Baked Eggplant Burgers

Vegan friendly and super tasty!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  teaspoons olive oil
• 1  red onion, diced
• 14  ounces cannellini beans or 14  ounces white kidney beans
• 1⁄4 cup  diced green bell pepper
• 1  cup eggplants, skin on or 1⁄2 eggplant
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped fresh parsley
• 1  tablespoon pine nuts
• 1  garlic clove, crushed
• 1  teaspoon sea salt
• 1  teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 cup  hummus
• 1  cup panko breadcrumbs

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Roast the eggplant by cutting it into 1/4″ slices and brushing each side with olive oil.
3. Bake for 10 minutes on one side, then flip the slices and bake for another 5 minutes.
4. Place the diced red onion and 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the onion softens.
5. Remove eggplant from the oven, turn the oven down to 400 degrees.
6. Stir together the eggplant, onion, beans, bell pepper, parsley, pine nuts, garlic, sea salt, hummus and cumin in a large bowl.
7. Blend the mixture in a food processor - about 15 seconds.
8. Pour the mixture back into a bowl, stir in the breadcrumbs, and use your hands to make four large patties.
9. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray the foil with olive oil or nonstick cooking spray. Place the patties on the foil.
10. Bake for 45 minutes, turning them over halfway through.
11. Remove the burgers from the oven, top with hummus or tahini sauce, and enjoy!