Sriracha Black Bean Sliders with Spicy Avocado Creme Sauce

There are days when I honestly think I could become a vegetarian.  As I’ve gotten older and expanded my repertoire in the kitchen I now realize that onions aren’t yucky, avocados are a gift from the God’s and carrots don’t suck. Well when I made those Double Bean Spinach Feta Sliders a while back I was in HEAVEN. I mean I was HOOKED!  So when I posed the question a week or so ago one an ingredient you guys wanted me to have more recipes with, it was an overwhelming “QUINOA”.  I figured if I was going there, I was going full on vegetarian with it.  Since quinoa is high in protein I wanted to kick it up a notch and add more protein; thus the beans.

Now I’m going to be honest, these aren’t the prettiest little suckers but they are some of the tastiest!  Sure, I suppose I could have made them picture perfect but honestly all I cared about was how fast I could stuff one in my mouth.

Since beans and quinoa by themselves don’t really have that much flavor I needed to give this a kick in the pants; really wake it up.  Thus the Sriracha.  This added the perfect spice to really wake these puppies up without making you breath fire!

As I was making these I was thinking of what to use as the condiment.  Now I’m sure some of you brave souls would use the Sriracha as ketchup but this little Princess is delicate and I like where my lips are located (and the size – no need to have them swell up like inner tubes or like I just returned from a bad Botox lip injections.. just sayin).  Since I knew the burgers would have some definite kick to them I wanted something cool and creamy on top.  ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNND since we know I have this insatiable passion for Avocados, I had to use those.  This Avocado Creme sauce is DIVINE!  Has some kick to it but it so rounds off the flavors in a way that makes this perfect!

You can easily make these as sliders, full size burgers or even put them in a wrap (a Jalapeno or Spinach wrap was AWESOME by the way!).

Definitely give these a shot!

Sriracha Black Bean Sliders with Spicy Avocado Creme Sauce

• Author: The Kitchen Whisperer

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Ingredients

Sliders

• 2–15 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 medium onion, grated
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup Colby jack cheese, shredded *optional
• 1 whole avocado, mashed
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves, rough chopped
• 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa (cooked in vegetable stock)
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoon Montreal Steak Seasoning
• 1–2 teaspoon Sriracha sauce – depends on your spice tolerance
• 1 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs

Spicy Avocado Creme Sauce

• 2 whole avocados, pitted and smashed
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce – depends on your spice tolerance
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment and lightly spray with cooking spray.
3. Take 1 ½ cups of black beans, onion, garlic and 1 whole avocado and pulse in a food processor a few times. This will be slightly on the thin side. It’s OK!
4. In another bowl, add the remaining whole beans, the cheese, spinach, quinoa, bread crumbs, egg, steak seasoning, Sriracha sauce and mix.
5. Add in the mixture from the food processor and mix. If the mixture is too wet (meaning you can form a patty) add 1/4 cup more bread crumbs. You want the mixture to be moist and tacky but be able to keep a shape.
6. Grab about a 2” round ball and form into sliders shaping them about 2” round by 3/4” thick.
7. Place on prepared baking sheet.
8. Lightly spray the tops with olive oil.
9. Bake for 10-12 minutes and carefully flip
10. Bake for another 10-15 minutes until the sliders turn golden brown and form a slight crust.
11. While the sliders are baking make the Avocado Crème Sauce by mixing together all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Adjust seasoning for taste.
12. When the sliders are done, place on top of some spinach, red onion (Optional) and then slather on a dollop of the Avocado Creme Sauce

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