10 Minute Plant Based Black Bean Burger (Gluten Free)

This delicious vegan, gluten-free black bean burger is so quick to make.  No chopping or pre-cooking of ingredients is required. As this recipe uses everyday storecupboard ingredients, you can make this recipe whenever you get burger cravings.

I have tried so many vegan burger recipes and most of them are too complicated.  Most recipes require you to spend half an hour cooking vegetables before adding them to the burger. 

I wanted a quick burger recipe that I could whip up in minutes to feed my kids something healthy, or when a burger craving arose.  At the weekend I didn’t want to be slaving away in the kitchen for hours.  

This burger recipe is so fast and requires no pre-cooking of ingredients and no chopping which is a massive time saver. 

Just throw everything in your food processor and blend it up in seconds.  Then shape it into a burger and cook it. 

You have three different options when it comes to cooking.  The fastest way is on the stove, the easiest way is in the air fryer, and the best method for set-and-forget-it cooking is using the oven. 

Video Demonstration

If you’d like to see how easy it is to throw all this together, check out my video where I walk you through the recipe step by step. 

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• This recipe, and all of the recipes on my website are vegan and plant-based.
• This recipe and all of the recipes on my website are gluten-free.
• This recipe contains 159 calories per serving.
• This recipe contains 8g protein per serving.
• This recipe contains 2 mg of iron per serving.
• This recipe contains 10g of fiber per serving.
• This recipe takes 5 minutes of active preparation time and 4 minutes of cooking time.  You can use the cooking time to prepare your burger fillings.
• This recipe is made extra tasty by the addition of my homemade burger seasoning.
• I have simplified this recipe by limiting the number of ingredients and using everyday ingredients such as black beans, onions, and oats with substitutions for all ingredients.

The Structure Of A Plant Based Plate

Each of the recipes I create fits into my Plant Plate System.  This system incorporates 5 food groups into every meal. 

The 5 food groups are 1) Plant Protein, 2), Leaves, Fruit, And Veg, 3) Aesthetic Additions, 4) Nutrient Packed Carbohydrates, and 5) Taste

This recipe adds plant protein to any dish.  It falls under the “vegan protein” category on the Plant Based Plate and is not a complete meal.

The diagram below helps you visually see how this element features on a Plant-Based Plate.

Click here to discover more about my Plant Plate System and some of the benefits of eating this way.

Recommended Equipment

Here are the main kitchen equipment tools I have used to create this recipe.

How To Make This Recipe

• Process all the ingredients in a food processor and form the mixture into burger patties.
• Fry the burgers in a pan, air fryer or oven.

Ways To Use This Recipe

Here are some of my favorite ways to use this recipe: 

• Serve with a burger bun and fries
• Add this burger to a crunchwrap
• Serve this with potatoes and vegetables
• Slice this up and add this to a sandwich
• Chop this up and add it to a stir fry
• Serve with some baked beans on the side (my personal favorite)

Ingredient Substitutions

• Canned Beans: Replace the beans with any beans of your choice, chickpeas, or cooked lentils from a can.
• Onions: You can replace the onions with the same amount of vegetable of your choice.
• Oats: Use rolled oats, oat flour or any other flour of your choice to bind the meatballs.
• Burger seasoning: You can replace it with any dried herbs or spice blend of your choice.
• Italian seasoning: You can replace it with any dried herbs of your choice.
• Sea salt: You can replace it with any salt of your choice or 1 tablespoon of tamari.
• Olive oil: Use any oil you choose.  Or you can fry, air fry, and oven bake without any oil.

Side Dishes

Serve this recipe with one serving of any of the following side dishes per person: 

• Mashed potatoes
• Cornbread
• Boiled baby potatoes in skins
• Boiled large white potatoes without skins
• White potato fries
• Sweet potato fries
• Baked white potato
• Baked sweet potato
• White rice
• Bread roll
• Flatbread

For more side dish options, see my best vegan, gluten-free carbs side dish post.

Storage

Black bean burgers keep for up to 4 days in the fridge in an air-tight container. They also freeze well for up to 3 months.  Defrost before using it. Reheat by warming them up gently in a pan, air fryer, or oven.

More Tasty Plant Protein Recipes

This recipe is part of my Plant Protein series. 

If you’re looking for easy, plant protein recipes, check out some of my other recipes:

• 5 Minute Vegan Tortilla Pizza
• Homemade Vegan Crunchwrap Recipe
• Quick Vegan Meatballs And Spaghetti With Tomato Sauce

You can see all of my plant protein recipes here.

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