Any kind of bean patty is just some beans smashed all up and mixed up with some binding agents and maybe some other things.
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Smash 1 cup black beans up with a potato masher or a fork or something
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Make a thick chia seed paste: 1 tbsp chia seed + 2 - 3 tbsp water. Let it sit for a while until it gets thick, then add it to the beans
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Add one flax egg
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Add a bunch of breadcrumbs. I didn’t have any breadcrumbs, but I had the crumbs from the bottom of a bag of tortilla chips, so I smashed those up really fine with an empty wine bottle that I used like a rolling pin and used those.
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Season with salt and pepper and garlic, and whatever else you want.
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Add whatever else you want. Maybe some shaved carrot slices, or some almond slivers.
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Mix it all up. It should be come together like a weird dough that you can handle and knead a little bit.
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Pour it out and shape it. I like to roll mine into a bean snake and then cut it up into ~6 pieces. Roll the pieces into balls and let them sit.
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Shape the balls into flat rounds about a finger long and about half a knuckle thick. Assuming you have fingers the same size as mine. You can use a jar lid or the mouth of a jar or glass to make more good looking circles. Let them sit.
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Heat up a small amount of oil in a pan. Add a few of the patties and let them sizzle on one side for a couple minutes until it gets good and brown. Repeat on the other side.
I made these this morning as a kind of breakfast sausage to have with biscuits and mashed potato pancakes. It was real good.