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Black bean cakes with quinoa salad

Published: May 27, 2015 at 9:55 AM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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These black bean patties with quinoa and avocado salad make for a delicious vegetarian lunch or dinner. They're easy to make and ready in under an hour, perfect for a midweek meal.

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Make these black bean cakes, then check out more black bean recipes, such as our vegan black bean burgers.

Ingredients

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• 6 spring onions

  chopped

• 1 red chilli

  finely chopped

• olive oil

• 1 tsp ground cumin

• from a small bunch coriander stalks

  chopped (keep the leaves to serve)

• 400g tin black beans

  rinsed then drained on kitchen paper

• 6 tbsp breadcrumbs

  plus a handful

• 1 egg

  beaten

• to serve chilli sauce

SALAD

• 1 pack of ready cooked red and white quinoa

• 1/2 small avocado

  diced

• ¼ cucumber

  diced

• 1/2 red pepper

  diced

• 1/4 red onion

  very finely diced

• 1 lemon

  1/2 juiced and 1/2 cut into wedges

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal705
• fat22.5g
• saturates3.8g
• carbs90.9g
• fibre17.6g
• protein25.8g
• salt2.1g

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Method

• step 1

  Cook the spring onion and chilli in a little olive oil until softened, then stir in the cumin and coriander and cook for a minute more. Tip this mix into a small food processor with the beans and lots of seasoning, and pulse together. Stir in 6 tbsp breadcrumbs. Form into 6 small cakes and chill for 20 minutes.

• step 2

  Mix the quinoa with the rest of the salad ingredients, the lemon juice and season.

• step 3

  To cook the cakes, dip in the egg then roll in more breadcrumbs. Fry in a little olive oil until golden and heated through. Serve sprinkled with the coriander leaves, some lemon wedges and chilli sauce.

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