and delicious, but is there any substitute for the flour?

[robertamitchum]

looks ..interesting, but without bread.. greetings from Vienna

[fawnrunjrt]

What would be a good replacement for (gluten) flour in this recipe?

[johnvincent]

WOWAmia soo easy even a blokehead like me could cookem THANKU Mary
Best Wishes PeaceLove&Nutrition Johnnie*RougeL *":)

[DAP-mick]

... or.... McDonalds quarter pounder, delicious.

[jbb]

Mary, I'm working on being grain free. What would you sub for the flour? Almond flour? Coconut flour?

And what would you sub for marmite? I don't think we have that in the US.

[timothycornell]

Mary had a little lamb slice of cheese piece of ham!