Black Bean and Qunioa Burgers with Spicy Yogurt and Corn Guac!

I love black bean burgers and I always feel like making them when the weather gets cool. I am, however, awful at getting them to turn out looking like actually burgers...until THIS time! I think I've finally learned the trick to good looking black bean burgers...practice.

Ingredients (for Burgers):

2 Cups Quinoa-cooked and cooled

1/2 an onion-finely diced

1/4 Cup Cilantro

1 can re fried black beans

2 Eggs

1/4 Cup Panko Bread Crumbs

1/2 Cup Whole Wheat Flour

2 Cloves Garlic- finely chopped

While the Quinoa was cooking I combined ALL the other ingredients for the black bean burgers and set it in the fridge. (this also helped the burgers hold their shape while cooking) Then I moved onto the Corn Guac!

Ingredients (for Corn Guacamole):

2 Avocados- VERY ripe (should be super mushy)

1 Cup Frozen Corn

1/2 Can diced tomatoes (you can use fresh and dice then yourself, I was just feeling lazy)

Salt- to taste 

A pinch of Garlic Powder (you can omit if you're not a huge garlic fan)

Mash the avocados, add garlic and salt. Set aside and in a large skillet combine diced tomatoes and corn. Cook the corn and tomatoes on high without any oil, until the corn begins to turn a dark yellow/brown. (you don't want to burn it, just give it color) Cool before combining with mashed avocados and then refrigerate until ready to serve. 

(Aren't those the prettiest colors??)

Ingredients (Spicy Yogurt):

1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt

2 Tbsp. Mayo

3 t. Srirachi

1 Tbsp. Honey

Combine ALL ingredients and refrigerate until ready to serve. 

My quinoa was finished cooking and I placed it in a large bowl to cool. While waiting, I toasted some buns. 

Some Pretzel Burger Buns! 

By this time my quinoa was cool enough to combine into the rest of the ingredients for the black bean burgers. I heated a skillet to medium high with 1-2 Tablespoons Olive Oil. Using a 1/2 Cup as my scoop, I scooped the combined ingredients for the black beans and plopped it into the skillet! They took 3-4 minutes per side and had to be pressed a bit to get them to look like "normal" burgers. 

(So proud of myself!)

I put my Black Bean and Quinoa Patties on my toasted Pretzel Buns, spread some Spicy Yogurt on the bun and put a big blob of Corn Guac. on the patty, then sprinkled some Queso Fresco cheese on top!

(BTW, if you've never had Queso Fresco cheese...go buy some...NOW.

Aaaaaaand

YUM.

My family demolished them, in seconds.

And they were amazing!

Enjoy.