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Red Bean Veggie Burgers

A vegetarian burger made with roasted butternut squash, red beans, onions, and spices.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Red Bean Veggie Burgers

six patties
Oven400°F
Time45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the squash

  1. Preheat oven to 400. Cut squash in half, place face down on cooking sheet, and bake until soft, about 45 minutes. Let cool.

  2. Scoop out and discard squash seeds. Scoop out the flesh, finely chop, and add to bowl along with bread crumbs, lime juice, salt, and pepper. Mix well, taste, and adjust seasonings.

Make the mixture

  1. Meanwhile, heat 1 T oil in pan, add onions, and sauté over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, oregano, and coriander and sauté for 2 more minutes.

  2. Transfer to food processor, add beans and cilantro, and process until chopped. Place in bowl.

Shape and fry

  1. Shape into six patties with floured hands, adding more bread crumbs if necessary.

  2. Fry in 1 T oil over medium heat until golden brown, about 4 minutes per side.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

645Calories
15 gProtein
15 gFat
112 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Red Beannot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Butternut squash + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Oregano + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Butternut squash
Its soft, starchy flesh gives the patties moisture and body.
Red beans
Mashed beans provide the protein-rich base that holds the patties together.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture and bind the mixture so the patties hold their shape.
Onion
Softened onion adds sweetness and savory depth to the patties.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that mellows during the sautéing.

The step that matters

Frying the patties. Patties with too much moisture or too little binder can fall apart. Cook over medium heat so the outside browns before the inside dries out.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, onion, garlic, oregano, coriander, beans, bread):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, onion, garlic, oregano, coriander, beans, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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