These black bean burger bowls are so delish! A crispy smashed black bean burger with cheddar cheese on high of crisp romaine, tomatoes, pink onion and a dill pickle French dressing. Yum!

Now that is how I like my dinner to look!

These black bean burger bowls have a easy base of lettuce, tomato and pickled onions, solely to be topped with tacky black bean burgers, your favourite condiments and pickle dressing!

Yep yep yep. Give me alllll the pickle dressing. 

I LOVE a great burger bowl or burger salad. There’s something so refreshing in regards to the burger on high of crisp lettuce with a number of toppings. And whereas I usually make these with beef burgers, these days I’ve been doing a black bean model.

And it’s fabulous! 

This burger recipe comes from my black bean smashburgers and oh my gosh, it’s glorious. I like the way it has a little bit of texture and actually comes throughout as fairly just like a beef burger. 

The substances are additionally actually easy and there’s some grated cheese in there – so it holds collectively properly within the pan. I wish to smash them down into the pan a bit to get these crispy crunchy edges. Nothing higher than that! 

As soon as the burgers are cooked, I throw some extra cheese on high. Since I’ve cheese IN the burger and ON the burger, I don’t add cheese to the salad bowl.

I notice that is stunning since cheese is my whole character. So add it if you want! I discover that it doesn’t really want extra. 

After all, any of your different favourite burger toppings can discover their means into this bowl. Or condiments. I like a drizzle of mustard. I like mustard simply as a lot as I like pickles – in reality, I’d wish to drizzle about three sorts of mustard on this bowl!

You possibly can at all times use ketchup. Even BBQ sauce or honey mustard. Or a great burger sauce, like my howsweeteats home sauce. Generally I’ll use that as an additional drizzle of dressing and it’s actually good.

However talking of the dressing! 

Pickles are my love language. 

Sure, I reside for pickles. I’ve cherished them since I first began consuming!

This pickle French dressing is one among my go-tos and has been for YEARS. It’s so tangy and pickle-y and briney and is ideal if you happen to’re an enormous pickle lover like I’m. 

Not solely do I like the flavors on this bowl, however I like the feel. There may be a lot crisp, refreshing texture, crunchy bites too, and paired with the zippy dressing?

Dreamy!

I can get behind this meal day-after-day.

Black Bean Burger Bowls

Black Bean Burger Bowls

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time: 15 minutes minutes

Whole Time: 35 minutes minutes

These black bean burger bowls are so delish! A crispy smashed black bean burger with cheddar cheese on high of crisp romaine, tomatoes, pink onion and a dill pickle French dressing. Yum!

black bean burgers

• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 massive egg, evenly crushed
• ⅓ cup seasoned bread crumbs
• ½ cup freshly grated cheddar cheese
• ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• kosher salt and pepper
• 1 to 2 tablespoons avocado oil
• 4 slices cheddar cheese
• mustard, ketchup, any condiments you like

pickle French dressing

• ¼ cup diced dill pickles or dill relish
• 3 tablespoons dill pickle juice from a jar of dill pickles
• 2 tablespoons diced shallot
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon honey
• kosher salt and pepper
• ½ cup further virgin olive oil

salads

• pickled onions, for topping
• 8 to 10 cups chopped romaine lettuce
• kosher salt and pepper
• 12 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
• a couple of spoonfuls of hamburger dill chip pickles

black bean burgers

• Place the black beans in a bowl and use a fork to coarsely smash them. I like to depart a mixture of complete beans and smashed ones.

• Add within the egg, bread crumbs, cheese, paprika, garlic powder and an enormous pinch of salt and pepper. Combine collectively till mixed.

• Use your arms to carry the combination collectively. It needs to be moist and mashed sufficient to carry collectively and type a patty. If not, use the fork to mash extra of the beans.

• Divide the combination into 4 equal parts. Type them into balls.

• Warmth the oil in a big forged iron skillet over medium warmth. Add the black bean ball and press it into the skillet. Use the again of a jar or glass (I spray mine with nonstick spray) and press the patty down into the skillet, smashing it into the thinnest patty attainable. Use the glass across the edges to smash the items collectively if they arrive aside. Cook dinner for an additional 1 to 2 minutes, till golden. Gently flip the burger over.

• Cook dinner on the opposite facet till it’s brown and golden and crisp. Add a slice of cheddar on every burger and let it soften. Assemble the salad and high with the burgers, dressing and condiments of your alternative!

pickle French dressing

• In a bowl, whisk collectively the pickles, pickle juice, shallot, garlic, mustard and honey. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and whisk till the combination comes collectively. Whereas whisking, stream within the olive oil till the dressing emulsifies. This stays nice within the fridge for a couple of days!

Course: Salad

Delicacies: American

Creator: How Candy Eats

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