Falafel W/ Avocado Spread - Veggie Burgers W/ Guacamole

Submitted by mikey ev

"from Cooking light. A Latin twist on the classic Middle Eastern sandwich. Serve in halved pitas, garnish with microgreens and sliced red onion. **This is by no means falafel, but they are tasty! I suggest turning on the hood, these steam up quite a bit. Cooking Light says this makes 4 servings, but realistically it's 2 :)"

 

• Ready In: 21mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Falafel patties

• 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
• 1⁄2 cup monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 1⁄4 cup baked corn tortilla chips, finely crushed
• 2 tablespoons green onions, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon cilantro, finely chopped
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 large egg white
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons canola oil

• Avocado Spread

• 1⁄4 cup avocado, mashed and peeled (about 1/2 of an avocado)
• 2 tablespoons tomatoes, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon red onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons nonfat sour cream
• 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt

directions

1. **To prepare patties** Place pinto beans in a medium bowl; partially mash with a fork.
2. Add cheese and next 5 ingredients (through egg white); stir until well combined.
3. Shape bean mixture into 4 (1/2-inch thick) oval patties.
4. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add patties to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until patties are browned and thoroughly heated.
5. **To prepare spread** Combine avocado and next 5 ingredients (through salt), stirring well.
6. **To serve** Place 1 patty in each pita half. Spread about 2 tablespoons avocado spread over patty in each pita half; top with onions and greens.

Reviews

[Nikoma]

Awesome! Only change i made was adding some hot pepper flakes. They are slightly crumbly but if you don't fiddle with them while they cook they hold together. My new favorite sandwich.

 

[Lucky in Bayview]

Tasty and super simple to make. I doubled the recipe for avocado spread. I know it bumped up the calories, but tasted so good. Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe.

 

[Sassy12376]

Made these tonight, yum! I don't like cilantro so I skipped that though. Used an entire avocado so I had plenty of the sauce. Put bean mixture in my Ninja blender and got a nice consistency, but I did put mixture in fridge for few minutes prior to forming patties. Also, I made patties smaller, making about 8 of them and they were still very filling.