I've been meaning to try making black bean veggie burgers ever since I had some really delicious ones at my favorite uncle's favorite microbrewery in Lawrence, Kansas*. This recipe might actually have been the first result on All Recipes, I'm not positive. And it was even more delicious than anticipated! They contain an egg, though if you follow the link above there's a vegan alternative in the top of the comments.
Tweaked slightly for metric measures and to make sure they weren't too spicy for my wife's delicate Scandinavian palate, ( DELICIOUS black bean veggie burgers )
See, I stopped eating meat in larger than miniscule amounts about 8 years ago because my sad, sensitive digestive system just doesn't like it. I decided then that I was going to cut things out of my diet that reliably upset my stomach, and meat dishes - which tragically included both cheeseburgers and bacon - always did.
It only took a couple of months before they stopped even smelling good - I distinctly remember being stationed at the isolated cash register by the deli end of that Texas supermarket one Sunday, and being nauseated the entire time because they were cooking bacon nearby.
Cheeseburgers don't smell good anymore either, but it doesn't stop me from missing them. I still remember how delicious they smelled and tasted when I did eat meat, and sometimes I dream about them or otherwise get some wacky craving and it's pretty sad that even if I wanted to break my diet and then spend twelve hours or whatever feeling sick and miserable, they wouldn't even taste good now.
These burgers, as delicious as they are, don't actually taste like cheeseburgers at all. Beans definitely have that meaty flavor to them -what's the Japanese word for that? It totally starts with a u and food blogs use it and stuff umami, thank you, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
flamebyrd - but it's more meat-family than meat-like-it-would-fool-you. But the combination of everything is still delicious and fits in with your typical hamburger (cheeseburger) toppings just as well as beef does, or possibly better from my POV. Even more amazing, it's complexly seasoned and flavorful and kinda spicy without even being too spicy for Wax! Even more success.
*Okay, so that was the week we got married, 10/09, almost three years ago, but whatever, I'm not the world's most adventurous chef.
Tweaked slightly for metric measures and to make sure they weren't too spicy for my wife's delicate Scandinavian palate, ( DELICIOUS black bean veggie burgers )
See, I stopped eating meat in larger than miniscule amounts about 8 years ago because my sad, sensitive digestive system just doesn't like it. I decided then that I was going to cut things out of my diet that reliably upset my stomach, and meat dishes - which tragically included both cheeseburgers and bacon - always did.
It only took a couple of months before they stopped even smelling good - I distinctly remember being stationed at the isolated cash register by the deli end of that Texas supermarket one Sunday, and being nauseated the entire time because they were cooking bacon nearby.
Cheeseburgers don't smell good anymore either, but it doesn't stop me from missing them. I still remember how delicious they smelled and tasted when I did eat meat, and sometimes I dream about them or otherwise get some wacky craving and it's pretty sad that even if I wanted to break my diet and then spend twelve hours or whatever feeling sick and miserable, they wouldn't even taste good now.
These burgers, as delicious as they are, don't actually taste like cheeseburgers at all. Beans definitely have that meaty flavor to them -
flamebyrd - but it's more meat-family than meat-like-it-would-fool-you. But the combination of everything is still delicious and fits in with your typical hamburger (cheeseburger) toppings just as well as beef does, or possibly better from my POV. Even more amazing, it's complexly seasoned and flavorful and kinda spicy without even being too spicy for Wax! Even more success.*Okay, so that was the week we got married, 10/09, almost three years ago, but whatever, I'm not the world's most adventurous chef.
