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Royal vegetarian bean beet burger

A delicious, juicy and filling burger made with simple ingredients like beets, rice, oats and beans.
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6

Ingredients 
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  • 6 burger buns
Beet burgers
  • 1/4 cup brown rice
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 2 garlic cloves grated
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon hot smoked paprika
  • 7 oz cooked beets
  • 2 tablespoons oat flour
  • 15 oz can of kidney beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
  • 1 large egg
  • 2/3 cup Italian breadcrumbs more if needed
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
Toppings
  • 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1/2 cup sour cream about 100g or 3.5 oz
  • 1/2 cup ketchup about 100g or 3.5 oz
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 12 slices cheese like Edam, Gouda, Swiss
  • 12 dill pickles
  • 1 small head of lettuce

Instructions

Make beet patties
  • Bring 1 1/2 cups of slightly salted water to a boil. Add the rice and cook covered on medium heat for 30-40 minutes, until rice absorbs the water and is tender. When cooked, transfer the rice to a plate and allow to cool.
  • Meanwhile sauté the onion in a skillet with oil, set over medium heat. Allow it to get translucent. Add garlic, cumin, thyme and paprika. Cook for 30-60 seconds, just until fragrant. Remove from heat.
  • Grate the beet on a box grater. Squeeze out most of the liquid with a cheesecloth, then transfer it to a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the onions, beans, rice, mustard, coriander, oats and egg. Mix with a spatula or your hand thoroughly, until the mixture is even and everything is well incorporated.
  • Add the breadcrumbs. You want the mixture to be pretty easy to form, but not dry or sandy. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or overnight.
  • To shape the burger mixture into patties take handfuls of the mixture and make thick disks with your hands. You need 6 pretty big patties. Keep in the refrigerator until you're ready to cook them.
Prepare toppings
  • In a small bowl whisk mustard with honey until creamy. Set aside. In another small bowl, whisk sour cream with ketchup and garlic powder, until it's uniform in color and smooth. Set aside.
  • Tear off lettuce leaves, about 2 per burger and rinse them well under water. Lay them on paper towels to dry.
  • Thinly slice the pickles and set aside. Also cut the burger buns in half horizontally.
Cook burgers
  • Warm up oil in a large non stick or cast iron skillet. Cook 2-3 patties at a time on medium heat. First for 2-3 minutes on one side, until crispy and browned. Then flip and cook for another 2 minutes on the other side.
  • Flip the patties again, brush with the honey-mustard mixture and top with cheese. Cover the skillet with a lid, allowing the cheese to melt. Transfer to a large sheet pan lined with aluminum foil.
  • Continue with the rest of the patties. When they're all done, quickly toast the insides of the burger buns until golden (optional).
Assemble burgers
  • Spread 1 tablespoon (or more) of the sour cream and ketchup mixture on the inside of every burger bun (both halves). Starting with the bottom half of the bun, first top with lettuce, then add the patty, sliced pickles and extra lettuce. Cover with the other half of the bun and serve.

Notes

To save on time, I often buy packaged steamed and peeled beets, that are already ready to be used. You can cook the beets yourself, just know that this takes extra time.
To make your own, place beets in a large pot and cover completely with water. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and cook, half covered, for 45-60 minutes until easily pierced with a fork. Put pot under running water to bring beets to room temperature, then peel and grate them.