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Black Bean Cakes with Corn Salsa and Avocado Sauce, served on spinach with lime wedges.

Black Bean Cakes with Corn Salsa and Avocado Sauce

Bree Hester
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 332 kcal

Ingredients
  

Black Bean Patties

  • 1 14-ounce can black beans, drained
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/2 cup red onion
  • 1/2 cup red pepper
  • 1/2 cup corn kernel
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 cup bread crumbs

Corn Salsa:

  • 1 cup corn kernels
  • 1/4 cup red pepper
  • 2 green onions
  • 10 teardrop tomatoes
  • juice of 2 limes
  • salt and pepper

Avocado Cream:

  • 1 avocado
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 Tablespoon lime juice

Instructions
 

  • Mix together garlic, onion, red pepper, corn, egg, chili powders, oregano, and cumin. Season with salt and pepper.
    Mixing corn kernels, red onion, red pepper, spices, salt, and pepper for black bean cakes.
  • Mash the black beans a bit and add to the bowl.
    Mashing black beans with red onion, corn, and red pepper in a bowl for Black Bean Cakes.
  • Stir in the bread crumbs.
    Stirring bread crumbs into the black bean cake mixture with a wooden spoon.
  • Form into patties, and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes or so. It helps keep the patties together.
    Forming Black Bean Cakes into patties with visible red pepper, corn, and red onion on parchment paper.
  • Mix together all of the ingredients for the salsa while the black bean patties are chilling.
    Mixing corn kernels, teardrop tomatoes, red pepper, and green onions for the corn salsa.
  • To make the avocado sauce, put the avocado, sour cream, lime, and cumin, in the blender. Blend until smooth. It is a very thick sauce, you can thin it with more lime juice or some water.
    Adding avocado, sour cream, and lime to a blender for Black Bean Cakes with Avocado Sauce.
  • Heat a pan over medium heat. Pour in a few Tablespoons of olive oil and put the patties in the pan. Resist the urge to flip the cakes to soon. They will fall apart. Cook until they brown and then flip. Cook the other side.
    Cooking Black Bean Cakes patties in a cast iron skillet on the stovetop.
  • I put mine on a bed of spinach leaves. Top with corn salsa and avocado sauce. Serve with lime wedges.

Nutrition

Calories: 332kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 12gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 735mgFiber: 17g
Keyword Black Bean Cakes
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