Blackbean Burger Recipes

A lot of times people are scared to take the beans on their WIC checks because they have no idea what to do with them.  Recently VA WIC changed it so participants could get either canned or dried beans hoping that this would entice people to pick the beans more.  Canned beans don't need to be soaked overnight so this makes them easier to cook with.  A couple of weeks ago I made home made black bean burgers and I realized that the majority of the foods I used were WIC foods!

Black Bean Burger Recipe

**2 cans of black beans ( drained and rinsed to remove some of the sodium)

2 tablespoons tomato sauce

**1 cup of corn

**1 jalapeno ( only if you like a little spice)

1/2 cup of bread or panko crumbs

** 1 egg

2 tsp cumin

olive or canola oil to fry them ( you only need a little)

salt and pepper to taste

Directions-  Put black bean burgers, cumin, tomato sauce, and salt and pepper in a food processor to grind up.  If you don't have a food processor you can put it in a blender or mash it up with a fork. One way to make mashing them easier is to put them in a sandwich bag and mash it with your hands.  This could be a really fun activity for the kids to help in the kitchen just make sure the bag is securely shut! Once everything is a pasty consistency add the egg and mix.  Then mix in the breadcrumbs and corn.  Shape them into burgers and put a little bit of olive oil in the pan and saute the burgers. 

You can use your WIC checks to get whole grain tortillas or bread to put the burger on. You can top it with WIC cheese and WIC veggies!  This is a different way to use your WIC beans that the whole family will love!

-Eileen Alwang, WIC coordinator

**- means WIC approved food