Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burgers

These easy plant-based burgers are full of nutritious ingredients and are so tasty they’ll win over even the most dedicated meat eaters!

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 40 minutes

Serves: 4

INGREDIENTS:

Patties:

• 2 large sweet potatoes (roughly 1kg total), peeled and roughly chopped

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

• 1/3cup quinoa

• 1 x 400g tin black beans, rinsed and drained

• 1/2 red onion, finely chopped

• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

• 1 teaspoon ground coriander

• 1/2teaspoon chilli flakes (optional)

• 1/4 cup fresh coriander, finely chopped

• 2 tablespoons fresh mint, finely chopped

• 2 eggs

• 1/4tsp salt

To serve:

• 4 burger buns

• 1avocado, mashed

• 1 cup Aussie Sprouts Broccoli Sprouts or Alfalfa

• 2 tomatoes, sliced

• 4-8 lettuce leaves

• 1/4 cup reduced fat mayonnaise

INSTRUCTIONS​:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C.

2. Place sweet potato on a large oven tray and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil. Roast for 20-25 minutes or until soft.

3. Meanwhile, place quinoa in a sieve and rinse well. Transfer to a small saucepan along with 2/3cup water. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 15minutes or until water is absorbed.

4. Once sweet potato is cooked, place in a large bowl with the black beans and mash using a potato masher or fork (don’t worry if there are still some whole beans present). Add all other patty ingredients and mix well.

5. Shape mixture into four patties and place on a well-oiled oven tray. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

6. To assemble burgers, cut bun in half, then top with avocado, sprouts, patty, tomato, lettuce leaves, and mayonnaise.