“These baked black bean cakes are easy to make and less fat than fried cakes. Easy Spicy Black Bean Cakes recipe is a perfect pantry meal, ”
Prep: 20 m Cook: 15 m Ready In 35�m
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Easy Spicy Black Bean Cakes
To make this Easy Spicy Black Bean Cakes, You’ll need the following Ingredients:
Ingredients:
Lime Sour Cream:
1/2 cup reduced fat sour cream
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1 small fresh jalapeno pepper, minced
Salt to taste
Bean Cakes:
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
4 green onions, thinly sliced
6 cloves garlic, pressed
2 fresh jalapeno peppers, finely diced
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 (14.5 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 cups grated raw sweet potato
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup plain dried bread crumbs
Directions:
1. To prepare lime sour cream, mix the sour cream, lime juice, 1 small minced jalapeno, and salt together in a small bowl. Cover, and refrigerate.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook green onions until softened, about 1 minute. Stir in garlic, 2 diced jalapenos, and cumin; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
3. Transfer contents of skillet to a large bowl. Stir in black beans, and mash with a fork. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix in sweet potatoes, egg, and bread crumbs. Divide into 8 balls, and flatten into patties.
4. In the oven, set cooking rack about 4 inches from heat source. Set oven to broil. Lightly grease baking sheet with 1 tablespoon oil.
5. Place bean patties on baking sheet, and broil 8 to 10 minutes. Turn cakes over, and broil until crispy, about 3 minutes more. Serve with lime sour cream.
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EASY SPICY BLACK BEAN CAKES
Easy Spicy Black Bean Cakes
"These baked black bean cakes are easy to make and less fat than fried cakes. Easy Spicy Black Bean Cakes recipe is a perfect pantry meal."
- <em><strong>Lime Sour Cream:</strong></em>
- ?1/2 ??cup reduced fat sour cream
- ??2 ?small ?fresh lime juice
- ????1 fresh jalapeno pepper, minced
- ? ??Salt to taste?
- ? <em><strong>Bean Cakes:</strong></em>
- ?2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- ?4 green onions, thinly sliced
- ?6 ?cloves garlic, pressed
- ??2 ?fresh jalapeno peppers, finely diced
- ??1 ?tbsp ground cumin
- ??2 (14.5 ounce) ?cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- ?Salt and black pepper to taste
- ??2 cups grated raw sweet potato
- ??1 egg, lightly beaten
- ??1/2 ?cup plain dried bread crumbs
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?To prepare lime sour cream, mix the sour cream, lime juice, 1 small minced jalapeno, and salt together in a small bowl. Cover, and refrigerate.
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Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook green onions until softened, about 1 minute. Stir in garlic, 2 diced jalapenos, and cumin; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
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Transfer contents of skillet to a large bowl. Stir in black beans, and mash with a fork. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix in sweet potatoes, egg, and bread crumbs. Divide into 8 balls, and flatten into patties.
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In the oven, set cooking rack about 4 inches from heat source. Set oven to broil. Lightly grease baking sheet with 1 tablespoon oil.
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Place bean patties on baking sheet, and broil 8 to 10 minutes. Turn cakes over, and broil until crispy, about 3 minutes more. Serve with lime sour cream.