Miguel, author of Pimientos Verdes , brings us an alternative to traditional hamburgers that you will surely love: beef burgers with beans. A different way to include legumes in your diet while adding juiciness to some homemade hamburgers that will make you say Yum!

Today I want to show you a way to enrich hamburgers with vegetables that I find very interesting to incorporate this ingredient in a different way in our diet. The beneficial properties of legumes are well known and apart from stews or salads there are other equally delicious ways to eat them.

I am very fond of making my own burgers at home. And I like to control what my family eats. If you walk through the supermarket and pick up a tray of beef patties, you will be surprised by the list of ingredients on it. To give you an example of the ingredients of some beef burgers that I have seen today on the supermarket shelves: beef, water, vegetables, dietary fiber, dextrin, salt, spices, starches, vegetable extract, dextrose, antioxidants, sodium citrate , sodium ascorbate, preservative, coloring… I think that after seeing this list it is worth investing a little time in making homemade hamburgers, right?

Le Creuset ceramic pot with lid, Le Creuset wooden board , Fleur de Ligne Tokyo Design Studio porcelain bowl and Le Creuset rectangular grill

Ingredients

• 300g freshly minced beef
• 200g cooked white beans
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 ripe tomato
• 4 slices of cheese
• 2 purple onions
• 100ml of Modena vinegar
• Salt
• Pepper
• 4 hamburger buns
• Olive oil

Elaboration

1. Peel the onions. Cut them into thin slices and put them in a bowl with a good pinch of salt and the Modena vinegar . Give it a few turns and let it rest while you prepare the rest of the recipe.
2. Put the minced meat, the cooked and drained white beans, the egg yolk, a pinch of salt and another of pepper in a bowl. Mix well, helping yourself with a fork while you crush the beans. It is not necessary to crush them completely, if there are some whole beans left, nothing happens.
3. Shape the patties using a burger press . With these quantities, you will get 4 beautiful hamburgers.
4. Cook the burgers on a cast iron grill with a drizzle of olive oil .
5. While the burgers are cooking, toast the bun. The KitchenAid toaster has a function to only toast the inside of the buns, so it is perfect for these preparations.
6. Assemble the hamburgers by putting a slice of tomato on the base, the hamburger on top, a slice of cheese and finally the drained onion.

Le Creuset wooden board, Le Creuset ceramic pot with lid, Le Creuset rectangular grill and KitchenAid Artisan toaster