Chilli con carne bean burger

Turn traditional chilli con carne into a snappy street food snack or dinner with these delicious chilli bean burgers.

SERVES: 4 | PREP & COOK: 50 mins

Ingredients

Burgers

• 2 spring onions chopped

• 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped

• 400g kidney beans

• 400g chickpeas

• 1 tsp paprika

• 1 tsp cumin

• 1 egg

• Small handful of corriander

• 1 tbsp salt

• Black pepper

• 1 tbsp flour for dusting

Toppings + bun

• 4 brioche buns

• Sprinkle of sesame seeds

• Small handful of spinach

• 1 tomato, thinly sliced

• 4 gherkins, thinly sliced

• 75g creme fraiche

• 1/2 tsp of paprika

• Sweet chilli sauce

Method

1. Place the Burger ingredients into a food processor and blitz until a corse mixture forms.

2. Devide the mixture into 4 and shape into 4 patties. Dust with flour and pop in the fridge for 10 minutes or up to an hour.

3. Meanwhile mix the creme fraiche and paprika together.

4. In a large frying pan add a little olive oil over a medium to high heat, add the patties and cook for 5 minutes on each side.

5. Cut the buns in half, brush with a little olive oil and sprinkle your sesame seeds on top. Fill your buns with a layer of spinach, your bean burgers followed by sliced tomato, gherkins, chilli sauce and your paprika creme fraiche.

6. Serve with skin on chips or sweet potato fries.