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The Southwest Black Bean Burger with Sweet Chili Mayo is a meatless weekend meal family favorite. The sweet and spicy mayo combined with the corn salsa create a Southwest flavor explosion.
Do you or a loved one suffer from “Grocery Storeitis?”
Do you often come home from the grocery store only to realize you forgot one key item? Later when you return to the store for this particular item do you pick up others you think you may be out of, then when you get home you find you actually had plenty of that item?
If so you could be suffering from grocery storeitis…
In my family, specifically the women, we have a genetic disorder, or so my husband likes to think, I have since labeled “grocery storeitis.” This disorder is one in which you go to the grocery store multiple times in one week generally because you forgot one key item (how was it not on my list?!?!).
These additional visits usually also lead to “Oh, you know I think I’m out of vanilla, I’ll just get some.” Then I get home and realize “nope it was Almond Extract I was out of! Oops.” In which case I now have 2 bottles of vanilla and none of the almond extract. The cycle then begins all over again.
My most recent item I always seem to think I’m out of is black beans, which I use often in cooking, especially when trying to prepare meatless, yet satisfying to a meat-loving-husband, type meals. So as my Black Bean supply began to resemble that of the shelves at Costco I decided I needed to start incorporating them into more recipes than I actually thought I already was.
Cue the Black Bean & Sweet Potato Tacos and now this Southwest Black Bean Burger with Sweet Chili Mayo, which of course I naturally had all the ingredients to prepare except for the brioche buns (Insert grocery store trip here, which then led me to purchase canned Coconut Milk, which I thought I was out of, but alas I had 2 cans. Sigh…).
This is NOT your hippie vegan type burger (obviously, it has cheese on it), but it’s super hearty! And yes you read that right above, I have a MEAT-LOVING husband, so how did I get him to eat not 1 but 2 vegetarian, or as he likes to call them “meatless” meals in one week? ???????? (see picture below)!
My husband didn’t even know it wasn’t your standard all-beef all-day burger! Hello, dinner success! In my humble opinion, I think the Sweet Chili Mayo really makes this burger absolute perfection. You can say it’s the black bean pattie or the bun, and honestly, I won’t disagree with you.
There is also two other key flavors going on in this bad boy, which are the Sweet Chili Mayo, which really you should just place on top of everything, and then the Corn Salsa that is subtle but adds to that southwest kick. And for those of you with super little ones, this is super easy to deconstruct for them.
This is burger perfection friends!
Most importantly, know if there’s a meat-lover in your family you don’t have to tell them this isn’t meat. They’re never gonna know the difference and that’s between you and me ????!
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The Southwest Black Bean Burger with Sweet Chili Mayo is a meatless weekend meal family favorite. The sweet and spicy mayo combined with the corn salsa create a Southwest flavor explosion.
Ingredients
Black Bean Burger
- 2 cans 15 oz can Black Beans (drained, not rinsed)
- 1 cup Breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup Onion (grated)
- 1 large Egg
- 1/2 teaspoon Chili Powder
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 tablespoon Sweet Chili Sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 4 slices Pepper Jack Cheese
- 4 Brioche Buns
Corn Salsa
- 1 cup Corn
- 1/2 cup Grape Tomatoes (sliced)
- 1/4 cup Red Onion (diced)
- 1 teaspoon Chili Powder
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
Sweet Chili Mayo
- 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Sweet Chili Sauce
- 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Place the drained, not rinsed, Black Beans in a medium sized bowl and mash with a fork. Mash until the beans are mostly broken up, but still, have some whole beans visible. Add in the Breadcrumbs, Onion, Egg, Chili Powder, Sweet Chili Sauce, and season in a bit of Salt and Pepper. Stir until well combined and set aside for a couple of minutes.
- While the black bean mixture is over to the side, prepare the Corn Salsa by placing the Corn, Grape Tomatoes, Red Onions, Chili Powder, Olive Oil, and Salt and Pepper in a bowl and mix until combined.
- Heat the 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil and 1 tablespoon of Butter in an iron skillet (or at least a very heavy bottomed one) over medium-low heat. Form the bean mixture into patties the same size as your buns (they will not shrink while cooking). Place each pattie into the skillet and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes on each side. Place the Pepper Jack Cheese on top of each pattie and let melt.
- While the burgers are cooking make the Sweet Chili Mayo by whisking together the Mayonnaise, Sweet Chili Sauce, Lemon Juice, and Salt and Pepper.
- Toast the buns in an oven or grill them on a griddle. To make the burger layer the pattie on the bottom of the bun and top with the Sweet Chili Mayo. Spread the Corn Salsa over the sweet chili mayo and top with Avocado. Enjoy!
Amazing!! Wish I knew the calorie count and breakdown but I’m just being lazy, could figure it out myself. The mayo(I used fabanaise) was perfect and the corn salsa I had to make twice. When I sampled it, I ate the whole thing right then and there!!
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Fred, this is amazing to hear! I haven’t whipped up that corn salsa in a while, but I think you just inspired me to do so. Here’s the nutrition breakdown: Calories 650, Fat 38g, Carbs 56g, Fiber 6g, Protein 17g, Sugars 9g (this is using Mayo though). Hope that helps!!
Sounds delicious and you fooled my son. LOL love the articles. Your morher-in-law.
Thanks! You should try and fool your husband with this recipe ????
The corn salsa on this is amazing!!!
Why thank you! Really, I kind of want to create an entire spin-off of recipes just using the corn salsa. Well maybe the sweet chili mayo too… Time to get back in the kitchen!